Deploy Azure Virtual Machines

Azure Virtual Machine allows us to create and use virtual machines in the cloud as Infrastructure as a Service. We can use an image provided by Azure, a partner, or we can use our own image to create the virtual machine.

Virtual machines can be created and managed using:

Azure Portal
Azure PowerShell and ARM templates
Azure CLI
Client SDK
REST API

Here are the configuration choices Azure offers when creating a virtual machine.

Operating system (Windows and Linux)
The size of the VM, which determines factors such as processing power, number of attached disks, etc.
The region where the VM will be hosted
Extending the VM, which gives additional capabilities such as running an anti-virus, etc.
Compute, networking, and storage elements will be created when the virtual machine is provisioned.

VM size

It is important to select the right size and
type of VM for our virtual machine to function perfectly. Here are the VM sizes available in Azure.

Type	Sizes	Description
General use	B, Dsv3, Dv3, DSv2, Dv2, DS, D, Av2, A0-7	It is ideal for testing and development, small to medium databases, and low to medium traffic web servers.
Optimized for computing	Fsv2, Fs, F	It features a high CPU-to-memory ratio. It is suitable for medium-traffic web servers, network appliances, and batch processes.
Optimized for memory	Esv3, Ev3, M, GS, G, DSv2, DS, Dv2, D	The memory-to-CPU ratio is high. It is ideal for relational database servers, medium to large caches, and in-memory analytics.
Optimized for storage	Ls	It has high disk throughput and IO, which is ideal for Big Data, SQL and NoSQL databases.
GPU	NV, NC, NCv2, ND	This is a specialized virtual machine that is intended for heavy graphics rendering and video editing. Available with one or more GPUs.
High computing performance	H, A8-11	This is the fastest and most powerful CPU virtual machine with optional high-speed network interfaces (RDMA).

Create an Azure virtual machine

Step 1: Click All Services and then click the Virtual Machine button as shown in the following image.

Step 2: Click on create, then you will be redirected to Create Virtual Machine page.

Step 3: Now select the image for your virtual machine from the Azure marketplace by clicking on “Create VM from Azure marketplace”.

Step 4: After selecting the image, the first thing you need to do is give your virtual machine a name.

Step 5: Now select the VM size and type according to your requirements. After that, set a username and password for your virtual machine and click Next.

Step 6: Now you are on the disk tab, select the type of disk you need and then click next to redirect you to the networking page.

Step 7: Select the virtual network, subnet, and IP address for the virtual machine. We’re leaving it as default because we’re creating it for training purposes.