How to create Virtual Machine in Azure

In this article you will learn how to create a Virtual Machine using Azure Portal. Here we will create VM with Windows server 2019 OS. Follow the below steps to create a virtual machine in Azure.

Steps to Create Windows Virtual Machine

• Log in to the Azure Portal.
• Click On the three line of Home screen and select +Create a resources.

• Under Compute section Click Create in Virtual Machine.

• Now Fill the following detail under the Basic tab :-
  • Under Project details select your subscription
  • select the create new and type the name of new resource group and Click Ok

• Under Instance details fill up the following details and leave the other defaults
  • type a name for your Virtual Machine such as Azurevm
  • Select the region where you are going to create resources.
  • Select the image of Operating System, eg ; Windows Server 2019 Datacenter
  • Choose the size of VM according to your requirements.
  • Leave the other options Default.

• Under Administrator account fill up the following details
  • Select Password as authentication type
  • Type a username such as ; Azureuser
  • Type a password and confirm your password

• Now Click on the Next : Disk
• in OS disk tab you can add the disk architecture that you want. I kept the default option as it is
• Leave Encryption Type Default and than click next; Networking

• Now you can fill the below details in the Networking tab
  • Choose a virtual network or else you can create a new one by clicking the “Create New” link.
  • Leave the Subnet Default
  • choose Allow selected ports in Public inbound ports and leave other defaults

• Now for other tabs all the options you can keep as it is. Once you fill all the above details click on the “Review + Create” 
• Azure will validates the above details internally and will show a message “Validation passed”.

• Then click “Create” button.