One of the biggest benefits of k8s is that you can easily mix in pools of different hardware types without a “rebuild”. Something to try in scenarios like this

One of the biggest benefits of k8s is that you can easily mix in pools of different hardware types without a “rebuild”. Something to try in scenarios like this is to add the “weird and wonderful” VM SKUs that are less popular and may still have capacity remaining. For example, the HPC series like HBv2 or HBv3. Also try Lsv3 or Lasv3. Sure they’re a bit more expensive, but you only have use them until April.