Create Azure VM using ARM Template

We have explored how to create an Azure Virtual Machine using the Azure portal and understood how to get started with Azure PowerShell in previous two posts. As third step of the series this post we can learn how to create Azure Virtual Machine using ARM (Azure Resource Manager) template. The Azure Resource Manager (ARM) is the service used to provision resources in Azure subscription

1. To create your first ARM template, go to the Azure portal as we have discussed in Create Azure Virtual Machine post.and follow the steps to create a VM (Virtual Machine) till the final step..
2. In the final step you can find a link next to Create button named “Download template and parameters”. Click on that link to download template files.

Install Azure PowerShell and Execute Commands

Cloud computing is very trending technology in today IT industry.Among all these cloud computing services azure is one of the most used cloud computing service. If you have experience with azure may have created azure VM s for various project requirements. Most of the azure users know how to create azure VM using azure portal but most of them haven't tried to create azure VM using ARM templates.You can refer my post Create Azure Virtual Machine which explain how to create azure VM using azure portal.This post will present you setting up azure PowerShell before start working with ARM template.Within this article you will learn how to install azure PowerShell and execute few PowerShell commands.

Working with Azure PowerShell

Azure is one of the most popular cloud computing service that use for building,testing,deploying and managing applications.When we work with azure we all familiar how to perform different tasks using azure portal.But we can do the same tasks using simple PowerShell commands with Azure PowerShell.