Create a Windows virtual machine in the Azure portal

Azure virtual machines (VMs) can be created through the Azure portal. This method provides a browser-based user interface to create VMs and their associated resources. This quickstart shows you how to use the Azure portal to deploy a virtual machine (VM) in Azure that runs Windows Server 2016. To see your VM in action, you then RDP to the VM and install the IIS web server.

Create virtual machine

Choose Create a resource in the upper left-hand corner of the Azure portal.

In the search box above the list of Azure Marketplace resources, search for and select Windows Server 2016 Datacenter, then choose Create.

 

Provide a VM name, such as myVM, leave the disk type as SSD, then provide a username, such as azureuser. The password must be at least 12 characters long and meet the defined complexity requirements.Choose to Create new resource group, then provide a name, such as myResourceGroup. Choose your desired Location, then select OK

 Select a size for the VM. You can filter by Compute type or Disk type, for example. A suggested VM size is D2s_v3 

 

 

Under Settings, leave the defaults and select OK.

On the summary page, select Create to start the VM deployment.

The VM is pinned to the Azure portal dashboard. Once the deployment has completed, the VM summary automatically opens.

1. Connect to virtual machine

   Create a remote desktop connection to the virtual machine. These directions tell you how to connect to your VM from a Windows computer. On a Mac, you need an RDP client such as this Remote Desktop Client from the Mac App Store.

   1. Click the Connect button on the virtual machine properties page.

    

   

   
   
   In the Connect to virtual machine page, keep the default options to connect by DNS name over port 3389 and click Download RDP file.
   Open the downloaded RDP file and click Connect when prompted.
   In the Windows Security window, select More choices and then Use a different account. Type the username as vmnam*username, enter password you created for the for the virtual machine, and then click **OK*.
   You may receive a certificate warning during the sign-in process. Click Yes or Continue to proceed with the connection.