# Autoscaling Azure Agent Pools

When you use autoscaling for Azure agent pools, you allow DuploCloud to manage your application's capacity requirements within your limits. 

## Creating an autoscaled Azure agent pool

In the DuploCloud Portal, [create an Azure agent pool](https://docs.duplocloud.com/docs/automation-platform/overview-2/azure-services/agent-pool) with the Enable Autoscaling option selected. Each agent pool contains nodes backed by the virtual host machines.

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