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Purchase a virtual machine product in the Azure portal

This article explains the different options and requirements for searching, trying, and buying a virtual machine (VM) product from the Marketplace experience of the Microsoft Azure portal.

The cost of Marketplace images, including Windows Server, Windows Client, and certain Linux distributions, is included in the VM plan. Some third-party VMs, known as core VMs, are managed as first-party distributions. While many endorsed Linux distributions are core VMs, not all endorsed distributions fall into this category, and not all core VMs are endorsed. To determine if a VM image is a core VM, check its Marketplace product page—if no price is displayed, it is managed as a first-party VM image. You can view VM pricing in the Azure Pricing Calculator. To learn how to get Azure Marketplace image information using the Azure CLI, see Find Azure Marketplace image information using the Azure CLI.

Tip

To learn how to purchase a VM image that is sold privately to your organization, see Private plans in Azure Marketplace.

Requirements

  • An Azure user account with access to an appropriate Azure subscription. This subscription is used for billing and for organization of your purchased virtual machines. If you don't have an Azure subscription, create an Azure free account before you begin. To learn more about Azure subscriptions, see Create an additional Azure subscription.
  • Permission to purchase from Azure Marketplace.

Purchase a VM using the Marketplace experience

  1. Sign in to the Azure portal at https://portal.azure.com.

  2. Under Azure services, select + Create a resource.

  3. In the upper-right of the page, next to Popular Marketplace products, select See more in Marketplace.

  4. To filter the results on virtual machine offers, select the Product Type filter near the top of the page, and then select Virtual Machine.

  5. You can optionally filter the results using the following filters.

    Filter group Description
    Pricing You can filter on the following:
    Free - free plan, the software is provided with no additional cost, not including the cost associated with the VM instance type
    Free trial - Azure virtual machine plans allow for 1, 3, or 6-month free trials, once the free trial is over the Pay as you Go price will be charged
    Bring your own license - contact the publisher to get the license for using the software
    Pay as you go - usage-based pricing model, can be charged per vCPU, per vCPU size, or per market (customer sold-to address) and vCPU size
    Operating System Filter by the OS the VM image is using
    Publisher Type Select Microsoft, Partners, or both
    Publisher name Filter the products based on the publisher's name

  6. You can optionally select a category on the left-side of the page to further filter the results.

  7. To see only offers that are eligible for the Azure benefit program, select the Azure benefit eligible only check box. To learn more about this benefit program, see Azure consumption commitment benefit.

  8. Select the VM offer you want.

  9. If the offer has more than one plan, you can see them on the Plans + Pricing tab.

  10. Select Create. The Create a virtual machine page appears.

  11. On the Basics tab, under Project details, make sure the subscription you want the VM for is selected. Then next to Resource group, do one of the following:

    • From the Resource group list, select an existing resource group.
    • Below the Resource group list, select Create new. Then, in the dialog box that appears, enter a name for the resource group and select OK.

  12. Under Instance details, do the following:

    1. In the Virtual machine name box, enter the name you want for this VM.
    2. From the Region list, choose the region you want.
    3. From the Size list, select the VM size you want.

  13. Complete the remaining fields on the page. Then select Review + create.

  1. Sign in to the Azure portal at https://portal.azure.com.

  2. In the search box, enter virtual machines.

  3. Under Services, select Virtual machines.

  4. On the Virtual machines page, select + Create > + Virtual machine. The Create a virtual machine page appears.

  5. On the Basics tab, under Project details, make sure the subscription you want the VM for is selected. Then next to Resource group, do one of the following:

    • From the Resource group list, select an existing resource group.
    • Below the Resource group list, select Create new. Then, in the dialog box that appears, enter a name for the resource group and select OK.

  6. Under Instance details, do the following:

    1. In the Virtual machine name box, enter the name you want for this VM.
    2. From the Region list, choose the region you want.

