My Lab Environment in Windows Azure

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Define a Virtual Network in Windows Azure

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De-provision / Re-provision your Azure Lab Environment via PowerShell

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Build a VM in Windows Azure

(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i[‘GoogleAnalyticsObject’]=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,’script’,’//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js’,’ga’); ga(‘create’, ‘UA-43064902-1’, ‘watchingthecloud.blogspot.com.es’); ga(‘send’, ‘pageview’); Access to Windows Azure Management Portal https://manage.windowsazure.com/ Go to Virtual Machines menu, and click on +NEW button at the bottom toolbar. Navigate to Compute –> Virtual Machines –> From Gallery. As you can see Windows Azure provides us a lot of templates, not just for … Continue reading Build a VM in Windows Azure