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Creating Your First Virtual Machine in Azure Cloud

This lab guides you through creating a virtual machine in Azure Cloud, covering essential steps and best practices for a successful deployment.

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30 minEstimated time
2Guided steps
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Creating Your First Virtual Machine in Azure Cloud

Lab overview

Azure Virtual Machines (VMs) are a popular choice for running applications in the cloud. Managing the virtual machines is one of the key tasks for cloud administrators. If you are responsible for managing Azure VMs, you need to understand how to manage and mantain these VMs efficiently.

Managing the Azure VM is also one of the key requirement for AZ-104 exam. It checks your knowledge of managing Azure VMs.

In this lab, you will learn how to create a windows virtual machine in Azure Cloud.

Who is this lab for?

This lab is for beginners who are new to Azure Cloud and want to learn how to create a virtual machine in Azure Cloud. If you are also preparing for AZ-104 exam, this lab will help you to understand the concepts and prepare for the exam.

Objectives

Upon completion of this beginner-level lab, you will be able to:

  • Create a virtual machine in Azure Cloud
  • Manage Azure Virtual Machines
  • Monitor Azure Virtual Machines

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Duration
30 min
Steps
2

Environment

Live Cloud Environment

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  • Real environment, pre-credentialed
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  • Isolated sandbox, auto cleanup
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Lab curriculum

  1. 01

    Logging into Azure Account using Azure Portal

  2. 02

    Creating a Windows Virtual Machine using Azure Portal

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