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VM (Virtual Machine) sizes in Azure can be configured in Visual Studio by double clicking the relevant Role and selecting the VM size from the dropdown:

Azure has four predefined VM’s :

Small: 1 core processor, 1.7GB RAM, 250GB hard disk  - $0.12 per hour
Medium: 2 core processors, 3.5GB RAM, 500GB hard disk – $0.24 per hour
Large: [...]

Reports today suggest that Microsoft will introduce Remote Desktop and Virtual Machine support for Azure in March 2010.
This marks a major shift in Azure’s focus, previously Azure was intended to perform all hardware configuration chores from developers. SearchCloudComputing attributes the change to easing the migration pains for existing Windows apps, however resource isolation and allocation [...]