VM
Azure “good-to-know” about any VM, with example on SKU:General purpose virtual machine sizes:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes-general
Checking VM stats on the Dv2 and DSv2-series:
Size and vCPU |
Memory GiB |
Temp storage (SSD) GiB |
Max temp storage throughput: IOPS/Read MBps/Write MBps |
Max data disks |
Throughput: IOPS |
Max NICs |
Expected network bandwidth |
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/dv2-dsv2-series

Good SKU for testing:
Rg | az104-07-rg0 |
Virtual macine name | az104testVM |
Region | West Europe |
Availability opt. | Availability zone, 1 |
Image | Windows Server 2016 Datacenter -Gen2 |
Size | B2s General purpose, 2 vcpu, 4 gib memory |
User | The7481Announcementin85February2008That783LedZeppelinWouldTakeThe StageAtThe87Bonnaroo78Festival01 PanteraIsRegardedAsOneOfTheMost8745Successful08And98Influential741254 BandsInHeavy666MetalHistoryHaving75SoldAround20MillionRecords WorldWide18AndHavingReceived481FourGrammyNominations168, [and the numbers/letters/signs for Caesar Cipher or not!? Who knows, Twitter does] |
Public inbound port | Allow selected |
Select inbound port | RDP, 3389 |
Disk | Standard SSD, lrs |
Network | Create all new and keep default or use existing |
Management | Keep default |
Advanced | Keep default |
Tags | |
Review + create | |
Price | Price, 0.0769 AUD/hr |

#Remove all
Get-AzResourceGroup -Name ‘az104-07*’ | Remove-AzResourceGroup -Force -AsJob
MS Azure
Azure documentation
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/?produ
Connect to Azure using Powershell (Module -Name Az must be installed)
# $PSVersionTable.PSVersion
# Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope CurrentUser
# Install-Module -Name Az -Scope CurrentUser -Repository PSGallery -Force
# Take a coffee, this takes time, answer Yx2 and wait, when done, close/open Powershell and verify module
# Minimum Powershell v is 5.1
# Get-InstalledModule -Name Az
Connect-AzAccount
# or
Connect-AzAccount -TenantId The-tenant-id-we-copied-from-azure-ad
$rg = “testit2-rg”
Get-AzResource -ResourceGroupName $rg
AZ Powershell Reference
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/azure/?view=azps-6.3.0&viewFallbackFrom=azps-5.2.0
Connect to Azure from Az CLI (must be installed) using Git Bash (must be installed) :
az login
# If that does not work, go to Portal.azure.com, Azure Active Directory, Properties and you will see the tenant id, cp it
az login –tenant The-tenant-id-we-copied-from-azure-ad
rg=”testit2-rg”
az resource list –resource-group $rg
AZ CLI Reference