diff --git a/drivers/azure/azureutil/azureutil.go b/drivers/azure/azureutil/azureutil.go
index e5aa698b70..2cb127319d 100644
--- a/drivers/azure/azureutil/azureutil.go
+++ b/drivers/azure/azureutil/azureutil.go
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ func (a AzureClient) CreateResourceGroup(name, location string) error {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	log.Info("Creating resource group...", logutil.Fields{
+	log.Info("Creating resource group.", logutil.Fields{
 		"name":     name,
 		"location": location})
 	_, err := a.resourceGroupsClient().CreateOrUpdate(name,
@@ -109,13 +109,13 @@ func (a AzureClient) CreateResourceGroup(name, location string) error {
 }
 
 func (a AzureClient) resourceGroupExists(name string) (bool, error) {
-	log.Info("Querying existing resource group...", logutil.Fields{"name": name})
+	log.Info("Querying existing resource group.", logutil.Fields{"name": name})
 	_, err := a.resourceGroupsClient().Get(name)
 	return checkResourceExistsFromError(err)
 }
 
 func (a AzureClient) CreateNetworkSecurityGroup(ctx *DeploymentContext, resourceGroup, name, location string, rules *[]network.SecurityRule) error {
-	log.Info("Creating network security group...", logutil.Fields{
+	log.Info("Configuring network security group.", logutil.Fields{
 		"name":     name,
 		"location": location})
 	_, err := a.securityGroupsClient().CreateOrUpdate(resourceGroup, name,
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ func (a AzureClient) DeleteNetworkSecurityGroupIfExists(resourceGroup, name stri
 }
 
 func (a AzureClient) CreatePublicIPAddress(ctx *DeploymentContext, resourceGroup, name, location string, isStatic bool) error {
-	log.Info("Creating public IP address...", logutil.Fields{
+	log.Info("Creating public IP address.", logutil.Fields{
 		"name":   name,
 		"static": isStatic})
 
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ func (a AzureClient) CreateVirtualNetworkIfNotExists(resourceGroup, name, locati
 		"name":     name,
 		"location": location}
 
-	log.Info("Querying if virtual network already exists...", f)
+	log.Info("Querying if virtual network already exists.", f)
 
 	if exists, err := a.virtualNetworkExists(resourceGroup, name); err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ func (a AzureClient) CreateVirtualNetworkIfNotExists(resourceGroup, name, locati
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	log.Debug("Virtual network does not exist, creating...", f)
+	log.Debug("Creating virtual network.", f)
 	_, err := a.virtualNetworksClient().CreateOrUpdate(resourceGroup, name,
 		network.VirtualNetwork{
 			Location: to.StringPtr(location),
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ func (a AzureClient) GetSubnet(resourceGroup, virtualNetwork, name string) (netw
 }
 
 func (a AzureClient) CreateSubnet(ctx *DeploymentContext, resourceGroup, virtualNetwork, name, subnetPrefix string) error {
-	log.Info("Creating subnet...", logutil.Fields{
+	log.Info("Configuring subnet.", logutil.Fields{
 		"name": name,
 		"vnet": virtualNetwork,
 		"cidr": subnetPrefix})
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ func (a AzureClient) CreateNetworkInterface(ctx *DeploymentContext, resourceGrou
 	// specified Azure location is different than location of the virtual
 	// network as Azure does not support cross-region virtual networks. In this
 	// situation, user will get an explanatory API error from Azure.
-	log.Info("Creating network interface...", logutil.Fields{"name": name})
+	log.Info("Creating network interface.", logutil.Fields{"name": name})
 
 	var publicIP *network.PublicIPAddress
 	if publicIPAddressID != "" {
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ func (a AzureClient) findStorageAccount(resourceGroup, location, prefix string,
 		"type":     storageType,
 		"prefix":   prefix,
 		"location": location}
-	log.Debug("Querying existing storage accounts...", f)
+	log.Debug("Querying existing storage accounts.", f)
 	l, err := a.storageAccountsClient().ListByResourceGroup(resourceGroup)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ func (a AzureClient) createStorageAccount(resourceGroup, location string, storag
 		"name":     name,
 		"location": location}
 
-	log.Info("Creating storage account...", f)
+	log.Info("Creating storage account.", f)
 	_, err := a.storageAccountsClient().Create(resourceGroup, name,
 		storage.AccountCreateParameters{
 			Location: to.StringPtr(location),
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ func (a AzureClient) removeOSDiskBlob(resourceGroup, vmName, vhdURL string) erro
 	// Machine functionality which deletes the attached disks along with the VM
 	// as well. Therefore we find out the storage account from OS disk URL and
 	// fetch storage account keys to delete the container containing the disk.
-	log.Debug("Attempting to remove OS disk...", logutil.Fields{"vm": vmName})
+	log.Debug("Attempting to remove OS disk.", logutil.Fields{"vm": vmName})
 	log.Debugf("OS Disk vhd URL: %q", vhdURL)
 
 	vhdContainer := osDiskStorageContainerName(vmName)
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ func (a AzureClient) removeOSDiskBlob(resourceGroup, vmName, vhdURL string) erro
 
 func (a AzureClient) CreateVirtualMachine(resourceGroup, name, location, size, availabilitySetID, networkInterfaceID,
 	username, sshPublicKey, imageName string, storageAccount *storage.AccountProperties) error {
-	log.Info("Creating Virtual Machine...", logutil.Fields{
+	log.Info("Creating virtual machine.", logutil.Fields{
 		"name":     name,
 		"location": location,
 		"size":     size,
@@ -536,12 +536,7 @@ func (a AzureClient) GetAvailabilitySet(resourceGroup, name string) (compute.Ava
 
 func (a AzureClient) CreateAvailabilitySetIfNotExists(ctx *DeploymentContext, resourceGroup, name, location string) error {
 	f := logutil.Fields{"name": name}
-	if ctx.AvailabilitySetID != "" {
-		log.Info("Availability Set already exists.", f)
-		return nil
-	}
-	log.Debug("Could not find existing availability set.", f)
-	log.Info("Creating availability set...", f)
+	log.Info("Configuring availability set.", f)
 	as, err := a.availabilitySetsClient().CreateOrUpdate(resourceGroup, name,
 		compute.AvailabilitySet{
 			Location: to.StringPtr(location),
@@ -634,7 +629,7 @@ func deleteResourceIfExists(resourceType, name string, getFunc func() error, del
 		log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("%s does not exist. Skipping.", resourceType), f)
 		return nil
 	}
-	log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Removing %s resource...", resourceType), f)
+	log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Removing %s resource.", resourceType), f)
 	_, err := deleteFunc()
 	return err
 }