Changing a reservation for a private IP address

For private IP addresses, you can change the IP address at any time to another value. With public IP addresses, this isn't the case, as you get the IP address randomly from a pool and aren't able to change the value. With a private IP address, you can change the value to another IP address from the address space.

Getting ready

Before you start, open your browser and go to the Azure portal at https://portal.azure.com.

How to do it...

To change a reservation for a private IP address, follow these steps:

1. In the Azure portal, locate the NIC you want to make changes for.
2. In the Network interface pane, go to IP configurations under Settings and select the IP configuration:
   

   Figure 4.10: Locating the IP configuration in the Network interface pane

3. In Private IP address settings, enter a new value for IP address:
   

   Figure 4.11: Assigning a new value for the private IP address

4. After these changes have been...