Adding data disks and network interfaces

You can add a new managed data disk and extra network interfaces to a Windows VM by using the Azure portal, PowerShell, and CLI. The size of the VM determines how many data disks you can attach to one single VM.

Adding a data disk

To add a data disk from the Azure portal, you have to perform the following steps:

1. Navigate to the Azure portal by opening https://portal.azure.com.
2. Go to the overview blade of one of the VMs that we created earlier.
3. Under Settings, select Disks. Click the Add data disk button:

Adding a data disk

4. You can now add an existing disk or create a new disk. We don't have an extra disk in place, so select Create disk:

Creating a new disk

5. In the Create...