Deploying a virtual machine in Azure

Within this part of the chapter, we will deploy a virtual machine by using the Azure Resource Manager portal. When you followed the guidance in the chapters before, you should have the following things already configured:

• Resource groups
• Virtual networks
• Azure storage

These parts are also the basics for deploying an Azure virtual machine:

If you have a Resource groups, network and storage ready, you can start to deploy a virtual machine.

1. First you open the side bar and select Virtual machines:

2. Within the new window, click on the Add button:

3. Afterwards, you need to select the image and operating system you want to deploy. In the current scenario, we will select Windows Server:

4. Select the version you want to deploy. In this scenario, we will select Windows Server 2016 Datacenter:

5. Select the deployment model as Resource Manager from the drop-down menu. It is not recommended to use Classic any more. Click on the Create button to start the VM configuration blade:

6. Within...