Software inside each VM that handles communication with the Azure fabric controller and carries out VM extensions, so no extension can be installed on a VM lacking it.
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Terms in this definition
- VM extensions
Lightweight apps that the Azure VM Agent runs after deployment to configure a running VM or install software on it; their resource type is Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/extensions.