Hello everyone, this article will focus on step-by-step process on how to create a virtual machine in Azure.
What is a Virtual machine?
A virtual machine is a digital emulation of a physical computer that runs an operating system and applications just like a physical machine.
Creating a Virtual Machine in Azure Portal
In the Search resources, services and docs field, type virtual machines.
Click the Create button to start the virtual machine creation process
From the options choose Create a virtual machine hosted by Azure.
Enter Project details this would be our subscription, resource group and Virtual Machine Name.
Provide information about our virtual machine, such as the operating system, size, and other configuration settings.
Create an Administrator Account. We need a username and a password in case we need to connect to the Virtual Machine.
Select the inbound port rule as SSH if we selected a Linux VM and RDP if it's a windows VM.
Check the licensing.
Click on the Monitoring tab, and click on disable under boot diagnostics.
Click on the Tags tab, and assign name/value pairs to categorize resources. (Optional depending on use-case.)
Click on Review + Create button.
If the validation passes, the deployment will go on.
Click Create to continue.
Check the Status and Go to resource.
Once the virtual machine has been deployed, we can access it by clicking on the Connect button in the virtual machine blade in the Azure portal.
Click Native RDP and click on Select.
Wait for configured sign to be displayed on the right hand side before you click on Download RDP.
Open the RDP file from local computer.
Click on Connect.
Enter the Admin details created during the process of creating the VM.
Accept the terms
You can start using your virtual machine.
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