How do I download a image of my Azure Virtual Machine?

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How do I download a image of my Azure Virtual Machine?

Qihan Liu 611 Student Ambassador Volunteer Moderator

How do I download a image of my currently installed VM?
I've tried the capture button, but it deployed an image that I cannot find the download button.
It's called "Windows-image-20220528134702" and there's only Create VM, clone to VM Image, delete and refresh.
Is there a way to download *.iso or *.vhdx files from Azure Virtual Machine?
Current Subscription: Azure for Students
Virtual Machine OS: Windows Server 2022 Datacenter Azure Edition Gen 2

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srbhatta-MSFT 8,586 Microsoft Employee

Hello @Anonymous ,
Thanks for reaching out to Microsoft QnA! Happy to answer your question.
Yes, you can download vhd files from Azure to your local Machine using the download option available under the SAS url.
Please check the documentation link - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/download-vhd#generate-download-url.
In this documentation, specifically check the Generate Download URL and Download VHD steps.

Hope this helps. Let me know if you have any further queries.

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Qihan Liu 611 Reputation points Student Ambassador Volunteer Moderator

2022-05-28T23:22:00.827+00:00

Wow, 127GB
Is that downloading the whole disk?
srbhatta-MSFT 8,586 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2022-05-29T08:40:15.19+00:00

Hi @Anonymous , yes it will download the whole vhd but might take quite a while as it also depends on the Internet speed.
Qihan Liu 611 Reputation points Student Ambassador Volunteer Moderator

2022-05-29T08:46:10.73+00:00

eta for me is 33 days lol
srbhatta-MSFT 8,586 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2022-05-30T05:28:50.913+00:00

@Anonymous Oh no, it shouldn't show 33 days. Can you check and see the estimated time using Azure Storage Explorer? Here is the link - disks-use-storage-explorer-managed-disks.
Also, I hope your download speed is good as it usually can take up to couple of hours, but definitely not days.
Qihan Liu 611 Reputation points Student Ambassador Volunteer Moderator

2022-05-30T07:44:54.41+00:00

I think its because of the file size
Qihan Liu 611 Reputation points Student Ambassador Volunteer Moderator

2022-05-30T07:45:43.453+00:00

using parallel downloading can increase some speed

Answer 2

risolis 8,741

Hello @Anonymous

Thank you for your post.

Please read through the next article below and this can be useful for you:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/download-vhd

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/snapshot-copy-managed-disk?tabs=portal

Cheers.

Looking forward to your feedback,

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