Patent 10977065 was granted and assigned to Microsoft on April, 2021 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The disclosed technology is generally directed to virtual machines. In one example of the technology, data associated with a virtual machine configuration request is received. A first virtual machine to be reconfigured is provided. The first virtual machine is booted. The first virtual machine is a system virtual machine, the first virtual machine is re-provisioned into be reconfigured in accordance with the virtual machine configuration request without rebooting the first virtual machine.