VM Scaleset vs Azure Batch

Question

VM scale set can be used to create multiple VM\'s based on the business requirement and, Also, Azure batch is also used to execute job in multiple VM\'s.

What is the

Answer 1

Azure Batch is a Platform as a Service offering that has an entire plaform for scheduling, submitting tasks and obtaining their results. Jobs and tasks are submitted using Node pools. Node pools can be comprised of VMSS compute resourses.

Whereas a VMSS is an Infrastructure as a Service that provides compute resources for any intended purposes. While you can spin up your own VMSS for running tasks, you would have to also implement your own job, task and compute coordinator service around it in order to simulate the Azure Batch service offerings.