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Module Number: 01

Module Name: Introduction to Microsoft Azure Virtual

machines

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Syllabus
Introduction to Azure VM, Resource planning with Basic and standard, VM pricing, Difference between
basic and standard VM, Creating virtual machines, Choosing the type of VM, Configuring DNS address,
Configuring endpoints, Connecting to virtual machine, Implementing the lifecycle of a virtual machine,
Uploading and downloading virtual hard disks Attaching an empty hard disk to VM, Creating VM from
a custom image Deleting images and disks

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Aim:
To equip the students with benefits of Virtual Machine on Azure Platform.

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Objectives:

The objectives of this module are:

• Learning Types of Azure Virtual Machine and design principles.

• Understanding the Resource Planning in Azure Platform.

• Evaluating an empty hard disk to Virtual Machine.

• Configuring DNS on Azure Virtual Machine.

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Outcomes:

At the end of this module, you are expected to:

• Deploying and Manage Virtual Machine on Azure Platform

• Managing Disk Images on Azure Virtual Machine
• Understanding the basic fundamentals of microsoft azure
• Implementing the techniques understand the methods to detecting the images and disc

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Table of Content
▪ Introduction to Azure VM
▪ Resource planning with Basic and standard VM pricing
▪ Difference between basic and standard VM
▪ Creating virtual machines
▪ Choosing the type of VM
▪ Configuring DNS address - Configuring endpoints - Connecting to virtual machine
▪ Implementing the lifecycle of a virtual machine
▪ Uploading and downloading virtual hard disks
▪ Attaching an empty hard disk to VM
▪ Creating VM from a custom image
▪ Deleting images and disks

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Introduction to Azure VM
• Azure Virtual Machines (VM) are becoming more popular among IT infrastructures.
Microsoft Azure is one of the leading cloud providers that offer various kinds of cloud-based
services to bring an integrated solution platform.

• Azure Virtual Machines are one of the on-demand computing resources that come under
Infrastructure as a Service (Iaas) category in Azure.

• Azure services are mainly used to build and develop cloud-based solutions in various
organizations.

• Due to the advantages it provides in terms of virtualization technology, Azure VM has

grown significantly in popularity among businesses.

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Resource Planning with Basic and Standard VM
Pricing
Azure VM pricing is based on the following instance properties:

Region
Physical location of the machine. Azure offers 60 regions worldwide, available in 140 countries.
Operating system (OS)
Linux or Windows are available.
Tier
Sets of instances and Its service level.
License Type
OS only or software license attached (BizTalk / SQL server).
Instance Type
The type defines the size of the instance, and Storage attached

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Resource Planning with Basic and Standard VM Pricing

Azure VM Tiers

Azure VM sets a service level tier for each instance, affecting the possible
resources and services consumed by the instance.

There are two main tiers for compute:

• Standard

• Basic

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Resource planning with Basic and standard VM pricing

Basic and Standard pricing tier is about the CPU power, IOPS, etc.
these virtual machine breaks down as followed:

Basic pricing tier: optimized for dev/test, these virtual machines have capabilities similar
to the standard tier.

However, they do not support the Azure load balancer or auto-scaling, IOPS is slower than
for Standard.

Standard Pricing tier: provide better CPU performance and IOPS than basic tier.
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Difference between basic and standard VM

Source: https://faddom.com/azure-vms-pricing/ 11
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Creating Virtual Machines

Azure virtual machines can be Deployed through the Azure portal. This provides a
browser-based user interface to create Virtual Machines and their related resources.

We have to create an Azure subscription, create a free account before you begin.

Sign in the Azure Portal

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Creating Virtual Machines

Enter virtual machines in the search.
In the Virtual machines page, select Create New and then Virtual machine.

To Create a virtual machine page will opens as shown below .

In the Basics tab, under Project details, make sure the correct subscription is selected and
then choose to Create new resource group. Enter myResourceGroup for the name.

Source : https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/quick-create-portal#create-virtual-machine 13
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Creating Virtual Machines

Source : https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/quick-create-portal#create-virtual-machine 14
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Creating Virtual Machines
Under Inbound port rules, choose Allow selected ports and then select RDP (3389) and HTTP (80) from the drop-down.

Source : https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/quick-create-portal#create-virtual-machine
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• Leave the remaining defaults and

Choosing the type of VM
then select the Review + create
button at the bottom of the page.

• Screenshot showing the Review

and create button at the bottom of
the page

• After validation runs, select the

Create button at the bottom of the
page.

