How to create Windows 10 VM using Azure CLI

Question

I have been using following query but do not get VM created

az vm create --resource-group <RG Name> --name name --image 'Windows' --admin-username "username" --vnet-name vnet--subnet subnet --nsg NSG --nic-delete-option Delete --public-ip-address ""  --security-type Standard

Answer 1

Hi Saurabh,

I tested below command for creating Windows 10 VM using Azure CLI and it worked (MyResourceGroup already existed):

az vm create --resource-group MyResourceGroup --name my-vm --image "MicrosoftWindowsDesktop:Windows-10:win10-22h2-ent-g2:latest" --admin-username "username" --vnet-name vnet --subnet subnet --nsg NSG --nic-delete-option Delete --public-ip-address "" --security-type Standard

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Thanks.

-TP

Answer 2

Hello Saurabh Suman,

Welcome to the microsoft Q&A, Thankyou for posting your query here.

please find the below documentations for creating VM using CLI.

az-vm-create

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/quick-create-cli

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/quick-create-cli

Hope this helps you,

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Answer 3

Hello Saurabh Suman,

There are some places to pay attention to in the Azure CLI command of Windows 10 VM. First of all, there are some syntax errors in your command. For example, VNET-Subnet should be VNet-Name <Virtual Network Name>-SUBNET <subnet name>. In addition, -Image 'Windows' requires a specific Windows 10 image name. Please refer to the following commands:

az vm create \

  --resource-group myResourceGroup \

  --name myVM \

  --image MicrosoftWindowsDesktop:Windows-10-Enterprise:version:20h2-pro:2021.04.12 \

  --admin-username myAdminUser \

  --admin-password mySecurePassword \

  --vnet-name myVNet \

  --subnet mySubnet \

  --nsg myNetworkSecurityGroup \

  --public-ip-address "" \

  --security-type Standard

Please note that the above URN is a fictional example, not the real Windows 10 image URN. The actual URN shall be obtained through the AZ VM Image List command.

You can use the following command:

az vm image list --offer Windows-10-enterprise --all --output table.

Best Regards,

Yanhong Liu

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