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01 - Create A Virtual Machine Using Azure Portal

This document provides steps to create a virtual machine in Azure using the Azure Portal. It configures the virtual machine as a web server and connects to it over the internet. Key steps include creating a VM with Windows Server 2016 and required ports open, connecting via RDP, and installing the Web Server role to host a basic website publicly accessible by IP address.

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01 - Create A Virtual Machine Using Azure Portal

This document provides steps to create a virtual machine in Azure using the Azure Portal. It configures the virtual machine as a web server and connects to it over the internet. Key steps include creating a VM with Windows Server 2016 and required ports open, connecting via RDP, and installing the Web Server role to host a basic website publicly accessible by IP address.

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Create a Virtual machine using Azure Portal

Use Case:
In this walkthrough task we will create a virtual machine in Azure via the Azure
Portal, configure it as a web server and connect to the web server over the internet.

Prerequisites:
You need an Azure subscription to perform these steps. If you don't have one you can create
one by following the steps outlined on the Create your Azure free account today webpage.

Steps:
1. Sign in to the Azure portal at https://portal.azure.com.

2. Choose Create a resource in the upper left-hand corner of the Azure portal. In the search
box above the list of Azure Marketplace resources, search for and select Windows Server
2016 Datacenter, then choose Create.

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3. In the Basics tab, under Project details, make sure the correct subscription is selected and
then choose to create new resource group. Type Codesizzler-01 for the name.

4. Under Instance details, type CloudVM for the Virtual machine name and choose East US
for your Location. Leave the other defaults.

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5. Under the Administrator account section, provide a username, such as demouser and a
password. The password must be at least 12 characters long and meet the defined
complexity requirements.

6. Under Inbound port rules, choose Allow selected ports and then select RDP (3389) and
HTTP (80) from the drop-down. These are to allow us to connect to the virtual machine
using RDP over port 3389 and then to see a web page display over HTTP on port 80.

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7. Leave the remaining defaults and then select the Review + create button at the bottom
of the page.

8. Once Validation is passed click the Create button. It can take approx three to five minutes
to deploy the virtual machine.

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9. Once the virtual machine is created, go to the resource group you placed the virtual
machine in, and open up the virtual machine, then click the Connect button on the virtual
machine properties page.

10. In the Connect to virtual machine page, keep the default options to connect by DNS
name over port 3389 and click Download RDP File.

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11. Open the downloaded RDP file and click Connect when prompted.

12. In the Windows Security window, select more choices and then Use a different account.
Type the username as localhost\username, (you could also type demouser enter password
you created for the virtual machine, and then click OK.

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13. You may receive a certificate warning during the sign-in process. Click Yes or to create
the connection and connect to your deployed VM. You should connect successfully.

Congratulations! You have deployed and connected to a Windows Server virtual machine
in Azure.

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14. Open up a PowerShell command prompt on the virtual machine, by clicking the Start
button, typing PowerShell right clicking Windows PowerShell in the menu and selecting
Run as administrator.

15. Install the Web-Server feature in the virtual machine by running the following
command in the PowerShell command prompt: PowerShell

Install-WindowsFeature -name Web-Server -IncludeManagementTools

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16. When completed you should see a prompt stating Success with a value True, among
other items in the output. You do not need to restart the virtual machine to complete the
installation.

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17. Back in the portal, select the VM and in the overview pane of the VM, use the Click to
copy button to the right of the IP address to copy it and paste it into a browser tab.

18. The default IIS Web Server welcome page will open, and is available to connect to the
publicly via this IP address, or via the fully qualified domain name.

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Congratulations! You have created a web server that can be connected to publicly via this
IP address, or via the fully qualified domain name. If you had a web page to host you could
deploy those source files to the virtual machine and host them for public access on the
deployed virtual machine.

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