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Best practice for renaming azure virtual machine

Hello, I'm looking to change the name of my azure virtual machine, but I'm looking for guidance on the best practice for migrating my managed OS disk and network to the replacement azure virtual machine. Can someone provide a step by step process for…

Azure Virtual Machines
Azure Virtual Machines

An Azure service that is used to provision Windows and Linux virtual machines.

9,942 questions
asked 2026-03-12T17:31:53.93+00:00
Eric Andrade 20 Reputation points
accepted 2026-03-12T20:04:46.46+00:00
Eric Andrade 20 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

how to refresh a created vm win 11 that has a conflict and says to refresh

Everything on my VM has been created, but it says "Unable to provide the vault information. Retry the operation after waiting for a few minutes (Code: ResourceNotYetSynced)" How do I refresh?

Azure Virtual Machines
Azure Virtual Machines

An Azure service that is used to provision Windows and Linux virtual machines.

9,942 questions
asked 2026-03-11T16:35:06.4333333+00:00
Josie Lewis 40 Reputation points
accepted 2026-03-12T19:21:52.06+00:00
Josie Lewis 40 Reputation points
2 answers

Errors when AADLoginForWindows extension is enabled on the VM

I’m attempting to enable Microsoft Entra ID authentication for a Windows VM that I access through Azure Bastion. However, when I try to enable the AADLoginForWindows extension, the deployment fails and I receive the following error: The handler for…

Azure Virtual Machines
Azure Virtual Machines

An Azure service that is used to provision Windows and Linux virtual machines.

9,942 questions
asked 2026-03-09T23:10:38.3133333+00:00
Garcia, Cha 0 Reputation points
edited a comment 2026-03-12T18:04:27.61+00:00
Garcia, Cha 0 Reputation points
2 answers

Azure VM Resizing Automation – How to validate if applications are running and whether VM must be deallocated before resizing?

I am implementing an automation workflow for resizing Virtual Machines in Azure and want to ensure the process is safe for production workloads. Before performing the resize operation, I want to validate whether any application is actively running inside…

Azure Virtual Machines
Azure Virtual Machines

An Azure service that is used to provision Windows and Linux virtual machines.

9,942 questions
asked 2026-03-11T13:00:15.1433333+00:00
SHIJO BLESSWIN 20 Reputation points
commented 2026-03-12T17:46:57.0166667+00:00
Ankit Yadav 12,205 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
0 answers

Azure boot problem in linux machine

Hi, I received a warning indicating that the VM agent is not ready, and I am unable to connect to the VM via SSH. After restarting, I encountered the following error in my boot diagnostics: `Virtual Machine Boot Summary ` ```` 1 SCSI Disk…

Azure Virtual Machines
Azure Virtual Machines

An Azure service that is used to provision Windows and Linux virtual machines.

9,942 questions
asked 2026-03-12T07:08:34.3633333+00:00
Nasimjon Tohirov 261 Reputation points
edited the question 2026-03-12T13:31:38.51+00:00
Gérard Oomens 119.8K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
3 answers

How to adjust VM Ram size

I have a vm that i would like to increase the ram amount to 8gb. How do I do this? Details of vm: East US (Zone 1) Standard B2s (2 vcpus, 4 GiB memory) Windows (Windows Server 2025 Datacenter Azure Edition)

Azure Virtual Machines
Azure Virtual Machines

An Azure service that is used to provision Windows and Linux virtual machines.

9,942 questions
asked 2026-03-05T04:04:19.5733333+00:00
Aleem Sheikh 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-03-12T13:25:23.2033333+00:00
Aleem Sheikh 0 Reputation points
1 answer

Unable to SSH to Azure VM on Port 22 in UAE North Region

Environment: Azure Region: UAE North VM OS: Ubuntu Connection Method: SSH (Port 22) Issue: I am unable to establish SSH connection to my Azure Ubuntu VM in the UAE North region on port 22. The connection either times out or is refused. Inbound rule…

Azure Virtual Machines
Azure Virtual Machines

An Azure service that is used to provision Windows and Linux virtual machines.

9,942 questions
asked 2026-03-11T19:09:36.9166667+00:00
Sushant Sharma 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-03-12T13:25:16.6833333+00:00
Jilakara Hemalatha 10,365 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
1 answer

Linux VM shutsdown automatically

my Linux VM shuts down automatically after every 15 20 mins. I've checked and nothing is scheduled to bring the VM down. please advise

Azure Virtual Machines
Azure Virtual Machines

An Azure service that is used to provision Windows and Linux virtual machines.

9,942 questions
asked 2026-03-12T04:08:22.74+00:00
Faris Ali 0 Reputation points
edited a comment 2026-03-12T11:33:10.86+00:00
Himanshu Shekhar 4,025 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
0 answers

Azure VM resizing automation threshold validation

In Azure VM resizing automation, how should threshold values be defined? Since applications running inside the VM cannot be accessed directly from the infrastructure level, how can we identify whether the VM is actively serving workloads, and what…

Azure Virtual Machines
Azure Virtual Machines

An Azure service that is used to provision Windows and Linux virtual machines.

9,942 questions
asked 2026-03-12T10:05:02.5366667+00:00
SHIJO BLESSWIN 20 Reputation points
edited a comment 2026-03-12T11:11:20.1666667+00:00
Himanshu Shekhar 4,025 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
1 answer

I want to create GPU VM on Azure

I want to create GPU VM on azure, and I have Visual Studio Enterprise Subscription – MPN. All quota requested all closed without any solution.

Azure Virtual Machines
Azure Virtual Machines

An Azure service that is used to provision Windows and Linux virtual machines.

