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 CLIAzure CLI
Azure portalAzure portal
Azure PowerShellAzure PowerShell

5-Minute Windows quickstarts

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

Azure PowerShellAzure PowerShell
Azure portalAzure portal
Azure CLIAzure CLI

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