Deploying a Windows 11 Virtual Machine (VM) on Microsoft Azure

Hello readers ! Trust you are all doing great.
Virtual machine can be seen as a computer system that is created inside another physical computer using software based approach. It runs an operating system such as Windows, Linus etc like a physical computer system.
In this article of mine,I will like to show you how you can create a virtual machine on a Windows operating system.

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• In the portal, search for and select Virtual machines

• Select + Create.Select virtual machine

• Select Basic tab and complete the Project and Instance details.Choose your resource group. Like every physical computer has a name , also at the instance details, input the name of your virtual machine, select region and availability options

• Set the Administrator's details by inputting your username and password and set the Inbound port to HTTP 80

• Review the Licensing rights and check the box, Review and create

• Select the Monitoring tab , ensure boot diagnostic is set to Disable and Review and Create

• Wait for the deployment of the virtual machine and Go To Resource

• Click on the Primary Ip address and set Idle timeout to 30>> Click on Apply
• Navigate back to the virtual machine and Click on Connect

• Click on Check Access

• Download the RDP file - Remote Desktop Protocol file- This allows remote connection and control to another computer or server over the network

Access Windows 11 via Remote Desktop

• Open the downloaded .rdp file
• Check the agreement box and click Ok.
• Click on Connect
• Enter the administrator username and password you created earlier.
• Accept the certificate warning if prompted -Below is the virtual machine deployed