Create a virtual machine with a static public IP address using the Azure portal

A public IP address enables you to communicate to a virtual machine from the internet.

Assign a static public IP address, rather than a dynamic address, to ensure that the address never changes.

Sign in to Azure

Sign in to the Azure portal.

Create a virtual machine

  1. On the upper-left side of the portal, select Create a resource > Compute > Virtual machine or search for Virtual machine in the search box.

  2. In Create a virtual machine, type or select the values in the Basics tab:

    Setting Value
    Project Details
    Subscription Select your Azure subscription
    Resource Group Select Create new.
    In Name, enter myResourceGroup.
    Select OK.
    Instance details
    Virtual machine name Enter myVM
    Region Select East US
    Availability Options Select No infrastructure redundancy required
    Image Select Windows Server 2019 Datacenter - Gen1
    Azure Spot instance Select No
    Size Choose VM size or take default setting
    Administrator account
    Username Enter a username
    Password Enter a password
    Confirm password Reenter password

  3. Select the Networking tab, or select Next: Disks, then Next: Networking.

  4. In the Networking tab, select or enter:

    Setting Value
    Network interface
    Virtual network Accept the default network name.
    Subnet Accept the default subnet configuration.
    Public IP Select Create new.
    In Create public IP address, in name enter myPublicIP.
    For SKU, select Standard.
    Assignment, select Static.
    Select OK.
    NIC network security group Select Basic
    Public inbound ports Select Allow selected ports.
    Select inbound ports Select RDP (3389)

    Warning

    Portal 3389 is selected, to enable remote access to the Windows Server virtual machine from the internet. Opening port 3389 to the internet is not recommended to manage production workloads.
    For secure access to Azure virtual machines, see What is Azure Bastion?

  5. Select Review + create.

  6. Review the settings, and then select Create.

Clean up resources

When no longer needed, delete the resource group and all of the resources it contains:

  1. Enter myResourceGroup in the Search box at the top of the portal. When you see myResourceGroup in the search results, select it.
  2. Select Delete resource group.
  3. Enter myResourceGroup for TYPE THE RESOURCE GROUP NAME: and select Delete.

Next steps

See Add, change, or remove IP addresses:

  • To change a public IP address from dynamic to static.
  • Work with private IP addresses.

Public IP addresses have a nominal charge. There's a limit to the number of public IP addresses that you can use per subscription.

The SKU of the virtual machine's public IP address must match the public IP SKU of Azure Load Balancer when added to a backend pool. For details, see Azure Load Balancer.

You can download the list of ranges (prefixes) for the Azure Public, US government, China, and Germany clouds.