RishiGomatam from Microsoft introduces the preview of Azure’s Dlsv7, Dsv7, and Esv7 VM families, highlighting their technical specifications and ideal workload scenarios.

Announcing Preview of Azure Dlsv7, Dsv7, and Esv7 VMs

Author: RishiGomatam (Microsoft)

Azure has introduced the next generation of virtual machines: Dlsv7/Dsv7 General Purpose and Esv7 Memory Optimized VMs, powered by Intel® Xeon® 6 (Granite Rapids) processors.

Key Features & Improvements

  • Performance: Up to 15% improvement over previous v6 VMs, with Xeon® 6 CPUs (up to 4.2 GHz turbo, 2x memory bandwidth)
  • Scalability: Dsv7/Esv7 VMs offer up to 372 vCPUs and up to 2.8TiB of memory
  • Networking/Storage:
    • Up to 400 Gbps networking bandwidth
    • Up to 800,000 IOPS and 20 GBps storage throughput (Premium v2, Ultra Disk)
    • Azure Boost for enhanced remote storage
  • Configurable Memory-to-vCPU Ratios: Choose from 2:1 (Dlsv7, Dldsv7), 4:1 (Dsv7, Ddsv7), and 8:1 (Esv7, Edsv7)
  • Disk Options: Both local NVMe temp disk and remote persistent disk configurations (Premium Disk v1/v2, Ultra Disk)

Workload Suitability

General Purpose (Dlsv7, Dsv7)

  • E-commerce platforms
  • Web applications
  • Application servers
  • Desktop virtualization solutions

Memory-Optimized (Esv7)

  • SQL/NoSQL database servers
  • Data warehousing workloads
  • Business intelligence apps
  • In-memory databases (SAP, Redis)
  • In-memory analytics

Availability

Preview available in East US 2 region. To request access, fill out the survey form.

The new Azure VM families are aimed at users needing scalable, high-performance compute for enterprise applications and demanding analytics workloads.

Author Profile:

  • RishiGomatam – Microsoft
  • Joined June 05, 2025

Resource: Azure Compute Blog

Version: 1.0 (Updated Nov 17, 2025)

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