Create your first Azure Virtual Machine
Creating a Virtual Machine is easy and takes only minutes. Provide the public facing DNS name for the Virtual Machine, select from our platform supplied list of VM images, enter a user name, password, and the region.

Create a new Virtual Machine using the Command Line
You can create a Virtual Machine using PowerShell:
New-AzureQuickVM -Windows -AdminUsername myAdminUserName -ServiceName
myServiceName -InstanceSize Small -Name myWindowsVM -Password
myuserpassword01! -Location 'West US' -ImageName
a699494373c04fc0bc8f2bb1389d6106__Windows-Server-2012-Datacenter-201310.01-e
n.us-127GB.vhd
Alternatively, you can create a new Ubuntu Virtual Machine using our cross-platform command line interface for Windows, Mac or Linux:
~$ node azure vm create myLinuxVM
b39f27a8b8c64d52b05eac6a62ebad85__Ubuntu-12_04_2-LTS-amd64-server-20130225-e
n-us-30GB myUserName myuserpassword01! -l "West US"
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