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title: Elastic Cloud Hosted hardware on Azure
description: Elastic Cloud Hosted now supports ARM-based hardware profiles, including CPU Optimized (ARM) powered by Azure Dpldusv6 delivering improved performance...
url: https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/cloud/cloud-hosted/azure
products:
  - Elastic Cloud Hosted
applies_to:
  - Elastic Cloud Hosted: Generally available
---

# Elastic Cloud Hosted hardware on Azure
Elastic Cloud Hosted now supports ARM-based hardware profiles, including CPU Optimized (ARM) powered by Azure [Dpldusv6](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/dpldsv6-series) delivering improved performance and cost efficiency for search, observability, and security workloads. These ARM-based hardware profiles provide better overall price-performance compared to previous generations, without requiring any changes to how customers build or operate on Elastic Cloud Hosted. Additionally, Elastic Cloud Hosted continues to support Ddv4, Edsv4, Fsv2, and Lsv3 VMs across all supported [Azure Cloud regions](/docs/reference/cloud/cloud-hosted/ec-regions-templates-instances#ec-azure_regions).
To learn about the Azure specific configurations, check:
- [VM configurations](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/cloud/cloud-hosted/ec-azure-vm-configurations)
- [Selecting the right configuration for you](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/cloud/cloud-hosted/ec-azure-configuration-choose)
- [Azure default provider instance configurations](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/cloud/cloud-hosted/azure-default)
- [Regional availability of instances per Azure region](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/cloud/cloud-hosted/ec-azure-list-region)