Virtual Machines Documentation

Learn how to create Azure virtual machines. Tutorials, API references, and other documentation show you how to create and deploy Windows and Linux virtual machines and VM templates.

5-Minute Linux quickstarts

Learn how to deploy an NGINX web-server within a Virtual Machine running Ubuntu:

Azure CLI
Azure portal
Azure PowerShell

5-Minute Windows quickstarts

Learn how to deploy an IIS web-server within a virtual machine running Windows Server 2016:

Azure PowerShell
Azure portal
Azure CLI

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