Virtual Machine
Virtual Machine
Virtual Machine
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 quick start shows
you how to use the Azure portal to deploy a virtual machine (VM) in Azure that runs Windows
Server 2016. To see your VM in action, you then RDP to the VM
Log in to Azure
Log in to the Azure portal at https://portal.azure.com.
1. Choose Create a resource in the upper left-hand corner of the Azure portal.
2. In the search box above the list of Azure Marketplace resources, search for and select
Windows Server 2016 Datacenter, then choose Create.
3. Provide a VM name, such as myVM, leave the disk type as SSD, then provide a username,
such as azure user. The password must be at least 12 characters long
4. Choose to Create new resource group, then provide a name, such as myResourceGroup.
Choose your desired Location, then select OK.
5. Select a size for the VM. You can filter by Compute type or Disk type, for example. A
suggested VM size is D2s_v3.
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.