{"id":14434,"date":"2020-07-31T04:22:59","date_gmt":"2020-07-31T04:22:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.testpreptraining.com\/tutorial\/?page_id=14434"},"modified":"2022-03-22T04:27:02","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T04:27:02","slug":"how-to-create-and-encrypt-a-windows-virtual-machine","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.testpreptraining.ai\/tutorial\/how-to-create-and-encrypt-a-windows-virtual-machine\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Create and encrypt a Windows virtual machine?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This tutorial will help you to gain insights to How to Create and encrypt a Windows virtual machine. Azure virtual machines (VMs) can be created through the Azure portal. The Azure portal is a browser-based user interface to create VMs and their associated resources. In this quickstart, you will use the Azure portal to deploy a Windows virtual machine, create a key vault for the storage of encryption keys, and encrypt the VM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First of all, Sign in to the Azure Portal <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"create-a-virtual-machine\"><strong>Creating a virtual machine<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Firstly, Choose&nbsp;<strong>Create a resource<\/strong>&nbsp;in the upper left corner of the Azure portal.<\/li><li>Furthermore, In the New page, under Popular, select&nbsp;<strong>Windows Server 2016 Datacenter<\/strong>.<\/li><li>In the Basics tab, under Project details, make sure the correct subscription is selected and then choose to&nbsp;<strong>Create new resource group<\/strong>. Enter&nbsp;<em>myResourceGroup<\/em>&nbsp;as the name.<\/li><li>Subsequently, For&nbsp;<strong>Virtual machine name<\/strong>, enter&nbsp;<em>MyVM<\/em>.<\/li><li>For&nbsp;<strong>Region<\/strong>, select the same region you used when making your key vault above (e.g.,&nbsp;<em>East US<\/em>).<\/li><li>Also, Make sure the&nbsp;<strong>Size<\/strong>&nbsp;is&nbsp;<em>Standard D2s v3<\/em>.<\/li><li>Under&nbsp;<strong>Administrator account<\/strong>, select&nbsp;<strong>Password<\/strong>. Enter a user name and a password.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1014\" height=\"1695\" src=\"https:\/\/www.testpreptraining.ai\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/portal-qs-windows-vm-creation.png\" alt=\"How to Create and encrypt a Windows virtual machine?\" class=\"wp-image-14435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.testpreptraining.ai\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/portal-qs-windows-vm-creation.png 1014w, https:\/\/www.testpreptraining.ai\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/portal-qs-windows-vm-creation-239x400.png 239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1014px) 100vw, 1014px\" \/><figcaption>Image Source &#8211; Microsoft<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Select the &#8220;Management&#8221; tab and verify that you have a Diagnostics Storage Account. If you have no storage accounts, select &#8220;Create New&#8221;, give your new account a name, and select &#8220;Ok&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1697\" height=\"1145\" src=\"https:\/\/www.testpreptraining.ai\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/portal-qs-vm-creation-storage.png\" alt=\"How to Create and encrypt a Windows virtual machine?\" class=\"wp-image-14436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.testpreptraining.ai\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/portal-qs-vm-creation-storage.png 1697w, https:\/\/www.testpreptraining.ai\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/portal-qs-vm-creation-storage-593x400.png 593w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1697px) 100vw, 1697px\" \/><figcaption>Image Source &#8211; Microsoft<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Click &#8220;Review + Create&#8221;.<\/li><li>On the&nbsp;<strong>Create a virtual machine<\/strong>&nbsp;page, you can see the details about the VM you are about to create. When you are ready, select&nbsp;<strong>Create<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>It will take a few minutes for your VM to be deployed. When the deployment is finished, move on to the next section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"encrypt-the-virtual-machine\"><strong>Learn to Encrypt the virtual machine<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Firstly, When the VM deployment is complete, select&nbsp;<strong>Go to resource<\/strong>.<\/li><li>On the left-hand sidebar, select&nbsp;<strong>Disks<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Subsequently, On the Disks screen, select&nbsp;<strong>Encryption<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>On the encryption screen, under&nbsp;<strong>Disks to encrypt<\/strong>, choose&nbsp;<strong>OS and data disks<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Under&nbsp;<strong>Encryption settings<\/strong>, choose&nbsp;<strong>Select a key vault and key for encryption<\/strong>.<\/li><li>On the&nbsp;<strong>Select key from Azure Key Vault<\/strong>&nbsp;screen, select&nbsp;<strong>Create New<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1186\" height=\"529\" src=\"https:\/\/www.testpreptraining.ai\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/portal-qs-disks-to-encryption.png\" alt=\"create and encrypt VMs\" class=\"wp-image-14437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.testpreptraining.ai\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/portal-qs-disks-to-encryption.png 1186w, https:\/\/www.testpreptraining.ai\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/portal-qs-disks-to-encryption-750x335.png 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1186px) 100vw, 1186px\" \/><figcaption>Image Source &#8211; Microsoft<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>On the&nbsp;<strong>Create key vault<\/strong>&nbsp;screen, ensure that the Resource Group is the same as the one you used to create the VM.<\/li><li>Give your key vault a name. Every key vault across Azure must have an unique name.<\/li><li>On the&nbsp;<strong>Access Policies<\/strong>&nbsp;tab, check the&nbsp;<strong>Azure Disk Encryption for volume encryption<\/strong>&nbsp;box.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"706\" height=\"261\" src=\"https:\/\/www.testpreptraining.ai\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/portal-qs-keyvault-create.png\" alt=\"How to Create and encrypt a Windows virtual machine?\" class=\"wp-image-14438\"\/><figcaption>Image Source &#8211; Microsoft<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>On the&nbsp;<strong>Create key vault<\/strong>&nbsp;screen, ensure that the Resource Group is the same as the one you used to create the VM.<\/li><li>Furthermore, Give your key vault a name. Every key vault across Azure must have an unique name.<\/li><li>Finally, On the&nbsp;<strong>Access Policies<\/strong>&nbsp;tab, check the&nbsp;<strong>Azure Disk Encryption for volume encryption<\/strong>&nbsp;box.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.testpreptraining.ai\/microsoft-azure-architect-technologies-az-303-free-practice-test\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.testpreptraining.ai\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Untitled-design-5.png\" alt=\"free practice test for AZ- 303\" class=\"wp-image-13928\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.testpreptraining.ai\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Untitled-design-5.png 960w, https:\/\/www.testpreptraining.ai\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Untitled-design-5-750x117.png 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.testpreptraining.ai\/tutorial\/exam-az-303-microsoft-azure-architect-technologies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Go back to home page <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><strong>Reference documentation &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/virtual-machines\/windows\/disk-encryption-portal-quickstart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Quickstart: Create and encrypt a Windows virtual machine with the Azure portal<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This tutorial will help you to gain insights to How to Create and encrypt a Windows virtual machine. 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