Defining Virtual Machine(VM)
Virtual Machine is an emulation of a real or physical computer system having its own dedicated resources, including CPU, memory, storage, and networking just as physical computer has.
A virtualized environment is produced by the virtual machine software, and this is known as a hypervisor, which separates the guest operating systems from the underlying hardware.
VM can be built, removed, or relocated between physical computers without having any effect on the hardware of the physical computer on which it is being operated. This gives hardware resource management more flexibility. It is Infrastructure as a Service(IaaS) offering that allows the User to have total control and able to customise it according to their needs at any point in time.
The wide usage of Virtual machine in Cloud Computing cannot be overemphasized. This is because they offer a scalable and economical way to host several virtual servers on a single physical computer. It also made accessibility, sharing, backup, and recovery of data easy.
Creating a VM is easy. Here are simple steps to follow:
STEP 1
Log in to Azure Portal with your Azure account or you can create a free trial account if you do not have one.Follow this link to create one https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free/
After logging in to your Azure account, type Virtual Machine in the Search box and select Virtual Machine
STEP 2
Click on create and select Azure Virtual Machine from the dropdown box
That will bring you to the page below
STEP 3
Under the Project details, you will do the following:
(a)Choose your subscription which in this case will be Azure Pass Sponsorship
(b)Create a Resource group which is a container for keeping similar items together. We will create a Resource group and name it AprilWorkLoad
Under the Instance details, you will do these:
(a)Give a name to your Virtual Machine that you are creating. I will name it Yemisicomputer
(b)Select any Region of your choice where you want to host your VM. Here we will choose EAST US
(c)Select the Availability Option. I will select Availability Zones. Under Availability Zones you can select one or more availability zones for your VM, to back up your workload.
*Leave the Security type at Default i.e. Trusted Launch Virtual Machine as in the picture above
(d)For Image i.e. the Operating System, choose Windows 11 Pro, version 21H2 x64 Gen2
*Leave the VM Architecture and Size at Default
Under Administrator account take the steps below:
(a)Create User Name. We will use Azureuser as our Username
(b)Create a password. Here, we will use Password123*
NOTE: These are the log in details for your Virtual Machine
For the Inbound Port rules, RDP(3389) is preselected because we have already chosen to create a Windows 11 Operating System.(RDP means Remote Desktop Protocol)
STEP 4
Tick Licensing
STEP 5
Go to Monitoring and disable Diagnostics
STEP 6
Click on Review and Create to check if there is any error(s)
STEP 7
If there is no error, it will show VALIDATION PASSED at the top of the page. Then you can go ahead and click on create.
STEP 8
You have to wait for the VM to be fully deployed
STEP 9
Click on Go to Resource.This page below will come up
To connect with your newly created Virtual Machine named YemisiComputer, click on Connect and select RDP.
Then Click on download RDP files
Open the RDP File downloaded. A window for Remote Desktop Connection will pop up.
Click on Connect and enter your Log in Details i.e. the username and the password.
Click OK. Your Virtual Machine Log in mode will come up
Select your Privacy Settings
Click on next to proceed to the desktop of your newly created Virtual Machine
Waoh! Your Windows 11 Virtual Machine is live!!
You can now set up your VM to suit your purpose of creating it
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