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Installing base OS images and verifying installation

The following steps will explain how to connect to an Azure VM and verify whether the machine is ready for Windows Server Container development:

Once the VM is created and running, the status of the VM on the tile will be shown as Running:

We can connect to Azure VMs primarily in two ways using RDP and remote PowerShell. In this sample, we will be using RDP to connect to the Azure VM.

Select the tile and click on the connect icon. This downloads a remote desktop client to your local machine, as shown in the following screenshot:

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