🚀 Start Your First Windows Azure Virtual Machine🖥️✨
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Microsoft Azure is a powerful cloud platform that offers compute infrastructure and cloud services for IT professionals and developers to build, deploy, and manage applications. This beginner-friendly lab focuses on Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), one of Azure’s core offerings.
Gone are the days of waiting weeks to set up physical infrastructure! With Azure, you can launch a Windows Virtual Machine (VM) in just minutes. Let’s dive in and get your first VM up and running!
🔍 Prerequisites Before starting, make sure you have:
Remote Desktop (RDP) client software installed on your local machine (e.g., Microsoft Remote Desktop). A basic understanding of IT concepts. 🎯 Learning Objectives By the end of this lab, you will be able to:
Log in and navigate the Microsoft Azure portal. Configure and launch a Windows VM. Connect to the VM using Remote Desktop (RDP). Perform basic VM controls like start, stop, restart, and delete. Log in and navigate the Microsoft Azure portal. The Microsoft Azure portal is a browser-based graphical user interface (GUI) for managing Azure resources. Although there are other ways to manage Azure resources, such as the application programming interface (API) and command line interface (CLI), the portal is the simplest place to start.
- Configure and launch a Windows VM.
Log in to Azure Portal: Go to portal.azure.com.
Open Resource Groups:
Click ☰ (menu) > Resource groups.
Select the cal-###-## resource group (provided by Cloud Academy).
Create a VM:
Click + Create > Virtual Machine.
Choose Windows Server 2019 Datacenter as the image.
Configure Basics:
Resource group: Select cal-###-##.
VM name: Enter ca-manikanta-vm.
Region: Choose West US.
Size: Select B2s.
Username: Enter student.
Password: Use a strong, unique password.
Configure Disks:
Set OS disk type to Standard SSD.
Configure Networking:
Allow RDP (3389) for public inbound ports.
Review and Create:
Click Review + Create > Create to deploy the VM.
3.Connect to the VM using Remote Desktop (RDP).
✅ Done! Your Windows VM is now being created. Once deployed, connect via Remote Desktop (RDP) and start exploring!
Tip: Always use strong passwords and restrict RDP access to specific IPs for security.
Happy cloud computing! ☁️
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https://manitechy.medium.com/start-your-first-windows-azure-virtual-machine-️-f4155a902b77
