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Hands-on lab

Creating a Windows Azure Virtual Machine




February 2014












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CONTENTS
Contents
CREATING A WINDOWS AZURE VIRTUAL MACHINE ............................................................................ 1
OVERVIEW ................................................................................................................................................... 2
Objectives 2
System requirements 2
EXERCISE 1: CREATE A VIRTUAL MACHINE USING THE MANAGEMENT PORTAL .......................... 3
Task 1 Login 3
Task 2 Create a storage account to contain VHDs for the virtual machines. 4
Task 3 Show the QUICK CREATE virtual machine creation option. 5
Task 4 Create a virtual machine with the GALLERY virtual machine creation option. 6

Overview
In this demo you will demonstrate using the Windows Azure Management Portal and to show the
options for creating a virtual machine.
Objectives
This demo will show how to:
Login to the Management Portal
Create a Virtual Machine

System requirements
You must have the following to complete this demo:
A reliable Internet connection
An active Windows Azure subscription



Estimated time to complete this demo: 10 Minutes


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Exercise 1: Create a Virtual Machine using the Management Portal
Task 1 Login
1. Launch a browser and navigate to https://manage.windowsazure.com. Once prompted login
with your Windows Azure credentials.
Note: You may need to launch an "in-private" session in your browser if you have multiple
Microsoft Accounts.

2. After you enter your email, select whether this is a Microsoft or Organization account.

3. From there you will be directed to the correct provider to login with your password.

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Task 2 Create a storage account to contain VHDs for the virtual machines.
1. Click on the +NEW link at the bottom-left corner of the screen.



2. Select DATA SERVICES -> STORAGE -> QUICK CREATE



3. Specify the storage account properties.
a. A unique name(Should be all lowercase) for the storage account URL
b. The Windows Azure Location to create the storage account in.
c. Select Locally Redundant for Replication field.

4. Press the checkmark next to CREATE STORAGE ACCOUNT to provision the storage account.
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5. Before proceeding wait for the storage account creation to complete. (as seen below)


Task 3 Show the QUICK CREATE virtual machine creation option.
1. Click the NEW button at the bottom left of the management portal.

2. Click COMPUTE, VIRTUAL MACHINE and then QUICK CREATEto


3. Review the options on the screen for Windows Server or Linux based virtual machine in this
view but do not actually create the virtual machine.
a. DNS NAME: Unique host name. This value is also the name of the cloud service
container for the virtual machine. The virtual machine created here will also be
named the same as the cloud service.
b. USER NAME: local administrator account name (cannot be administrator)
c. REGION/AFFINITY GROUP: the data center location to create thevirtual machine in.
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Task 4 Create a virtual machine with the GALLERY virtual machine creation
option.
1. Click the NEW button at the bottom left of the management portal.

2. Click COMPUTE, VIRTUAL MACHINE and then FROM GALLERY

3. Highlight the virtual machine gallery option available. Select Windows Server 2012 R2
Datacenter and click the 'next arrow' button at the bottom right.
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4. Enter the configuration for the virtual machine.
a. VIRTUAL MACHINE NAME: This is the computer name: demovm1. This value must
be unique within the same cloud service.
b. SIZE: Small
c. NEW USER NAME: demouser
d. PASSWORD: demo@pass1


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5. On the next screen, specify a unique name for your cloud service. Select the same Windows
Azure region that you created the storage account in in task two. For now, keep availability
set as none.



6. Accept the defaults on the endpoint configuration page.


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7. Click the Checkmark at the bottom of the screen to complete the virtual machine creation.

Summary
In this lab you have learned how to provision a Windows Azure Storage Account to act as the underlying
storage for Windows Azure Virtual Machines. You have also walked through both the QUICK CREATE and
GALLERY creation options of the Windows Azure Management portal and created a virtual machine.

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