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Platform Image You can create your own virtual machine directly in the cloud by using an image that is provided in the Image Gallery of the Microsoft Azure
Management Portal:
To do this, you can use:
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the Management Portal,
PowerShell,
the programmable API interface (REST);
the command-line tools provided for Mac and Linux desktops.
After you create the virtual machine, you can log on to the machine to manage it.
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For a VM that is Windows, you use the Connect button in the Management Portal to start a Remote Desktop Connection.
For a VM that is running the Linux OS, you use a Secure Shell (SSH) client to logon.
We refresh the base images periodically, but Microsoft Azure does not force updates to the operating system disks already deployed by
customers. Similarly, Linux partners will refresh the Linux base images periodically.
For detailed information on how to create, deploy, and manage virtual machines see:
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http://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/downloads/
Oracle VM Images for Azure:
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http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/azure/dn439770.aspx
Use your own image You can use the Add-AzureVHD cmdlet to upload your own VHD file as an image to Microsoft Azure.
Simply upload your image to your Blob storage account and use that image to instantiate a new virtual machine.
Info on Creating and Uploading a Virtual Hard Disk that Contains the Windows Server Operating System:
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http://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/documentation/articles/virtual-machines-create-upload-vhd-windows-server/
Use your own disk An OS image is a virtual hard drive file that you can use as a template to create a new virtual machine. An image is a template because it doesn’t
have specific settings like a configured virtual machine, such as the computer name and user account settings.
You might not be able to use an image because of specific application settings that need to persist. In this case, you can use the Add-AzureVHD
cmdlet to upload the VHD file as a disk and then you can create a virtual machine from the disk. For example, your disk may already have SQL
Server installed. If you create your own virtual machines and install SQL Server on them, you are responsible for making sure that the appropriate
licenses are in place.
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