Upfront Activities before creating Virtual Machines in Microsoft Azure

Having a virtual machine created via the Azure portal without any preparation, and looking at the resources found after creation, I had the impression that some kind of preparation is required before creating a virtual machine in Azure. These three things I consider to be very helpful to be completed …

Minimum required Elements for Microsoft Azure VMs

Being surprised about then number of elements after creating a virtual machine which supports backup, failover, and antimalware protection (in total five resource groups and twenty-four resources, six of them hidden, see “Resources found after Creation of a Virtual Machine in Microsoft Azure“), I created my own list of minimum …

Resources found after Creation of a Virtual Machine in Microsoft Azure

After creating the Azure virtual machine having the features backup, recovery, and antimalware protection by just clicking in the portal, plus doing a site failover test and site failover, I ended up with an unexpected high number of resources. Note: This post is part of a series of postings describing …

Overview of Notes and Observations when Creating a Virtual Machine in Microsoft Azure

Creating a virtual machine in Microsoft Azure via the portal can be done very quickly. Do a few clicks, let Azure do the magic in the background, and a few minutes later, the VM is ready for use. To get a better understanding about what it really means to create …