Virtual Machines - Generalize

Sets the OS state of the virtual machine to generalized. It is recommended to sysprep the virtual machine before performing this operation.
For Windows, please refer to Create a managed image of a generalized VM in Azure.
For Linux, please refer to How to create an image of a virtual machine or VHD.

HTTP
POST https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/{vmName}/generalize?api-version=2020-06-01

URI Parameters

Name In Required Type Description
resourceGroupName
path True

string

The name of the resource group.

subscriptionId
path True

string

Subscription credentials which uniquely identify Microsoft Azure subscription. The subscription ID forms part of the URI for every service call.

vmName
path True

string

The name of the virtual machine.

api-version
query True

string

Client Api Version.

Responses

Name Type Description
200 OK

OK

Security

azure_auth

Azure Active Directory OAuth2 Flow

Type: oauth2
Flow: implicit
Authorization URL: https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/authorize

Scopes

Name Description
user_impersonation impersonate your user account

Examples

Generalize a Virtual Machine.

Sample request

HTTP
POST https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVMName/generalize?api-version=2020-06-01

Sample response