Introduction
In this article, we will learn about how to create a virtual machine in an Azure portal. A virtual machine is a computer file which behaves like an actual computer. A virtual machine behaves like a server. It is a computer within a computer that provides the user with the same experience they would have on the host operating system itself as per Microsoft documentation.
Prerequisites
- Outlook account for login Azure portal.
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Create an account on the Azure portal.
Given below links for outlook and Azure portal,
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Outlook:- https://outlook.live.com
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Azure:- https://portal.azure.com
If you already have an Outlook and Azure account, you can use your existing account.
Step 1
First, we need to go to the Azure portal. After login you can see the virtual machine option. Click on this option for creating a new virtual machine:
Step 2
After clicking on virtual machine option, we are getting a new page. Below you can see that -- now click on Add button.
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Step 3
Now we have redirected to the new page. In this page we have basic, disks, networking, management, advanced, tags, review+ create. First, we need to fill some details in the basic tab.
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Subscription - I am logged in with a free account so it is by default selected as Free.
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Resource group - Click on create new resource group and give a name for the resource group. Let's say the name is rg-demo.
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Virtual machine name - Now we need to enter virtual machine name vm-demo
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Region - Here you can select any region where you want to create your virtual machine. I am selecting the Central US.
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Availability options - No infrastructure redundancy required is by default selected. You can select another option if you want high availability. I am going with the default option.
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Step 4
Image - We created windows server so I am going with windows. If you want ubuntu and other options select any option as you want.
Azure spot instance - By default no is selected.
Size - Here we can change the size of our machine RAM, disks, storage etc as per our requirement. Given the below list you can see VM size. I am selecting B2ms standard general purpose.
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Step 5
Now in administrator account field set your username and password for accessing virtual machine.
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Step 6
Public inbound ports - By default allow selected ports.
Select inbound ports - For accessing our virtual machine allow RDP option. We can also allow HTTP for accessing through the link.
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Step 7
Disks Tab- We have three options, Premium SSD, Standard SSD, and Standard HDD. I am going with the default Premium SSD. You can select any one.
Networking Tab - If you want to change in the virtual network, public IP, subnet etc option do so as per your requirement. For now, we are going with default values.
Management Tab - If you want to change in backup option, machine auto-shutdown, do so as per your requirement. For now, we are going with default values.
Advance and Tag Tab - For now, we are going with default and blank values.
Review + Create - Now Review and click on the Create button.
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Step 8
After clicking on review+create button. it validates our changes and configuration. Once validation is passed, click on create button.
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Step 9
Now, it will take time to create a virtual machine. Once virtual machine creation is completed we get the message "Your deployment is complete" as you can see in the given below image.
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Step 10
Now go to the virtual machine tab and select connect option, then click on RDP (remote desktop platform) for accessing remote desktop.
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Step 11
Now click on download RDP file. Once the file is downloaded on the system, open the downloaded RDP file.
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Step 12
Now we are getting a window for username and password. Enter the username and password, which we gave in the administrator account details section.
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Once we are logged in successfully, now we can access the virtual machine, as you can see in the below image.
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Summary
In this article, we learned step by step how to create a virtual machine in Azure portal. Thank you for reading.