At UberCloud, we have found that the most effective way to provision HPC resources on Microsoft Azure is to use a tool called Azure CycleCloud. CycleCloud is a subscription benefit for Azure users.
Running in the cloud is tremendous fun to talk about. However, let's remember that the cloud is, for all intents and purposes, just “someone else's computer”. Furthermore, going to the cloud does not de facto mean that you will realize performance gains. I would like to take a brief moment to summarize 3 recommendations to improve the speed of your cloud simulation.
Cloud file transfer is a necessity when needing to take your model on a local machine and solve it in a public cloud, such as Microsoft Azure.
How To Select A Cloud Provider For CAE Simulations
One of the common things I hear is “David, cloud sounds amazing… but I only run simulations once a month.” Being immersed in the technology every day, I can tell you that this is one of the best reasons to go with cloud.
You're convinced that running simulations in the cloud makes a lot of sense. The last piece of the puzzle to consider is how your ANSYS licensing is going to work.