You will now create a second Windows Virtual Machine. Please follow these instructions carefully and when looking at the naming convention, focus on Amsterdam VM1.
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Click Create a resource at the top of the left blade.
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In the search filter type Windows Server and hit return. Select Windows Server.
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Select Windows Server 2019 Datacenter from the drop down menu and ensure Resource Manager is selected and click Create.
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Ensure your subscription is selected. Under resource group, select the Amsterdam one you created earlier.
- Set the following details for the Virtual Machine, leave everything else at default:
- Virtual machine name: <vm name>
- Region: West Europe
- Availability Options: Availability Set, select the set you created earlier (<availability set name>). If you do not see it listed STOP, do not continue until you can put the second VM within the availability set.
- Size: DS1_v2 Standard
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Type a username and password for your virtual machine.
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Under Public inbound ports, select Allow selected ports and ensure that RDP (3389) is selected.
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Click Next to Disks.
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Set the disk type to Standard HDD and under advanced, set Use managed disks to No. Select the storage account that you created for Amsterdam.
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Click Next to Networking.
- Ensure the following is set for the network leaving everything else at default. Failing to correctly configure it here will cause problems later on:
- Virtual network: <vnet name> - Use the one you created earlier.
- Public IP: <instance-level pip name> - Use the one you just created for the second VM.
- NIC network security group: Select Advanced, then select the one you created earlier (<nsg name>).
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Click Next to Management.
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Set Boot diagnostics and OS guest diagnostics to Off, this just saves some money on the subscription.
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Click Review + create, then after validating the information click Create.
- The VM may take up to 10 minutes to deploy.