11.2 VM Mgmt Server

Task 2: Create a virtual machine to use as a management server.

In this task, you will create a virtual machine to use as a management server.

  1. In the Azure portal, navigate back to the Virtual machines blade, click + Add, and, in the dropdown list, click + Virtual machine.

  2. On the Basics tab of the Create a virtual machine blade, specify the following settings (leave others with their default values):

    Setting Value
    Subscription the name of the Azure subscription you will be using in this lab
    Resource group AZ500LAB07
    Virtual machine name myVMMgmt
    Region (US)East US
    Image Windows Server 2019 Datacenter Gen 1
    Size Standard D2s v3
    Username Student
    Password Pa55w.rd1234
    Public inbound ports None
    Already have a Windows Server license No

    Note: For public inbound ports, we will rely on the precreated NSG.

  3. Click Next: Disks > and, on the Disks tab of the Create a virtual machine blade, set the OS disk type to Standard HDD and click Next: Networking >.

  4. On the Networking tab of the Create a virtual machine blade, select the previously created network myVirtualNetwork.

  5. Under NIC network security group select None.

  6. Click Next: Management >, on the Management tab of the Create a virtual machine blade, specify the following settings

    Setting Value
    Boot diagnostics Enabled with managed storage account (recommended)
    Diagnostics storage account the default value
  7. Click Review + create, on the Review + create blade, ensure that validation was successful and click Create.

    Note: Wait for both virtual machines to be provisioned before continuing.