Local, non-managed storage on the VM's host, by default drive D: on Windows, intended for scratch data and page files. Redeployment, deallocation or maintenance can wipe what it holds.
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Terms in this definition
- LSDOU
The sequence in which Group Policy is processed: the local policy first, followed by site, domain and organisational unit policies. The nearest, last-processed setting takes effect unless Enforced or Block Inheritance alters that.
- General-purpose v1
The older storage account kind (
Storage), which lacks access tiers, Archive and premium file shares and retires on 13 October 2026. Converting to ZRS requires first upgrading to GPv2, a one-way change. - Wipe
Resets a device to factory settings from Intune, with options to retain enrolment and the user account or to carry on through a power loss. Personally owned work profile devices can't be wiped this way.
Related terms
- Redeploy
VM operation that relocates the machine to another host in Azure, keeping its OS disk, data disks and configuration while wiping whatever is on the temporary disk.