9,942 questions
asked 2026-02-25T07:48:29.89+00:00
Peter Samir 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2026-03-12T10:21:28.7666667+00:00
Gérard Oomens 119.8K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
2 answers

Resource Allocation failed

Allocation failed. Azure does not have sufficient capacity for the requested VM size in this Central US zone 1.

Azure Virtual Machines
Azure Virtual Machines

An Azure service that is used to provision Windows and Linux virtual machines.

9,942 questions
asked 2026-03-12T05:15:34.3833333+00:00
Husain Vijapura 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-03-12T08:56:20.0033333+00:00
Manish Deshpande 4,450 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
2 answers

Azure portal doesn't display subscription "free"

Hello Azure community, I created free azure account couple of days ago. When I want to create a Virtual machine, I do not see anything in subscription, my understanding is that it will show "free". It looks that unless we don't anything in…

Azure Virtual Machines
Azure Virtual Machines

An Azure service that is used to provision Windows and Linux virtual machines.

9,942 questions
asked 2026-03-07T17:53:13.5966667+00:00
Tahir Rashid 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-03-12T06:37:44.6533333+00:00
Manish Deshpande 4,450 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
3 answers

I rebooted my VM in safe mode and now I can't access it

How can I reset the safe mode flag on my VM? ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

Azure Virtual Machines
Azure Virtual Machines

An Azure service that is used to provision Windows and Linux virtual machines.

9,942 questions
asked 2026-03-12T02:07:05.33+00:00
Rick Sypriano 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-03-12T04:13:19.36+00:00
Praveen Valluri 0 Reputation points
1 answer

Cannot access my organization Virtual Machine resources

My organization has virtual machines resources and I'm part of the account that should also have access to the virtual machine, but in my account's, resources option always shows nothing and and it says "Please provide below info when asking for…

Azure Virtual Machines
Azure Virtual Machines

An Azure service that is used to provision Windows and Linux virtual machines.

9,942 questions
asked 2026-03-12T01:43:30.72+00:00
Kevin 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-03-12T01:43:42.7866667+00:00
Q&A Assist
1 answer

Intermittent HTTP 500 Internal Server Errors on ARM Deployments (germanywestcentral)

We experienced intermittent Internal Server Errors when executing deployments via Azure Resource Manager on Feb 26 (09:30-16:00 UTC). This issue persisted for several hours with retries resulting in a mix of successes and failures, after which the issue…

Azure Virtual Machines
Azure Virtual Machines

An Azure service that is used to provision Windows and Linux virtual machines.

9,942 questions
asked 2026-03-10T15:59:56.37+00:00
Laurens Bremers 5 Reputation points
edited a comment 2026-03-11T17:08:56.5333333+00:00
Ankit Yadav 12,205 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
3 answers

Request to remove outbound SMTP port 25 restriction

Hello, I am running a virtual machine in Microsoft Azure for my business Boskora LLC. Outbound SMTP port 25 appears to be blocked on my VM. I need to send legitimate transactional and business emails from my application to users who have opted in. I will…

Azure Virtual Machines
Azure Virtual Machines

An Azure service that is used to provision Windows and Linux virtual machines.

9,942 questions
asked 2026-03-11T11:01:34.9333333+00:00
Boskora LLC 0 Reputation points
edited a comment 2026-03-11T12:33:58.5066667+00:00
Vallepu Venkateswarlu 6,045 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
1 answer

Can no longer access website on VM

When trying to access our website from a browser we get the following error. "HTTP Error 404. The requested resource is not found.' The website was working until 2/19. (based of weblogs) This is a QA site for us so it does not get hit unless we need…

Azure Virtual Machines
Azure Virtual Machines

An Azure service that is used to provision Windows and Linux virtual machines.

9,942 questions
asked 2026-03-10T13:27:06.5766667+00:00
jbutler 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-03-11T10:17:44.2833333+00:00
jbutler 0 Reputation points
1 answer

Why does the Spot price differ between the marketplace image ($0.11x/hr) and the custom Gallery image ($0.178/hr) for the same VM size, region, and OS disk type?

I am observing that the actual CPU cost for my AVD session host is higher than the Spot price quoted in the Azure Portal. I would like to understand the reason for this discrepancy. Environment Details: VM size: Standard_E8as_v7 Pricing model: Spot …

Azure Virtual Machines
Azure Virtual Machines

An Azure service that is used to provision Windows and Linux virtual machines.

9,942 questions
asked 2026-03-10T07:51:45.0066667+00:00
Crystal Ho 0 Reputation points
edited a comment 2026-03-11T09:11:19.76+00:00
Himanshu Shekhar 4,025 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
6 answers

Can't sign in on Azure AD only VMs (newbie setup)

I am practising for the first time to setup AVD solution and I decided not to setup AD DS at all. So I created manually all components necassarry in Azure and host session pool has 2 VMs created, registered to AzureAD and in Intune successfully. Users…

Azure Virtual Machines
Azure Virtual Machines

An Azure service that is used to provision Windows and Linux virtual machines.

9,942 questions
asked 2022-05-23T19:39:13.893+00:00
Pavel yannara Mirochnitchenko 13,446 Reputation points MVP
commented 2026-03-11T06:02:38.9866667+00:00
DHIRAJ KUMAR 0 Reputation points
3 answers

VM_GUI_Connect_problem

Having problems getting access to ubuntu VM's GUI via SSH or RDP

Azure Virtual Machines
Azure Virtual Machines

An Azure service that is used to provision Windows and Linux virtual machines.

9,942 questions
asked 2026-03-03T17:41:12.5366667+00:00
Sam Rabinovich 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-03-11T05:34:46.7066667+00:00
Nikhil Duserla 9,685 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator