Azure: Creating Virtual Machine and attaching Disks

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This article will let you to know about how to create a Virtual Machine in Windows Azure and how to attach disks to it.

Requirements:

  1. Windows Azure account
  2. Internet Connectivity without any proxy block

Follow the below steps now:

1: Logon to Azure

Goto http://manage.windowsazure.com/ and login with your azure credentials:

2: VM Portal

Now on the home screen of Azure management portal select Virtual Machines -> Create a Virtual Machine -> now enter the details of DNS name, OS that you need, size configuration, Username for VM, password and region where it has to be deployed.

3: Download RDP file

Click on Connect at below and download the rdp file

4: Connect

Open the rdp file and click on Connect

5: Log on to VM

Enter the login credentials for your VM 

 6: Confirm connectivity

Click on Yes for RDP connectivity 

Now your VM gets loaded and you will be getting the following screen:

Click on yes to allow network connections

7: Open Server Manager

Followed by this you will be getting Server Manager. 

(In the above image there is no disk attached)

Now we will be attaching disk towards the VM created

8: Computer Management

Click on Tools -> Computer Management

Here you will be getting the Computer Management Window 

9: Disk management

Goto Storage -> Disk Management

Here you can find the disks attached on your VM 

10: Azure Portal

Move to your local machine OS now and go for the Azure portal where your VM is created

Click on the VM that is created now -> Attach -> Empty Disk

11: Enter Size

Enter the size you need

Now your disk is attached towards the VM

 

12: Find disk

Login to the VM now -> Under same Computer Management you can find the disk attached 

13: Check disk

You will be getting this screen now where your Disk is attached and now it asks for initializing. Click on OK 

14: Volume

Now right click on Disk 2 and go for New Simple Volume

15: Start Wizard

Click on Next

16: Allocate disk space

Allocate the disk space in the following wizard

17: Drive Letter

Allocate the Drive Letter in the next wizard

18:File system

Select the file system in the next wizard

19:Finish

Click on Finish

Now you can find the new disk that has been attached towards the VM