CREATING MY FIRST RESOURSE GROUP AND VIRTUAL MACHINE ON MICROSOFT AZURE
Published: 2024-05-04 11:37:52

Today, I'm excited to share my experience in setting up my initial Resource Group and Virtual Machine on Microsoft Azure. Before diving into the process, let's quickly define what a Resource Group and Virtual Machine entail. A Resource Group serves as a consolidated container for managing and organizing resources within a unified entity, while a Virtual Machine empowers users to generate and deploy virtualized replicas of computers equipped with diverse operating systems within the cloud. Now, let's explore the step-by-step procedure I followed to streamline this process.

Create a Resource Group

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Name the Resource group as RG-Atee, select subscription and select Region

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Validate and Create
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Resource Group finally created (Rg-Atee).
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Create a Virtual Machine

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Basics: Select subscription and Resource group

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Instant Details: Give a Virtual Machine name → Select Region →Select Availability option → Select Availability Zone
Choose and select options as highlighted in the screenshot. Image- Image is an operating system and windows 11 pro version is selected here.

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Administrator Account
Create a Username → Password → Confirm password 

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Inbound Port
Choose Public inbound ports → Select Inbounds ports.
 
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Confirm Licensing
 
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Monitoring
Disable Diagnostics: Not to allow Microsoft to be notified from their end. Hence, for users’ privacy
 

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Review and Create for validation
 
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Redeployment Completed and Click on Go to resource.
 
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Click on the IP Address
 
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Increase the IP Address Idle time out to the maximum (30) and Save
 
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Go back to Go to Resource and Click on Connect

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Select Native RDP
 
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Validate and configured. Download RDP File
 
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Open the RDP Downloaded file, click on it to start the installation process, follow the instructions to log in with your Username and password you previously created.
 
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Below is the result of virtual machine created.
 
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