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Create a Linux or Windows Virtual machine on Azure

For this you should have a Microsoft Azure account , in case you don't have create your free Azure account.

Here, we will learn to create a VM on Azure with a free account or any Visual Studio subscription you have.(I am having visual studio subscription)

Ok , lets get started...

First go to the Virtual machine tab.

click on the "Create Virtual machine" button.

Select the Subscription.
Create a new Resource Group or select an existing one.
Name your VM..
Select the hosting region for the VM.
Select the OS Image (Linux or Windows).

Now , Select the size of the VM. you have many different option according to your need select one.
Once you have selected a size according to the price.

Setup the “Username & Password” for the admin account,

( These credentials will be used when you will connect to your VM using Remote Desktop Connection (RDP) .)

Once you have done filling these data, click on "Next".

Select a “Disk Type” and click "Next" to continue.

You need to create a Virtual Network or select an existing network.
To access the VM using an IP Address which is not changing for the network, that can be set up using the public IP.
You need to create a new one or select an existing one.
Once done, click "Next" to continue.

You can set up the monitoring of the VM you are going to create from the “Management" Tab.
Create a new Diagnostics storage account or select an existing one.
Once done, click "Next" to continue.
Additional configuration can be added to the VM via Virutal Machine Extentions from this "Advance and Tags" tab.
Once done, click "Next" to continue.

Now just "Review" and "Create“.
Review all the given data and then click on "Create".
It will take 3-5 mins, to set up the Virtual Machine

In the "Virtual Machine" tab.
you can find your VM once succesfully created.

Congratulations , you finally made it . Now you have learned and successfully created a VM . Enjoy : )