Generalize Virtual Machines And Create Image VMs In Azure Portal

Introduction

Generalization process of creating Image on Virtual Machine in Azure portal. The Image would have all the software configurations including of virtual machine which is used to create image.

I will provide step by step with screenshots below.

Go to Azure portal. Click search Bar

Generalize Virtual Machines and Create Image VMs in Azure Portal

Search the Virtual Machines in the Search Bar

Generalize Virtual Machines and Create Image VMs in Azure Portal

Select the Generalize virtual machines VM

Generalize Virtual Machines and Create Image VMs in Azure Portal

Next Connect the virtual machines 

Generalize Virtual Machines and Create Image VMs in Azure Portal

Generalize Virtual Machines and Create Image VMs in Azure Portal

Open file explorer and browse this path from your virtual machines, click to open the Sysprep Application

C:\Windows\System32\Sysprep

Generalize Virtual Machines and Create Image VMs in Azure Portal

Select the Generalize checkbox and shutdown options

Generalize Virtual Machines and Create Image VMs in Azure Portal

Sysprep is working for few minutes

Generalize Virtual Machines and Create Image VMs in Azure Portal

Next step is to go to Virtual Machines, select the Capture button

Generalize Virtual Machines and Create Image VMs in Azure Portal

In the following step, Click the Next + Tag Button 

Generalize Virtual Machines and Create Image VMs in Azure Portal

Enter the tag name

Generalize Virtual Machines and Create Image VMs in Azure Portal

Click Create button

Generalize Virtual Machines and Create Image VMs in Azure Portal

Successfully created my image template 

Generalize Virtual Machines and Create Image VMs in Azure Portal

Generalize Virtual Machines and Create Image VMs in Azure Portal

Conclusion

This article taught us how to create Generalize virtual machines and create an image in our azure portal. And if you have any questions please contact me.