7. What is a Virtual Machine (VM)?

A VM is similar to your personal computer. Running AutoInvest on a dedicated VM is secure, private and only accessible by you.

You can access your VM from any device with access to the Internet.

Your VM will run 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, subject to our cloud LaaS provider guarantees.

When you subscribe to AutoInvest, we automatically provision you a private Virtual Machine, or VM for you to run the AutoInvest software. The key advantage of using the VM is that the VM is able to run virtually 24/7, or 99.9% of the time without any network interruptions or downtime.

For a more detailed explanation, please refer to:

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/overview/what-is-a-virtual-machine/
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/virtual-machines/