Minimum Requirements for Azure SharePoint Development VM

Question

I'm interested in developing SharePoint Visual Web Parts in Visual Studio but don't have an instance of SharePoint Server running anywhere. Visual Studio points me to this page, which suggests a Microsoft Azure VM.

My question is what is the minimum specs I need to run a SharePoint server and Visual Studio for development? Prices vary widely:

Answer 1

The D4S_V3 would what I would consider the minimum specifications for a development VM.