I am getting error while creating VM in Azure CLI using Katacoda

Anonymous
2020-07-10T11:00:01.197+00:00

I am getting the below error while creating VM in AzureCLI using Katacoda

admin user name cannot contain upper case character A-Z, special characters /"[]:|<>+=;,?*@#()!or start with $ or -

Kindly help me to resolve this

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  1. Rene van Roon (dev) 6 Reputation points
    2020-09-03T07:59:56.523+00:00

    Add the admin name in your command. example:

    az vm create --admin-password P@ssw8rd27!!! --admin-username adminazure --image UbuntuLTS --name Pita5 --resource-group resourcegroup6

    worked for me..

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  2. Manu Philip 16,991 Reputation points MVP
    2020-07-10T12:59:29.72+00:00

    Hi,
    Please refer the username requirements as mentioned in the following Microsoft documentation and proceed to correct it in your script

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/faq#what-are-the-username-requirements-when-creating-a-vm

    Please mark as "Accept the answer" if the above steps helps you. Others with similar issues can also follow the solution as per your suggestion

    Regards,

    Manu

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