We don't have a current need but do have a scenario we are wanting to plan for. One of our anti-virus applications, on rare occasions if it's broken - it has to be fully removed by booting the machine into "Safe Mode" and running a remover tool.
On prem this is not an issue, even if we need console access. But since no console access is available in Azure (a huge failing in my opinion), in cases were you'd have to navigate through the recovery screens and/or boot into safe mode (and be able to access the machine that way) - what are the options?
I'm thinking one option (as a last resort) would be to download the entire machine locally, make the changes, and upload it back to the cloud. But I'm asking if there are better methods without having to do this.