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Barisi Lenyie
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Steps on how to create Virtual Machine

In cloud computing, a virtual machine (VM) is a digital representation of a real computer operating in a virtualized environment. It runs on shared physical hardware under the control of a cloud provider, but it has its own operating system, storage, and apps.

The first step in any project work is to create a resource group
Below are the steps to create a resource group

Step 1
in the Microsoft Azure portal
in the Search Bar, type Resource Group and hit enter, and the resource group with an icon will gray out
search bar

Step 2
Select the Resource Group and in the resource group environment, select + Create
resource group & + create

Steps on how to create a virtual machine

Step 1
In the Microsoft Azure portal, locate the Search Bar, and type Virtual Machines and hit enter
search & virtual machines

Step 2
Click the drop-down arrow by + Create and choose virtual machine
+ create & virtual machine

Step 3
In the create virtual machine environment, navigate to the Resource Group area, and if you have created the resource group earlier, click the drop-down and select and if not, click create new
resource group

Step 4
In the create virtual machine environment, for the virtual machine name, give it a name, for Region, click the drop-down arrow and select while for the availability option, click the drop-down arrow and choose
virtual machine name, region & availability

Step 5
Select the security type from the drop-down arrow and select image from the drop-down arrow
security type & image

Step 6
Navigate to the administrator account, for the username section, type in a name, give it a password, and confirm the password, ensure the passwords are the same
username, password & confirm password

Step 7
Navigate to the select inbounds ports, click the drop-down arrow select and tick the I confirm section
select inbounds ports & I Confirm

Step 8
Navigate to the Monitoring Tab and disable Diagnostics
monitoring, diagnostics

Step 9
Click on Tags Tab Type in the Name section, type in the bar below and do same for value and click Review + Create
tags, name & value

Step 10
validation passed message then scroll down to view other information, click create
validation passed &  create

Step 11
A successful message, your deployment is complete, and then click Go to Resource
go to resource

For the virtual machine not to have disruptive network issue,

Step 1
navigate to the primary NIC public ID and click the link
primary NIC public id

Step 2
when the public ID link is click, in the new environment, increase the idle time out
Idle time out

Steps on how to connect the virtual machine

Step 1
On the overview, click Connect and click the drop-down arrow on the Connect tab and choose Connect
connect

Step 2
click the Connect Access **and download the **RDP File
connect access & download RDP

Step 3
Open the downloaded file and click Connect
remote connection

Step 4
In the window security environment, enter your password and click ok
window security

I hope this article was educational.

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