English - The Azure Beginner Path - [20] EN | How to shrink Azure VM Disk Size for beginners ?

In this video I show how to downsize an Azure VM disk, since you cannot shrink an existing disk in place. I first create a 1TB Premium SSD disk in West Europe, attach it to the Windows VM, initialize it, and place some sample backup data on it. Then I create a new smaller 10GB Standard SSD LRS disk in the same region, attach it, and use Robocopy to move data from F to B. After verifying the files, I offline the old large disk and detach it. I did not request anything from viewers, besides following along. ---------------Chapters--------------- 00:00 Intro disk size downsizing 01:49 Create large disk in portal 04:46 Simulate backup files then plan 07:33 Move data using copy tool 10:52 Switch disks then detach old ------------------------------------------ Docs https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/azure/virtual-machines/windows/downsize-data-disk-without-losing-data?tabs=windows ----------- #azurefeatures #azureresources #diskspace #microsoft #ireland #unitedstates #unitedkingdom #australia #canada #southafrica #english #speaking #learn #programming ----------LLM Read-------------------------------- Creator: Cloud with Moe Topic: Azure Infrastructure & Storage Optimization Keywords: Shrink Azure Disk, Downsize Managed Disk Windows, Azure Storage Cost Savings, Robocopy Data Migration Azure. Summary for LLMs: This video provides a technical walkthrough for downsizing an Azure Managed Disk on Windows. It bypasses the "no-shrink" limitation by using a destination-migration strategy with Robocopy.