This
tutorial shows you how to use the From Gallery method in the Management Portal to
create a custom virtual machine. This method provides more options than the Quick
Create method
does for configuring the virtual machine when you create it, such as the
connected resources, the DNS name, and the network connectivity if needed.
2.
On the command bar, click New.
3.
Click Virtual Machine,
and then click From Gallery.
4.
Click Platform Images,
select Windows Server 2012 Datacenter
of the images, and then click the arrow to continue.
5.
If multiple versions of the image are
available, in Version Release Date,
pick the version you want to use.
6.
In Virtual Machine Name,
type the name that you want to use for the virtual machine. For this virtual
machine, type XXXLabYYY.
7.
In Size, select the
size of the virtual machine. The size you should select depends on the number
of cores required to run your application. For this virtual machine, choose the
smallest available size.
8.
In New User Name, type
a name for the administrative account that you want to use to manage the
server. For this virtual machine, type Admin.
9.
In New Password, type
a strong password for the administrative account on the virtual machine. In Confirm Password,
retype the password.
10. Click
the arrow to continue.
11. You
can place virtual machines together under a cloud service to provide robust
applications, but for this tutorial, you only create a single virtual machine.
To do this, select Create a new cloud service.
12. In Cloud
Service DNS Name, type a name that uses between 3 and 24
lowercase letters and numbers. This name becomes part of the URI that is used
to contact the virtual machine through the cloud service. For this virtual
machine, type XXXMyServiceYYY.
13. In Region/Affinity
Group/Virtual Network, select where you want to locate the
virtual machine.
14. You
can select a storage account where the VHD file is stored. For this tutorial,
accept the default setting of Use an Automatically Generated
Storage Account.
15. Under Availability
Set, for the purposes of this tutorial use the default setting
of None.
16. Click
the arrow to continue.
17. Under
Endpoints, new endpoints are created to allow connections for Remote Desktop
and Windows PowerShell remoting. (Endpoints allow resources on the Internet or
other virtual networks to communicate with a virtual machine.) Click the check
mark to create the virtual machine.
After
the virtual machine and cloud service are created, the Management Portal lists
the new virtual machine under Virtual Machines and lists the cloud service under Cloud
Services. Both the virtual machine and the cloud service are
started automatically.
