Hi @Doug OLeary ,
We have also experienced this "hanging" when creating a VM in very rare cases. So far it has always helped to reopen the Azure portal and create the VM again.
The reason for this issue might be a "minor random hiccup" in the deployment/review process sein.
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Regards
Andreas Baumgarten