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Guide on Creating & Connecting to an Azure Virtual Machine


This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Isaiah Izibili

Azure Virtual Machine (VM) is a scalable, cloud-based computing resource offered by Microsoft Azure that functions just like a traditional computer—but in the cloud. It allows users to run applications, host websites, manage servers, or simulate workloads without owning physical hardware.

Kindly see below steps involved in Creating an Azure Virtual Machine:

  1. Login to Microsoft Azure at https://portal.azure.com

Login to Azure portal

  1. Search for a Virtual Machine from the Search bar

Search for virtual machine

  1. Create a virtual machine

Create a virtual machine

  1. Create a Resource group and give it a name

Create a Resource group and give it a name

  1. Give your virtual machine a name, choose a region, choose availability zone, choose a zone.

virtual machine a name

  1. Choose an image

Choose an image type

microsoft office

  1. Choose image size

Image size

  1. Create a login detail for administrator account and give it a name and password

user name and password

  1. Select the inbound port

Select inbound port

  1. Select License

Select license

  1. Under Monitoring, disable boot diagnostic

disable boot diagnostic

  1. Go to tag and add name and value

add name and value

  1. Review and create virtual machine

Review and create

create

  1. Deployment in progress

Deployment in progress

  1. Deployment is complete

Deployment complete

  1. Connect the virtual machine

connect virtual

  1. |Download the RDP file and open file

RDP file

  1. The virtual machine has been created.

Virtual machine


This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Isaiah Izibili