Azure

Microsoft Azure, often referred to as Azure, is a cloud computing service operated by Microsoft for application management via Microsoft-managed data centres. Azure developers and sysadmins have long asked for the ability to get access to a serial console for their virtual machines (VMs).

While it’s generally easy enough to log into a VM after it has booted, things get far more complicated if the machine doesn’t boot for some reason. Troubleshooting can be a nightmare.