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Virtual Machine Scale Sets Use Availability Zones
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This page is part of the Azure documentation. It contains code examples and configuration instructions for working with Azure services.
Bias Analysis
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Summary
The documentation provides both Azure CLI and PowerShell examples for creating and updating scale sets with Availability Zones, but PowerShell examples are given equal prominence to CLI, and are shown before REST/ARM template examples. While CLI is cross-platform, PowerShell is primarily a Windows tool (though available on Linux/macOS, it's less commonly used there). The documentation does not provide any Linux/macOS-specific shell examples (e.g., Bash), nor does it clarify CLI usage on Linux/macOS. The ARM template section does link to both Linux and Windows quickstart articles, but in the main walkthrough, Windows-centric tooling (PowerShell) is featured as a primary method.
Recommendations
- Explicitly state that Azure CLI commands work on Linux/macOS as well as Windows.
- Consider providing Bash shell examples for Linux/macOS users, especially for common operations like az vmss create.
- If PowerShell is shown, clarify its cross-platform availability, but note that CLI is the recommended tool for Linux/macOS.
- Ensure that Linux/macOS users are not left to infer that PowerShell is required.
- In the 'Use Azure Resource Manager templates' section, clarify parity between Linux and Windows deployments, and ensure links to both quickstart guides are equally visible.
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