• After deployment is complete,

select Go to resource.
Source:
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Choosing the type of VM

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Configuring DNS Address
Step- 1: Login to https://portal.azure.com/

Step- 2: Search for Virtual machines there.

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Configuring DNS Address
Step- 3: You will see the list of VM created in your Azure subscription. It will show the VM name, Type, Status,
Resource Group, Location, etc.

Source: https://azurelessons.com/azure-virtual-machine-dns/
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Step- 4: Now click on the VM name. “MyNewVM” in my case. You can able to see the details of
your virtual machine like Public IP address, status, Computer name, Operating system, Size etc.

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Configuring DNS Address
Step- 5: You can also see the DNS name here. Click on the configure link.

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Source: https://azurelessons.com/azure-virtual-machine-dns/
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Configuring DNS Address
Step- 5: You can also see the DNS name here. Click on the configure link.

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Source: https://azurelessons.com/azure-virtual-machine-dns/
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Step- 6: Select the Assignment as Dynamic, Provide a name for the DNS in the DNS name label field.
Then click on the Save button.

So now if you can see my DNS name is “mynewvm.westus.cloudapp.azure.com“. You can see it here
on the Overview tab.
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Source: https://azurelessons.com/azure-virtual-machine-dns/
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Configuring Endpoints
There is a section Azur Platform where endpoints can be set up when constructing a virtual
machine.
PowerShell and Remote Desktop are the two default endpoints that are enabled when
building a virtual machine.

What does an endpoint actually mean?

• Virtual machines in the same cloud can automatically communicate with one another. But if
we want them to talk to our own computer, we'll need an endpoint that is set up for that.

• In essence, it involves opening a port to access the virtual computer. Remote access to
services operating on virtual machines is made possible by an endpoint.

• When building an endpoint, the public and private ports must be specified. In addition, turning
on Access Control Lists enables secure access to an endpoint (ACL).
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Configuring Endpoints
Step 1
Login to your Azure subscription and create a virtual machine.

Step 2
Click on the virtual machine in the Grid view. Now, you will be in the Virtual machine properties blade
Window. Select the option “Network Interfaces”. Under the essentials section, find the public IP address
parameter and click on IP address.

Step 3
You will be redirected to IP configuration blade of the virtual machine. In this Window, click Configurations
option under settings section.

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Configuring Endpoints
Step 4
In the opened view ,add desired DNS name in DNS name label(Optional). The important information to be
noted here is the entered name should be available, else an error message will be thrown, as shown in the
screenshot given below. Once the proper name is provided, save the current settings.

Steps 5
After the successful creation of DNS name, navigate to the main virtual machine grid view and click on the
virtual machine. In properties Window, select Network Interfaces option under settings section. In the new
blade, click on the Network security group and click Security group in the next Window.

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Configuring Endpoints
Step 6
In the new blade, click Network security group option and select the corresponding Security group in
the Grid View.

Step 7
In the new blade, select the option Inbound security rules and click add button in the blade.

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Configuring Endpoints
Step 8
Provide the desired name and click save button. After saving it successfully, the endpoint can be viewed in the
rules Grid View.

Step 9
Navigate to the virtual machines Grid View and click on the resource group with which the virtual machine is
associated with.

Step 10
In the resource group property Window, select the “virtual machine ip” in the Grid View section. You can find
DNS name of the virtual machine in the properties Window.

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Connecting to Virtual Machine in Azure

1. Select the virtual machine from the list.

2. At the beginning of the virtual machine page, select Connect.
3. Go to the Azure portal to connect to a VM. Search for and select Virtual machines.
4. On the Connect to virtual machine page, select RDP, and then select the appropriate IP address
and Port number. In most cases, the default IP address and port should be used. Select Download
RDP File. If the VM has a just-in-time policy set, you first need to select the Request access
button to request access before you can download the RDP file. For more information about the
just-in-time policy, see Manage virtual machine access using the just in time policy.

1. Open the downloaded RDP file and select Connect when prompted. You will get a warning that
the .rdp file is from an unknown publisher. This is expected. In the Remote Desktop

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6. Use a different account by clicking More options in the Windows Security dialogue. Select OK after
entering the account's login information for the virtual computer.

Local account: When you created the virtual machine, you typically gave a local account user name and
password. In this instance, the virtual machine's name, which is entered as vm name username, is the
domain.

Domain joined VM: Enter the user name in the format Domain Username if the VM is part of a domain.
Additionally, the account must either belong to the Administrators group or have been given permission
to access the virtual machine remotely.
Domain controller: Enter the user name and password for a domain administrator account for that
domain if the VM is a domain controller.

