Erwin Staal

DevOps Engineer & Azure Architect

March 3, 2025

Installing COTS applications using Azure Gallery VM

When having the need to install COTS applications (Custom Off-The-Shelf) on virtual machines in Azure, you have multiple options to manage that. One of the options is to use the Azure Gallery VM Applications. As the name implies, its part of Azure Compute Gallery, formally known as Azure Shared Image Gallery. Azure Gallery VM Applications is a feature that simplifies the process of managing and deploying software packages on Virtual Machines (VMs) at scale.