diff --git a/deployment/utils/azure-helpers.ts b/deployment/utils/azure-helpers.ts
index 38622b0c2..e14b8903b 100644
--- a/deployment/utils/azure-helpers.ts
+++ b/deployment/utils/azure-helpers.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,30 @@
 import * as k8s from '@pulumi/kubernetes';
 
 export function optimizeAzureCluster() {
+  /**
+   * The following configures the metrics server to use the correct resources limit:
+   * https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/aks/use-metrics-server-vertical-pod-autoscaler
+   */
+  new k8s.core.v1.ConfigMap('metrics-server-config', {
+    metadata: {
+      name: 'metrics-server-config',
+      namespace: 'kube-system',
+      labels: {
+        'kubernetes.io/cluster-service': 'true',
+        'addonmanager.kubernetes.io/mode': 'EnsureExists',
+      },
+    },
+    data: {
+      NannyConfiguration: `
+apiVersion: nannyconfig/v1alpha1
+kind: NannyConfiguration
+baseCPU: 200m
+cpuPerNode: 3m
+baseMemory: 200Mi
+memoryPerNode: 24Mi`,
+    },
+  });
+
   /**
    * The following disabled Azure logging. We are not really using it.
    */