Google Cloud, meanwhile, has published documentation on building VM images using that same Packer tooling. Regarding the new Azure kid on the image building block, Microsoft said: "With Azure VM Image ...

Azure VM Image Builder can be accessed using the Azure portal, Azure CLI, PowerShell, and Azure DevOps. Tutorials are available to build a Linux custom image, a Window custom image and to create ...

On the Summary blade click Create. [Click on image for larger view.] Figure 1. Creating a virtual machine in Azure -- the wrong way. Once the VM has been deployed, click Connect on the dashboard and ...

Using Azure Bastion to manage VMs via the Azure Portal comes with yet another advantage, namely making jumpboxes — virtual machines used as a springboard to connect to all other VMs in the VNet ...

In Microsoft Azure, creating virtual machines can be accomplished through the Azure Portal or with one of the supported scripting languages, but we will use the Portal for this article for ...

It is important that you not power the virtual machine back up until it has been moved to the Azure environment. About the Author Brien Posey is a 22-time Microsoft MVP with decades of IT experience.