# Azure Machine Learning Optimization | Cloud Efficiency Hub

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3 documented Azure Machine Learning cost inefficiencies, each with how to detect it and how to fix it.

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3 documented Azure Machine Learning cost inefficiencies, each with how to detect it and how to fix it.

## 3 inefficiencies

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- Azure Machine Learning  CER-0456

### [Azure Machine Learning Compute Instances Without Idle Shutdown](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/inefficiencies/azure-machine-learning-compute-instances-without-idle-shutdown)

An Azure Machine Learning compute instance is a single-user development VM for notebooks, VS Code and experiments. Microsoft notes that when you create a compute instance the VM stays on so it's available for your work, and it is billed...

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- Azure Machine Learning  CER-0457

### [Azure Machine Learning Compute Clusters With Nonzero Minimum Nodes](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/inefficiencies/azure-machine-learning-compute-clusters-with-nonzero-minimum-nodes)

Azure Machine Learning compute clusters (AmlCompute) scale up when training or batch inference jobs are submitted and scale back down to the configured minimum node count when jobs finish. When the minimum is set above zero, usually to...

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- Azure Machine Learning  CER-0458

### [Idle Managed Online Endpoint Deployments in Azure Machine Learning](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/inefficiencies/idle-managed-online-endpoint-deployments-in-azure-machine-learning)

Managed online endpoints serve models for real-time inference. Each deployment under an endpoint runs on its own dedicated VM instances, chosen by instance type and instance count, and Microsoft states that costs apply to the virtual...

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