Virtual Machines

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Service Description

Virtual Machines introduce the IaaS element to Microsoft Azure. They allow the operation of virtual machines on Microsoft Azure that were created by the user or provided by Microsoft. These are charged by the minute. Provisioning a virtual machine requires only the specification of a VHD (standard VHDs are used here) for the booting process, the VM size, and a few configuration parameters (e.g., administrator account, DNS name) depending on the selected VHD.

Documentation for Virtual Machines is split into several sections:

Virtual Machines
covers all information about Azure Virtual Machines
Windows Virtual Machines
covers all about VMs running Windows as Guest-OS
Linux Virtual Machines
covers all about VMs running Linux as Guest-OS

Getting Started

Pluralsight: Managing Infrastructure with Microsoft Azure - Getting Started
2/24/2017, Mva
Pluralsight: Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines - Getting Started
3/13/2017, Mva
Create a Windows Server Virtual Machine
9/22/2016, Video, 0:03:58
Microsoft Azure for IT Pros Content Series: Virtual Machines
9/30/2016, Mva
Use Azure Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) as a starting point on your cloud journey
9/28/2016, Video, 1:08:59
Master VMs in Microsoft Azure Resource Manager
10/2/2016, Video, 1:13:11

Latest Content

Date	Title
10/16/2017	10/16/2017 Connect Azure VMs (Batch) to Azure Log Analytics (OMS) with PowerShell TechNet Gallery The following script will connect all of the Virtual Machines within your Azure Resource Group to Azure Log Analytics (OMS). A few lines of codes do need to be updated to reflect your...
10/14/2017	10/14/2017 Public preview: Azure Availability Zones Service Updates Introducing the public preview of Azure Availability Zones, high availability with datacenter fault tolerance.
10/13/2017	10/13/2017 Find Azure VMs that are “Shut Down” but not “Deallocated” As you likely know, if you shut down an azure VM from the operating system, Azure does not deallocate resources to that VM, and therefor you are still being charged for those resources. In order...
10/11/2017	10/11/2017 Data Science Virtual Machines are now available on Azure Government Cloud This post was co-authored by: Gopi Kumar, Principal Program Manager, AI and Research For any questions, feel free to contact Gopi on Twitter: @zenlytix We are happy to announce the availability...
10/10/2017	10/10/2017 Azure Friday: Azure Instance Metadata Service YT: Microsoft Azure [0:12:13] Hariharan Jayaraman joins Scott Hanselman to talk about the Azure Instance Metadata Service, which provides information about running virtual machine instances that you can use to manage and...
10/10/2017	10/10/2017 Azure Instance Metadata Service Azure Friday [0:12:12] Hariharan Jayaraman joins Scott Hanselman to talk about the Azure Instance Metadata Service, which provides information about running virtual machine instances that you can use to manage and...
10/9/2017	10/9/2017 Getting 99.999% availability for my IaaS Service: Running highly available Azure VMs \| BRK2130 YT: Ignite [1:09:58] This session shares customer experiences and platform insights on how to run a highly available Azure IaaS service. We overview recent VM availability improvements, platform unique availability...
10/9/2017	10/9/2017 Announcing Azure Files share snapshots public preview Microsoft Azure Blog Azure Files, the fully managed cloud file share service in Azure, extends the ability of organizations to share files across Azure VMs and on-premises clients. With support for industry standard SMB…
10/6/2017	10/6/2017 Sudoers adventures and how VM Extensions can save the day Using a Linux based Azure VM you may need to access the console to do special operations and VM Azure Extensions are the right tool to do it. This is expecially true when you do something really...
10/5/2017	10/5/2017 Learn all about running multi-terabyte SAP HANA infrastructure on Microsoft Azure \| BRK1032 YT: Ignite [1:09:59] Learn all about SAP HANA and how customers are using HANA to modernize their enterprise business processes with the most performant Azure VMs and purpose-built SAP HANA on Azure large instances....
10/5/2017	10/5/2017 Master VMs in Microsoft Azure Resource Manager \| BRK3271 YT: Ignite [0:49:35] Over the last two years Microsoft, partners, and community members have published hundreds of multi-VM Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates through both the community GitHub repo and publishers...
10/4/2017	10/4/2017 The new planned maintenance experience in Microsoft Azure \| THR3043R YT: Ignite [0:19:43] While we perform most of the hosting environment maintenance without any impact to virtual machines in Azure, there are rare cases where we end up impacting our customers and rebooting their VMs....

