When you reboot an Azure Virtual Machine, its public virtual IP address does not change. However, if you shutdown the VM and then start it back up, it will receive a different public virtual IP address.
This VM server is hosting a service which end users may need to create a firewall rule for. This may require them to have the public IP address of the server.
Is there a method to keep the same public virtual IP address? Can Microsoft allow this on a per account / per VM / per subscription basis?
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