Create a Windows Virtual Machine in the Azure portal. Step-by-Step Guide

Steps

1. Introduction of Virtual Machine
2. Sign in to the Azure portal
3. Create a Virtual machine
4. Connect to the virtual machine
5. Clean up resources

1. Introduction
What are Virtual Machines?

• VMs are emulations of computer systems.
• They provide the functionality of a physical computer.

Why Azure Virtual Machines?

• On-demand, scalable computing resources.
• Flexibility: Choice of OS, size, and configuration.
• Scalability: Adjust resources based on demand.
• Support for Windows and Linux.
• Full administrative control over the VM.

Azure virtual machines (VMs) can be created through the Azure portal. This method provides a browser-based user interface to create VMs and their associated resources. This quickstart shows you how to use the Azure portal to deploy a virtual machine (VM) in Azure that runs Windows Server 2019. To see your VM in action, you then RDP to the VM and install the IIS web server.

• If you don't have an Azure subscription, create a free account before you begin
• Click try Azure for free and follow the prompt

2. Sign in to the Azure
Sign in to the Azure portal

3. Create a virtual machine

• Enter virtual machines in the search bar

• Under services select virtual machine
  

• On the virtual machines page, select Create and the Azure virtual machineThe Create a virtual machine page opens
  

• On the Basics tab under Project details enter Azure Subscription 1 for the Subscription and onyekwereRG for the Resource group created or enter the existing name.

• Under Instant details enter onyekwereVM for the Virtual machine name

• Choose Windows Server 2022 Datacenter; Azure edition- x64 Gen 2 for the Image.

• Leave others at defaults
  

• Under the Administrator account provide a username such as azureuser and a password
• Confirm the password

• Under inbound port rules, choose Allow selected port and then select RDP (3389) and HTTP (80) from the drop-down
• Leave the rest at default
• Click review and create

• After validation runs, select the Create button at the bottom of the page
  

• After deployment is completed, select Go to resource
  
  4. Connect to Virtual Machine
  Create a remote desktop connection to the virtual machine.
  These directions tell you how to connect to your VM from a Windows computer. On a Mac, you need an RDP client such as this Remote Desktop Client from the Mac App Store

• On the overview page of your virtual machine, select the Connect > RDP

• In the Connect with RDP tab, keep the default option to connect by IP address over port 3389, and click on Download RDP file
  

• Open the downloaded RDP file and click Connect when prompted.
  

• In the Windows Security window, enter your password

• Click OK.

• You may receive a certificate warning during the sign-in process.
• Click View certification to install Certification.

• Click on install

• Certificate import wizard
• Click next

• Click Finish

• Click Yes to create the connection and your Virtual Desktop is created

5. Clean Up
Delete Resources

• When no longer needed, you can delete the resource group, virtual machine, and all related resources.
• On the Overview page for the VM, select the Resource group link.
• At the top of the page for the resource group, select Delete resource group.
• A page will open warning you that you are about to delete resources. Type the name of the resource group
• Select Delete to finish deleting the resources and the resource group.