Summary and resources

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Azure Administrators understand how to select and configure virtual machines. Azure Virtual Machines is one of several types of on-demand, scalable computing resources that Azure offers. Virtual machines are typically used when you need greater control over your computing environment.

In this module, you learned how to configure virtual machine names and locations. You examined virtual machine pricing models and discovered how to determine the correct virtual machine size. You discovered how to configure virtual machine storage, and how to create a virtual machine in the Azure portal. You reviewed how to select a secure virtual machine connection method, and how to configure Windows and Linux virtual machine connections.

The main takeaways from this module are:

• Azure Virtual Machines is a type of on-demand, scalable computing resource offered by Azure that provides greater control over your computing environment.
• When configuring virtual machines, it's important to consider factors such as network configuration, virtual machine name, location, size, storage, pricing options, and operating system.
• There are multiple ways to connect to your Azure virtual machines. Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) connects Windows-based virtual machines. Secure Shell (SSH) protocol connects to Linux-based virtual machines. Azure Bastion is a fully managed PaaS service that provides secure RDP/SSH connectivity to virtual machines directly over SSL.

Learn more with documentation

• Azure Virtual Machines documentation. This article is your starting point for all things Azure virtual machines.

• Virtual machine selector. This tool helps you find the virtual machines for your needs and budget.

Learn more with self-paced training

• Introduction to Azure Virtual Machines (sandbox). Learn about the decisions you make before creating a virtual machine.

• Plan and deploy Windows Server IaaS Virtual Machines (demonstration videos). Understand Azure compute and storage in relation to Azure VMs. Deploy Azure VMs by using the Azure portal, Azure CLI, or templates.

• Connect to virtual machines through the Azure portal by using Azure Bastion. Learn how to deploy Azure Bastion to securely connect to Azure virtual machines.

• Create a Windows virtual machines in Azure (sandbox).

• Provision a Linux virtual machine in Microsoft Azure. Learn how to deploy a Linux virtual machine with Bicep, the Azure portal, and the Azure CLI.

• Choose the right disk storage for your virtual machine workload. Learn about the variety of disk storage options for virtual machine workloads.