Creating and configuring Azure VMs

Creating an Azure VM is a very straightforward process – all you have to do is follow the given steps:

1. Navigate to the Azure portal and search for Virtual Machines, as shown in the following screenshot:

Figure 3.1: Searching for Virtual Machines

2. Once the VM blade is opened, you can click on +Add to create a new VM, as shown in the following screenshot:

Figure 3.2: Virtual Machines blade

3. Once you have clicked on +Add, a new blade will pop up where you have to search for and select the desired OS for the VM, as shown in the following screenshot:

Figure 3.3: Searching for Windows Server 2016 OS for the VM

4. Once the OS is selected, you need to select the deployment model, whether that be Resource Manager or Classic, as shown in the following screenshot:

Figure 3.4: Selecting the deployment model

5. Once the deployment...