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Azure Documentation

1. Linux Virtual Machines
2. Windows Virtual Machines
3. Linux VMs using classic deployment
4. Windows VMs using classic deployment
5. Resources
5.1. Azure Roadmap
5.2. Pricing calculator

Web Content

Content	Type
Architecting Modern Web Applications with ASP.NET Core and Microsoft Azure	Ebook
How to retrieve Azure virtual machine operating system SKU name by PowerShell	Sample
Creating Virtual Machine in Microsoft Azure	Whitepaper
Azure TCO Calculator	Webpage
Supported Distributions and Versions	Webpage
Running a Linux VM on Azure	Webpage
SQL Server (IaaS) on an Azure Virtual Machine Learning Path	Webpage
Microsoft Azure Essentials: Fundamentals of Azure, Second Edition	Ebook
High Availability Checklist	Webpage
Introducing Windows Azure for IT Professionals	Ebook
Introduction to Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines, Part 1	Lab
Protecting Data in Microsoft Azure	Whitepaper

Online Training Content

Date	Title
5/24/2017	Developing Microsoft Azure Solutions In this computer science course, you will learn how to deploy an ASP.NET MVC application, which is a web application framework developed by Microsoft, which implements the model–view–controller (MVC) pattern, to the Microsoft Azure platform. We will expand on the application by learning about Microsoft Azure’s capabilities and then adding functionality...
3/30/2017	Pluralsight: Microsoft Azure IaaS Monitoring and Management - Getting Started In this course, Microsoft Azure IaaS Monitoring and Management - Getting Started, you'll learn the skills you need to keep your proverbial finger on the pulse of your Microsoft Azure infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) services. First, you'll discover how to use Azure Monitor to perform basic monitoring. Next, you'll explore how to install and configure...
3/13/2017	Pluralsight: Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines - Getting Started Most Azure administrators go through a "gotcha" period in which they realize they made mistakes only after deployment. This course, Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines - Getting Started, will jump-start your skills with Azure infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) and give you knowledge to make the best decisions up front. First, you'll learn about configuring...
2/24/2017	Pluralsight: Managing Infrastructure with Microsoft Azure - Getting Started This course, Managing Infrastructure with Microsoft Azure - Getting Started, equips the new Azure administrator with the skills needed to be successful deploying infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) applications and services. First, you'll learn to deploy Azure virtual machines (VMs) by using the Azure Portal, Windows PowerShell, and the Azure...
9/30/2016	Microsoft Azure for IT Pros Content Series: Introduction to Microsoft Azure Want to know the basics of Microsoft Azure? Join MVP Corey Hynes as he delivers the first in a series of courses designed to teach you all about Azure. Explore foundational concepts in this Azure training. Learn why Azure exists and what problems it solves for startups and for Fortune 500 companies. Plus, take a look at other high-level conceptual...
9/30/2016	Microsoft Azure for IT Pros Content Series: Virtual Machines Want to know more about Microsoft Azure? Join MVP Corey Hynes as he explores Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines, in this installment in a series of courses designed to teach you all about Azure. Learn what virtual machines (VMs) are and how we implement them in Microsoft Azure. Plus, take a look at other high-level concepts related to Azure Virtual...
6/23/2016	Introduction to Microservices Are you new to microservices? Don’t miss this look at the fundamentals of microservices-based applications. Learn about what microservices are, the benefits of microservices architectures, and what to consider when building microservices-based applications.
3/31/2016	Common Tasks for Linux on Azure If you have questions on using Linux on the Microsoft Azure platform, this detailed course has answers for you. Explore some common tasks, including creating a Linux virtual machine (VM) in Azure. See multiple ways to deploy VMs, and take a look at how to install and launch VMs using the Azure comma
12/14/2015	Modernize Your Datacenter What’s driving business transformation in the cloud-first world? Technology innovation! And Windows Server, System Center, and Microsoft Azure can play a pivotal role. To accelerate value and to stay ahead of the competition, you need infrastructure that unleashes application innovation and you need
12/10/2015	Deploy Virtual Machines in the Cloud: Part 2 Building on the core understanding of virtual machines from "Deploy Virtual Machines in the Cloud: Part 1," take a deeper dive and look at how to use virtual machines (VMs) for more complex and more mission-critical roles. See how to deploy complex VM-based solutions using Azure Resource Manager and

