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# 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](/docs/automation-platform/overview-2/azure-services/agent-pool.md) with the Enable Autoscaling option selected. Each agent pool contains nodes backed by the virtual host machines.

<figure><img src="/files/Dwr74CbqjSSsPSc5R6zS" alt=""><figcaption><p><strong>Azure Agent Pool</strong> page with <strong>Enable Autoscaling</strong> option</p></figcaption></figure>


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