  7. The Image list holds recently used images and Marketplace images to help you get started. Do one of the following:

    • Select a VM image from the Image list. Complete the fields and then go to step 12.
    • Below the Image list, select See all images to open the Marketplace experience.

  8. You can use the left-nav to help you find the VM you're looking for. The left-nav has the following sections:

  9. If more than one page of products is listed, filters will appear at the top of the page that you can use to filter the page based on products with at least one plan that meet the filter criteria. The following table describes the filters.

    Filter group Description
    Pricing You can filter on the following:
    Free - free plan, the software is provided with no additional cost, not including the cost associated with the VM instance type
    Free trial - Azure virtual machine plans allow for 1, 3, or 6-month free trials, once the free trial is over the Pay as you Go price will be charged
    Bring your own license - contact the publisher to get the license for using the software
    Pay as you go - usage-based pricing model, can be charged per vCPU, per vCPU size, or per market (customer sold-to address) and vCPU size
    Operating System Filter by the OS the VM image is using
    Publisher Type Select Microsoft, Partners, or both
    Show items
    (Optional)    		 If Private Marketplace is enabled, this filter lets you see only items approved by your admin.
    Image Type Filter by the image generation
    Security Type Filter by images that support Standard, trusted launch, or Confidential VM images.
    Publisher name Filter the products based on the publisher's name

  10. To see only offers that are eligible for the Azure benefit program, select the Azure benefit eligible only check box. To learn more about this benefit program, see Azure consumption commitment benefit.

  11. Select the VM you want.

  12. From the Size list, select the VM size you want.

  13. Complete any remaining fields on the page. Then select Review + create.

Purchase a VM image from the Virtual Machine page

  1. Sign in to the Azure portal at https://portal.azure.com.

  2. Under Azure services, select + Create a resource.

  3. Under Virtual machine, select the Learn more link.

  4. On the Virtual machine page, select Create. The Create a virtual machine page appears.

  5. On the Basics tab, under Project details, make sure the subscription you want the VM for is selected. Then next to Resource group, do one of the following:

    • From the Resource group list, select an existing resource group.
    • Below the Resource group list, select Create new. Then, in the dialog box that appears, enter a name for the resource group and select OK.

  6. Under Instance details, do the following:

    1. In the Virtual machine name box, enter the name you want for this VM.
    2. From the Region list, choose the region you want.

  7. The Image list holds recently used images and Marketplace images to help you get started. Do one of the following:

    • Select a VM image from the Image list. Complete the fields and then go to step 13.
    • Below the Image list, select See all images to open the Marketplace experience.

  8. You can use the left-nav to help you find the VM you're looking for. The left-nav has the following sections:

  9. If more than one page of products is listed, filters will appear at the top of the page that you can use to filter the page based on products with at least one plan that meet the filter criteria. The following table describes the filters.

    Filter group Description
    Pricing You can filter on the following:
    Free - free plan, the software is provided with no additional cost, not including the cost associated with the VM instance type
    Free trial - Azure virtual machine plans allow for 1, 3, or 6-month free trials, once the free trial is over the Pay as you Go price will be charged
    Bring your own license - contact the publisher to get the license for using the software
    Pay as you go - usage-based pricing model, can be charged per vCPU, per vCPU size, or per market (customer sold-to address) and vCPU size
    Operating System Filter by the OS the VM image is using
    Publisher Type Select Microsoft, Partners, or both
    Show items
    (Optional)    		 If Private Marketplace is enabled, this filter lets you see only items approved by your admin.
    Image Type Filter by the image generation
    Security Type Filter by images that support Standard, trusted launch, or Confidential VM images.
    Publisher name Filter the products based on the publisher's name

  10. To see only offers that are eligible for the Azure benefit program, select the Azure benefit eligible only check box. To learn more about this benefit program, see Azure consumption commitment benefit.

  11. Select the VM you want.

  12. From the Size list, select the VM size you want.

  13. Complete any remaining fields on the page. Then select Review + create.

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