A Virtual Machine (VM) is a computing resource that uses software instead of a physical computer to run programs and deploy apps.
The guidelines for the creation of a Windows Virtual Machine on Microsoft Azure are stated as follows:
To create a Virtual Machine - Windows or Linux, a user must have a valid Azure account and subscription. With such in place, sign in to the Azure portal (portal.azure.com) using your Azure account.
Right on your dashboard, click on "Create a resource". On the immediate page, there are several popular Azure services of which Virtual Machine is one. Click on "Create" on the "Virtual Machine" menu.
The page for the creation of a virtual machine is opened. The first section to be populated with the necessary details is the "Basic". In this section, there are sub-sections. The first is the "Project details"; select a subscription, and select the resource group if it has been previously created. It can be created from this instance as well with your preferred name. Next is the "Instance" details sub-section; input your "Virtual machine name ", and select the "Region" in which the VM will be deployed. Also, select the type of "Image"; this image is an Operating System for the VM. In Azure, there are different sizes and these sizes determine the performance of your VM. We are selecting a Windows image because we are creating a Windows VM.
The next sub-section is the "Administrator account ". The details (Username and password) are to protect your VM from unauthorized access. It is strongly advisable to have your username and password recorded safely as these details will be required whenever you want to login to the VM.
Allow "selected port" by selecting "RDP (3389)" for remote desktop access. Also, click in the box to confirm that you have an eligible Windows 10/11 licence.
The "Disk" is the next section. Select the type of "OS disk" type that support your workload.
The other sections (Management, Monitoring, Advance and Tag) could be skipped as all pre-select variables are perfect to deploy a VM. They could also be managed to meet your need. Select "Review + Create" to pass Validation. Click on "Create" afterwards for the creation of the VM.
Once the "Create" is clicked, a page will be displayed indicating the deployment process of the VM and as soon as the VM is created another page will be displayed to confirm the VM deployment, which also validates the creation of the VM.
Click on "Go to resource" for the overview of the VM.
Click on "Connect", as seen in the above picture on the Overview, to connect the VM. Another page will open to "select" a connection via "Native RDP" and as soon as this is selected, another page on the left-hand side of the page will be displayed to download the RDP file to your physical computer.
After downloading the RDP file, open the Downloads folder on your computer, open the downloaded file and click on "Connect" afterwards
Another window pop will be displayed to enter your login details as registered when creating the VM. After login in the details and clicking the "OK" button, another window will pop up for "The Identification of a remote computer that is not verified". It will also ask if you want to connect anyway. Kindly click on "Yes" or better still click the box for "Do not ask me again for connection to this computer", so as not to be asking whenever you are connecting to the VM.
The new Windows VM is created.
With these guidelines, I believe we can all create an Azure Windows Virtual Machine.
Please do not hesitate to comment on any observations.