Get information about a virtual machine

Request

For information about getting started with Azure REST operations including request authentication, see Azure REST API Reference.

Response

Status code: If successful, the operation returns 200 (OK); otherwise 404 (Not Found) is returned.

Model view of a virtual machine

{    
   "id":"/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",  
   "vmId": "{vm-id}",  
   "name":"virtualMachineName”,    
   "type":"Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",    
   "location":"westus",    
   "tags":{    
      "department":"finance"    
   },    
   "properties":{    
      "licenseType": "Windows_Server",    
      "availabilitySet":{    
         "id":"/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/availabilitySets/myAVSet"    
      },    
      "hardwareProfile":{    
         "vmSize":"Standard_A0"    
      },    
      "storageProfile":{    
         "imageReference":{    
            "publisher":"MicrosoftWindowsServerEssentials",    
            "offer":"WindowsServerEssentials",    
            "sku":"WindowsServerEssentials",    
            "version":"1.0.131018",
            "id": "/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/providers/Microsoft.Compute/locations/westus/publishers/MicrosoftWindowsServerEssentials/artifactype/vmimage/offers/WindowsServerEssentials/skus/WindowsServerEssentials/versions/latest" 
         },    
         "osDisk":{    
            "osType":"Windows",    
            "name":"osName-osDisk",
            "managedDisk": {
              "Id": "/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/disks/osDisk",
              "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS" 
            }  
            "vhd":{    
               "uri":"http://mystorage.blob.core.windows.net/vhds/osDisk.vhd"    
            },    
            "caching":"ReadWrite",    
            "createOption":"FromImage"    
         },    
         "dataDisks":[    

         ]    
      },    
      "osProfile":{    
         "computerName":"virtualMachineName",    
         "adminUsername":"username",    
         "adminPassword":"password",    
         "customData":"",    
         "windowsConfiguration":{    
            "provisionVMAgent":true,    
            "winRM": {    
               "listeners":[{    
               "protocol": "https",    
               "certificateUrl": "[parameters('certificateUrl')]"    
               }]    
            },    
            “additionalUnattendContent”:[    
               {    
                  “pass”:“oobesystem”,    
                  “component”:“Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup”,    
                  “settingName”:“FirstLogonCommands|AutoLogon”,    
                  “content”:“<XML unattend content>”    
               }               "enableAutomaticUpdates":true    
            },    
            "secrets":[    

            ]    
         },    
         "networkProfile":{    
            "networkInterfaces":[    
               {    
                  "id":"/subscriptions/########-####-####-####-############/resourceGroups/CloudDep/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/myNic"    
               }    
            ]    
         },    
         "provisioningState":"succeeded"    
      }    
   }    

Instance view of the virtual machine

{    
  "platformUpdateDomain": 0,    
  "platformFaultDomain": 0,    
  "vmAgent": {    
    "vmAgentVersion": "2.5.1198.709",    
    "statuses": [    
      {    
        "code": "ProvisioningState/succeeded",    
        "level": "Info",    
        "displayStatus": "Ready",    
        "message": "GuestAgent is running and accepting new configurations.",    
        "time": "2015-04-21T11:42:44-07:00"    
      }    
    ]    
  },    
  "disks": [    
    {    
      "name": "myosdisk",    
      "statuses": [    
        {    
          "code": "ProvisioningState/succeeded",    
          "level": "Info",    
          "displayStatus": "Provisioning succeeded",    
          "time": "2015-04-10T12:44:10.4562812-07:00"    
        }    
      ]    
    }    
  ],    
  "statuses": [    
    {    
      "code": "ProvisioningState/succeeded",    
      "level": "Info",    
      "displayStatus": "Provisioning succeeded",    
      "time": "2015-04-10T12:50:09.0031588-07:00"    
    },    
    {    
      "code": "PowerState/running",    
      "level": "Info",    
      "displayStatus": "VM running"    
    }    
  ]    
}