7. Select Yes to verify the identity of the virtual machine and finish logging on.

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 Implementing the lifecycle of a Virtual Machine

• The term "virtual machine lifecycle management" (VMLM) refers to a group of procedures that
administrators can use to control the creation, delivery, use, and upkeep of virtual machines (VMs)
over the course of their use.

• An operating system (OS) or programme can be installed and run in a virtual machine (VM), which
is a software implementation of a computing environment.

• The virtual machine (VM) simulates a physical computer environment, but resource requests are
handled by a virtualization layer that translates them to the underlying hardware.

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A virtual machine (VM) may frequently outlive repeated hardware upgrades, resulting in an
allegedly "immortal VM.“

Although the hypervisor is upgraded, the VM continues to run without taking into account changes
in the hardware.

As long as there is no urgent need for new hardware, the VM continues to function mostly in the
same way. However, after time, support becomes cumbersome and pointlessly expensive.

An enterprise may have virtual machines (VMs) running on a variety of major OS releases,
necessitating the use of several antivirus, security, asset management, monitoring, and other tools as
well as personnel.

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Uploading and downloading Virtual Hard Disks
The virtual hard disc must be ready before you transfer a Windows virtual machine (VM) from
on-premises to Azure (VHD or VHDX).

Generation 1 and Generation 2 VMs with fixed-size discs and VHD file format are both supported by
Azure. On a generation 1 VM, the OS VHD can have a maximum size of 2 TB.

Source: https://claytonshieldsjr.medium.com/add-and-size-disks-in-azure-virtual-machines-576d8da969f5
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Attaching an empty hard disk to VM
How to use the Azure PowerShell module to copy a managed disc to a different region or upload a VHD
from your local computer to an Azure managed disc.

You can upload a VHD up to 32 TiB in size straight into a managed drive using the upload managed
disc procedure, commonly known as direct upload.

At the moment, normal HDD, standard SSD, and premium SSDs can all be directly uploaded. As of
right now, ultra discs are not supported.

To restore client backups to managed discs while offering a backup solution for IaaS VMs in Azure, use
direct upload.

The speed at which you can upload a VHD from an external source to Azure depends on your local
bandwidth. When copying from or uploading to an Azure VM.

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Creating VM from a Custom Image
• A managed VM image contains the information necessary to create a VM, including the OS and data
disks.
• The virtual hard disks (VHDs) that make up the image, including both the OS disks and any data disks,
are stored as managed disks.
• Before creating a new VM, you'll need to create a managed VM image to use as the source image and
grant read access on the image to any user who should have access to the image.
• One managed image supports up to 20 simultaneous deployments. Attempting to create more than 20
VMs concurrently, from the same managed image, may result in provisioning timeouts due to the
storage performance limitations of a single VHD.

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Creating VM from a Custom Image
Use the portal
1. Go to the Azure portal to find a managed image. Search for and select Images.
2. Select the image you want to use from the list. The image Overview page opens.
3. Select Create VM from the menu.
4. Enter the virtual machine information. The user name and password entered here will be used to log
in to the virtual machine. When complete, select OK. You can create the new VM in an existing
resource group, or choose Create new to create a new resource group to store the VM.
5. Select a size for the VM. To see more sizes, select View all or change the Supported disk type filter.
6. Under Settings, make changes as necessary and select OK.
7. On the summary page, you should see your image name listed as a Private image. Select Ok to start
the virtual machine deployment.

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Deleting Images and Disks
The networking and disc resources may not be deleted when you delete a virtual machine (VM),
depending on how you do it. When you delete a VM, what additional resources are automatically
deleted can be changed from the default settings.

1. Open the portal.

2. Select + Create a resource.
3. On the Create a resource page, under Virtual machines, select Create.
4. Make your choices on the Basics, then select Next : Disks >. The Disks tab will open.
5. Under Disk options, by default the OS disk is set to Delete with VM. If you don't want to delete the OS
disk, clear the checkbox. If you're using an existing OS disk, the default is to detach the OS disk when the
VM is deleted.

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Deleting Images and Disks
From Azure portal, browse to the storage container that contains unmanaged disks. Click on the disk to
view the properties.

Ensure that the lease status is “unlocked” and that the lease state is “Available.” This indicates that the
disk is not attached to any VMs. Click on Delete to remove the disks.

