Create Windows Server 2016 TP5 on Azure

Azure VMs can be created using a variety of options such as Service Management Portal (https://manage.windowsazure.com), PowerShell, or Azure CLI. We will be using the new Azure portal (code name Ibiza) for creating an Azure VM.

Please follow these steps to create a new Windows Server 2016 Containers VM:

1. Log in to the Azure Management portal https://portal.azure.com.
2. Click on +New and select Virtual Machines.
3. Click on See All to get a full list of VMs.
4. Search using text Windows Server 2016 (with double quotes for full phrase search).
5. You will find three main flavors of Windows Server 2016, as shown in the following screenshot:

1. Click Windows Server 2016 with Containers Tech Preview 5 and then click Create on the new blade.
2. Select Resource Manager as the deployment model.
3. Fill in the parameters as follows:

1. Basic settings:

• Name: The name of the VM or the host name.
• VM disk type: SSD.
• User name: Administrator account username of the machine. This will be used while remotely connecting to the machine using RDP.
• Password: Administrator password.
• Confirm password: Repeat administrator password.
• Subscription: Select the Azure subscription to be used to create the machine.
• Resource group: Resource group is a group name for logically grouping resources of a single project. You can use an existing resource group or create a new one.
• Location: The geographical location of the Azure data center. Choose the nearest available to you.

1. Click OK.
2. Select Size and click on DS3_V2. For this exercise, we will be using DS3_V2 Standard, which comes with four cores and 14 GB memory.
3. Select DS3_V2 Standard and click Select:

1. Click on Settings. The Settings section will have most of the parameters pre-filled with defaults. You can leave the defaults, unless you want to change anything, and then click OK.
2. Check a quick summary of the selections made using the Summary tab and click OK. Azure will start creating the VM. The progress will be shown on a new tile added to the dashboard screen, as shown in the following screenshot:

Azure might take a couple of minutes or more to create the VM and configure extensions. You can check the status on the newly created dashboard tile.