Troubleshoot deployment issues when creating a new Windows VM in Azure

When you try to create a new Azure Virtual Machine (VM), the common errors you encounter are provisioning failures or allocation failures.

• A provisioning failure happens when the OS image fails to load either due to incorrect preparatory steps or because of selecting the wrong settings during the image capture from the portal.
• An allocation failure results when the cluster or region either does not have resources available or cannot support the requested VM size.

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Collect activity logs

To start troubleshooting, collect the activity logs to identify the error associated with the issue. The following links contain detailed information on the process to follow.

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