• You can utilize Azure Advisor to find the unused virtual machines in your subscription.
• The advanced evaluation model in Azure Advisor analyses metrics like CPU, memory, and
network usage of VMs and finds underused VMs that can be terminated or eliminated.

• The discs and those VMs can be deleted together to reduce your cloud storage costs.

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Summary
• Virtual machines, also known as just VMs, are much like any other real computers, such as laptops,
smartphones, and servers. It is equipped with a CPU, RAM, discs for file storage, and an internet
connection in case that is required. VMs are frequently considered to be virtual computers or
software-defined computers inside of real servers, although the components that make up your computer
(referred to as hardware) are actual, physical, and exist solely as code.
• Virtualization is the process of building a software-based or "virtual" version of a computer with
dedicated resources from a physical host machine, like your desktop computer, and/or a distant server,
such a server in a cloud provider's datacenter.
• To ensure that the discs of VMs in an availability set are sufficiently isolated from one another to
prevent a single point of failure, managed discs are integrated with availability sets. Disks are
automatically inserted into various scale storage devices (stamps). Only the VM instances with discs on
those stamps fail when a stamp fails due to hardware or software failure.
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Self Assessment ( Quiz)
Q1. In which year was Azure launched?

A. 2009

B. 2010

C. 2011

D. 2012

Answer: B

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Q2. Which of the following is the storage services provided by Azure?

A. Blob

B. Queue

C. Both A and B

D. Azure does not support storage services at all

Answer: C

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Q3. Which one of these is not a service provided by Azure?

A. compute

B. store

C. management

D. None of the above

Answer: D

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Q4. Which of the following element is a non-relational storage system for large-scale

storage?

A. Application

B. Compute

C. Storage

D. None of the above

Answer: C

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Q5. Which of the following element allows you to create and manage virtual machines

that serve either in a Web role and a Worker role?

A. Compute

B. Application

C. Storage

D. None of the mentioned

Answer: C

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Q6. Azure Storage plays the same role in Azure that ______ plays in Amazon Web Services.
A. EC3

B. S3

C. EC2

D. None of the mentioned

Answer: B

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Q7. Which of the following role in Microsoft Azure?

A. VM Role

B. Web Role

C. Worker Role

D. All of the above

Answer- D

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Q8. Are data disks provide support within scale sets?

A. Yes

B. No

Answer: A

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Q9. Which of the following application of Microsoft Azure?

A. Web Applications

B. Infrastructure Services

C. Media Services

D. All of the above

Answer: D

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Q10. A _________ role is a virtual machine instance running Microsoft IIS Web server that can

accept and respond to HTTP or HTTPS requests.

A. Worker

B. Server

C. Web

D. Client

Answer: C

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Activity

Activity Type: Offline Duration: 60 Minutes

Description: Comparison study of Virtual machine in different Cloud Service Providers

A Case Study

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Subjective Assessment

1) Explain different cloud service roles provided by Azure.

2) VM creation is possible using Azure Resource Manager in a Virtual Network which was created
by means of classic deployment. Explain

3) What would be the best feature recommended by Azure for having a common file sharing system
between multiple virtual machines?

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External Resources
1. SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines: A hands-on guide to provisioning Microsoft SQL by
Joey D'Antoni (Author), Louis Davidson (Author), Allan Hirt (Author), John Martin (Author )

2. https://courses.edx.org/asset-v1:Microsoft+AZURE202x+4T2017+type@asset+block@Azure
_Virtual_Machines_Practical_Exercises.pdf

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Document Links

Topics URL Notes

https://courses.edx.org/asset-v1:Microsoft+AZ
This link explain Azure VM
Azure VM URE202x+4T2017+type@asset+block@Azure_
Virtual_Machines_Practical_Exercises.pdf

Virtual DISK in Azure https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/services/s This link explains Virtual DISK in Azure Platform
Platform torage/disks/

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Video Links

Topics URL Notes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnqCSQ3 This video explains Azure VM

Azure VM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppRV5zr3 You will learn Types Of VM In Azure

Types Of VM In Azure
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZ41WVF This video explains Virtual Disk

Virtual Disk
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkRiJ2pD This video explains VM And Virtual Disk

VM And Virtual Disk
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E-Book Links

Topics URL Page Number

https://download.microsoft.com/download/6/6/
2/662DD05E-BAD7-46EF-9431-135F9BAE6332/97
Microsoft Azure Essentials 81509302963_Microsoft%20Azure%20Essentials All pages
%20Fundamentals%20of%20Azure%202nd%20ed
%20pdf.pdf

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