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Clarifying comment on DSVM #274

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### Docker Pricing
Using the Docker containers is free and doesn't add to the cost of bare VMs.

## Data Science Virtual Machines (DSVM) [Deprecated]
## Data Science Virtual Machines (DSVM)

**This documentation is only valid for versions prior to v0.6.0. After v0.6.0 doAzureParallel uses Docker containers for the run-time. Additional information can be found [here](./30-customize-cluster.md)**
**doAzureParallel DOES NOT support DSVM as a runtime since v0.6.0**

**The following section on DSVM is only valid for versions prior to v0.6.0. After v0.6.0 doAzureParallel uses Docker containers for the run-time. Additional information can be found [here](./30-customize-cluster.md).**


The doAzureParallel package uses the Data Science Virtual Machine (DSVM) for each node in the pool. The DSVM is a customized VM image that has many popular R tools pre-installed. Because these tools are pre-baked into the DSVM VM image, using it gives us considerable speedup when provisioning the pool.
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Learn more about the DSVM [here](https://azuremarketplace.microsoft.com/en-us/marketplace/apps/microsoft-ads.standard-data-science-vm?tab=Overview).

As an aside, if you are working directly with [Azure Batch](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/batch/) service outside of doAzureParallel library, the DSVM images is one of the virtual machine images that are compatible with the Azure Batch node agents.

### DSVM Pricing
Using the DSVM is free and doesn't add to the cost of bare VMs.

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