Use the published Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 system requirements when determining the compute instance size required for each of the virtual machine instances in your configuration. The table below maps out the published system requirements to the Windows Azure Virtual Machine instance sizes at the time this guide was created. In each server configuration you will be able to start with a specific size and then increase or decrease the instance size as needed. You may also add additional virtual machine instances for those Microsoft Dynamics GP servers that can be scaled out. These guidelines should serve as a starting point and be adjusted based on your individual configuration. 

Servers	Instance Size	
Microsoft SQL Server	•	Profile 1 – A1
•	Profile 2 – A2
•	Profile 3– A3
•	Profile 4 – A4	
Remote Desktop Services Server	•	Up to 15 users  - A2
•	Up to 30 users – A3
•	Up to 60 users – A4	
Web Server (web client)	Single Machine
•	Up to 25 users – A2
•	Up to 60 users – A3
•	Up to 120 users – A4
Scale Out
•	A2	
Session Host Server (web client)	•	Up to 25 users – A2
•	Up to 60 users – A3
•	Up to 120 users – A4	
Web Server (Web Services, Workflow, BP, SQL Reporting Services)	A2 (A3 if deploying multiple applications on single server)	
Application Server (Management Reporter services)	A2	
 * The “up to … users” recommendations are based on concurrent users.