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The last few weeks I have been working with customers around Windows Azure and setting up a Virtual Machine of Windows Server 2012 on Microsoft’s Public Cloud with the Microsoft Azure 90-Evaluation located at: http://aka.ms/try-azure

This is my “Step-By-Step” guide for setting up your “Windows Azure 90-Day Trial Subscription” and getting a Virtual Machine of Windows Server 2012 up and running.

Here are the appropriate steps: (Note: You will need your Live ID and credit card may be required if you use Cloud Services.) I counted 30 steps to success!

Step 1: Go to http://aka.ms/try-azure

Step 2: Provision and setup your account

Step 3: Your subscription as “Active”

Step 4: Add in the “Virtual Machines & Virtual Networks – Try it Now!

Step 5: Select the Azure Account

Step 6: You are now setup!

Step 7: Welcome Screen – follow to step 2 in the wizard.

Step 8: Main Menu – follow to step 3 in the wizard.

Step 9: Create new – follow to step 4 in the wizard

Step 10: Commands - follow to step 5 in the wizard

Step 11: Hey newbie, Create an Item! lol

Select Virtual Machine

Step 12: Create a new Virtual Machine FROM GALLERY

Step 13: Review the VM OS Selections

Step 14: Select Windows Server 2012

Step 15: Select the VM Configuration, Give it a Virtual Machine Name and Password, pick SMALL

Step 16: Select the VM Mode – Standalone Virtual Machine

Step 17: Give it your own DNS name

Step 18: Give it a friendly name for your DNS, each VM Role will have one.

Step 19: Creates the Availability State for the VM Role to run Highly Available VM Roles!

Step 20: Provisioning the Virtual Machine

Step 21: Creating the Storage Account for the Virtual Machine

Step 22: Successfully created virtual machine

Step 23: Virtual Machine is Starting!

Step 24: Virtual Machine is Running!

Step 25: Opening the RDP request, Click Open

Step 26: Opening the Remote Desktop Connection to view the Virtual Machine

Step 27: Enter your Administrator Username and Password

Step 28: Accept the certificate here… (Note: Later you can add your own VM’s with the certificate that goes with that virtual hard disk.)

Step 29: Establish the connection with the Virtual Machine!

Step 30: Here, you see your Windows Server 2012 virtual machine via the RDP session and Server Manager. Congrats on your first steps to setting up Windows Azure. I plan on helping you through your journey as well!

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