Azure Virtual Machines

Get started with Azure Virtual Machines (VMs) and learn how to create, manage, and deploy virtualized computing resources in the cloud.

Key Concepts

• What are Azure Virtual Machines? Learn about the fundamental building blocks of flexible cloud hosting and how they work.
• VM Sizes and Types Explore the wide range of VM sizes optimized for various workloads, from general purpose to compute-intensive.
• Storage Options Understand the different disk types (HDD, SSD, Premium SSD, Ultra Disk) and their performance characteristics for your VMs.
• Networking for VMs Configure virtual networks, subnets, network security groups, and load balancers for your VM deployments.
• High Availability and Disaster Recovery Implement strategies like Availability Sets, Availability Zones, and Azure Site Recovery for resilience.

Getting Started

Create Your First VM

Follow these step-by-step guides to deploy your first virtual machine:

• Create a Linux VM using the Azure portal
• Create a Windows VM using Azure CLI
• Deploy a VM using ARM templates

Manage Your VMs

Discover common management tasks for your Azure VMs:

• Connect to a VM
• Resize a VM
• Stop and Start a VM
• Monitor VM performance

Tutorials and How-To Guides

Dive deeper with these practical tutorials:

• Deploy a highly available application on Azure VMs
• Automate VM deployments with Azure PowerShell
• Secure your Azure VMs with Network Security Groups

Reference

Access detailed API references, command-line interface (CLI) documentation, and SDKs.

• Azure CLI reference
• Azure PowerShell reference
• REST API reference