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Tools

Tool	Description	Author
Easy Shutdown/Start for ARM and Classic VMs	This script shutdowns/starts VMs (both ASM and ARM) just by given a Subscription name and a VM name.	Diomedes Ignacio Domínguez Ureña
Deploy a new Virtual Machine using PowerShell	This scripts will help to create a new virtual machine using PowerShell.It will save time in creating multiple VM using PowerShell which time some more time usiign management portal.	Kapil.Kumawat
Delete Azure RM Virtual Machine-NIC-Disks	This script will delete an Azure Resource manager Virtual Machine.It will also delete the associated Network Interface Card (NIC).It will also remote both STANDARD and MANAGED Disks.Including both the OS Disk and the DATA Disks.	Ben Wilkinson
Install New Relic Infrastructure client	DescriptionThis PowerShell automation runbook installs the New Relic Infrastructure client and enables it with a provided key.. The runbook can install the client on a single computer or multiple. All you need to do, is provide a list commaseperated liste with names of the comput	Joachim Stapelfeldt
Automatic Packet Capture	ACDC (Azure Connectivity Diagnostic Collector) script allows to automatically start packet capture traces (.cap) on Azure VMs and probing sources as soon as a connectivity failure is detected.
Resize AzureRm Virtual Machine	There may be times when you have to scale your virtual machines up or down your Virtual Machines and changing the Virtual Machines size is straight forward, you can change the size of a Azure virtual machine by using either the Azure Management Portal or PowerShell commands. Ho	Clavin Fernandes
Automate Installation of Azure Resource Manager (ARM) Virtual Machine Extensions	Script to automate the installation of VM Extensions on Azure VMs. The "Extension Name" (Type) and "Publisher Name" are passed are parameters, along with optional "SettingString" JSON that can be used to configure Extension properties.	Neil Bird
Azure Enterprise Lift and Shift Checklist	This Excel file acts as a checklist to accompany the Azure Enterprise Lift and Shift Guidance.The link to the Guidance article is coming soon.The guidance discusses the process enterprise IT staff and decision makers can use to identify and plan the migration of applications and
Azure Resource Manager Virtual Machine Power Management azure-rm-vm-manager.ps1	This script azure-rm-vm-manager.ps1 provides the ability to simultaneously manage Azure Resource Manager IaaS virtual machines power states. Features: Lists all Azure RM IaaS virtual machines and their power states. Start, Stop, Restart all Azure RM IaaS virtual machines.
CloudMonix	CloudMonix enhances Microsoft Azure by providing deep monitoring of most of Azure's infrastructure via live dashboards, ability to self-heal from many different production issues, on-demand historical performance and uptime reports, customizable alerts & notifications, sophisticated auto-scaling engine, integration to third party systems, and a lot more.	Paraleap Technologies
Virtual Machine Optimization Assessment Tool	The free Virtual Machine Optimization Tool automatically inspects SQL Server, Active Directory, and SharePoint deployments and provides a detailed set of prioritized recommendations and step-by-step instructions for improvement. Aimed especially at IT pros, this tool is a companion to the Virtual Machine Readiness Assessment Tool.	Microsoft
Virtual Machine Readiness Assessment Tool	The Virtual Machine Readiness Assessment Tool automatically inspects your on-premises environment, whether it is physical or virtualized, and provides you with a check list and detailed report on steps you need to take to move your environment to the cloud.	Microsoft

Videos

Date	Title	Length	Source
10/10/2017	Azure Friday: Azure Instance Metadata Service Hariharan Jayaraman joins Scott Hanselman to talk about the Azure Instance Metadata Service, which provides information about running virtual machine instances that you can use to manage and configure your virtual machines. Use the...	0:12:13	YT: Microsoft Azure
10/10/2017	Azure Instance Metadata Service Hariharan Jayaraman joins Scott Hanselman to talk about the Azure Instance Metadata Service, which provides information about running virtual machine instances that you can use to manage and configure your virtual machines. Use the...	0:12:12	Azure Friday
10/9/2017	Getting 99.999% availability for my IaaS Service: Running highly available Azure VMs \| BRK2130 This session shares customer experiences and platform insights on how to run a highly available Azure IaaS service. We overview recent VM availability improvements, platform unique availability mechanisms and how to harness them, and...	1:09:58	YT: Ignite
10/5/2017	Learn all about running multi-terabyte SAP HANA infrastructure on Microsoft Azure \| BRK1032 Learn all about SAP HANA and how customers are using HANA to modernize their enterprise business processes with the most performant Azure VMs and purpose-built SAP HANA on Azure large instances. In addition, learn how customers are...	1:09:59	YT: Ignite
10/5/2017	Master VMs in Microsoft Azure Resource Manager \| BRK3271 Over the last two years Microsoft, partners, and community members have published hundreds of multi-VM Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates through both the community GitHub repo and publishers through the Azure Marketplace. In this...	0:49:35	YT: Ignite
10/4/2017	The new planned maintenance experience in Microsoft Azure \| THR3043R While we perform most of the hosting environment maintenance without any impact to virtual machines in Azure, there are rare cases where we end up impacting our customers and rebooting their VMs. In this session we describe the brand...	0:19:43	YT: Ignite
10/2/2017	Cloud Tech 10 - Ignite 2017 Edition - 2nd October 2017 Like keeping up with Azure but struggling to find enough time? Then this is the video for you! I'm Mark Whitby, a Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft UK. Each week, I cover what's happening with Microsoft Azure in just 10 minutes, or...	0:06:16	CloudTechTV
9/30/2017	Getting 99.999% availability for my IaaS Service: Running highly available Azure VMs This session shares customer experiences and platform insights on how to run a highly available Azure IaaS service. We overview recent VM availability improvements, platform unique availability mechanisms and how to harness them, and...	1:11:59	YT: Ignite
9/30/2017	Azure IaaS design and performance considerations: Best practices and learnings from the field In this session, learn about the design and performance considerations you have to look for when deploying Azure VMs. We look at the performance limits of the Standard and Premium storage accounts. Also, the network performance and...	0:55:46	YT: Ignite
9/29/2017	Running tier 1 workloads on SQL Server on Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines Today as more and more companies look to realize the benefits of Cloud, it becomes impertinent to ensure that these cloud deployments are optimized and provide the maximum benefits. While the deployments on an Azure IaaS VM is very...	1:13:30	YT: Ignite

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