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How to Deploy a Virtual Machine Template to Windows Azure in System Center 2012 SP1

 

Applies To: System Center 2012 SP1 - App Controller, System Center 2012 R2 App Controller

The information in this topic applies only to System Center 2012 SP1.

To deploy a virtual machine template to Windows Azure

  1. On the Library page, select a VMM virtual machine template, and then click Deploy in the taskbar.

  2. In the New Deployment diagram, click Configure to select a cloud.

  3. In the Select a cloud for this deployment dialog box, select a Windows Azure cloud, and then click OK to return to the diagram.

  4. In the Choose image for the system disk dialog box, do one of the following:

    • If the image is not yet uploaded to Windows Azure, select Upload the image that is specified in the template and specify name of the Windows Azure destination container.

    • If the image is already uploaded to Windows Azure, select Use an existing image and specify the image name.

  5. In the New Deployment diagram, click Configure in the Cloud Service tile to select a cloud service to host the deployed virtual machine.

  6. In the Select a cloud service for this deployment dialog box, select a cloud service that is in the same location as the image that the template is using, and then click OK.

  7. In the New Deployment diagram, click Configure in the Virtual Machine tile to configure the virtual machine.

  8. Edit the properties of the virtual machine. All fields that are required are marked by an asterisk and must be completed.

  9. Click OK, and then click Deploy.

See Also

How to Upload a Virtual Hard Disk or Image to Windows Azure
How to Connect to a Virtual Machine or Service Instance by Using Remote Access
How to Deploy a Virtual Machine