# 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/~/changes/i1ah7lBvMELea01fsIga/azure/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/Sw0KexacFD4FQo1yyOb2" alt=""><figcaption><p><strong>Azure Agent Pool</strong> page with <strong>Enable Autoscaling</strong> option</p></figcaption></figure>

## Configure Service with HPA

Configure a service with the [Kubernetes Horizontal Pod Autoscaler (HPA)](/docs/~/changes/i1ah7lBvMELea01fsIga/azure/use-cases/autoscaling/autoscaling-in-kubernetes.md#kubernetes-horizontal-pod-autoscaler-hpa) to manage autoscaling for the agent pool.


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