Creating a VM in Azure Portal - Try It Yourself

Creating a VM in Azure Portal

📖 Scenario: You are starting a new project and need a virtual machine (VM) to run your application. You will create a VM in the Azure Portal step-by-step.

🎯 Goal: Build a simple Azure virtual machine with basic settings using the Azure Portal interface.

📋 What You'll Learn

Create a resource group named MyResourceGroup

Create a virtual machine named MyVM

Use Standard_B1s as the VM size

Use UbuntuLTS as the VM image

Set the admin username to azureuser

💡 Why This Matters

🌍 Real World

Creating virtual machines is a common task to run applications or services in the cloud.

💼 Career

Cloud engineers and developers often create and manage VMs to deploy software and test environments.

1

Create a resource group

In the Azure Portal, create a resource group named MyResourceGroup. This will hold your VM and related resources.

Azure

# Your code here

Need a hint?

Resource groups help organize your Azure resources. Use the exact name MyResourceGroup.

2

Start creating the virtual machine

Begin creating a virtual machine named MyVM inside the resource group MyResourceGroup.

Azure

Resource Group: MyResourceGroup
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use the exact VM name MyVM and select the resource group MyResourceGroup.

3

Configure VM size and image

Set the VM size to Standard_B1s and select the image UbuntuLTS for your virtual machine.

Azure

Resource Group: MyResourceGroup
Virtual Machine Name: MyVM
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Choose the VM size Standard_B1s for a small VM and the image UbuntuLTS for the operating system.

4

Set admin username and create VM

Set the admin username to azureuser and complete the VM creation process.

Azure

Resource Group: MyResourceGroup
Virtual Machine Name: MyVM
VM Size: Standard_B1s
Image: UbuntuLTS
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use the exact admin username azureuser to access your VM after creation.