Azure VM - GUI Console for troubleshooting

Question

Hi,

I am wondering if there have option or feature at Azure Portal which can connect Azure VM through GUI Console for troubleshooting. Like the on-premises VM that can connect GUI console via Hyper-V manager for troubleshooting?

Thank you!

Answer 1

I need to access GUI Console to a Windows VM in Azure too ( The use case is to test Windows Hello Pin deployment , which can only be setup from local GUI console, not RDP, not serial Console ).

@Kam Wai Chan , you can use VNC server as a workaround . I tried the free tightVNC and it's working fine, and I can see Windows Hello options from the gui console.

you can download and install it from https://www.tightvnc.com/download.php , make sure install the server, it will listen on port 5800 and 5900, you will need to make sure Windows firewall and Azure network security group allow the connection from your source IP address.

Answer 2

@Kam Wai Chan

Firstly, apologies for the delay in responding here and any inconvenience this issue may have caused.

Accessing Azure VM Console (GUI) for troubleshooting is not possible now.

However, there are other ways for troubleshooting Azure VM from portal.

Serial Console. The Serial Console in the Azure portal provides access to a text-based console, please refer this document for more details.
Boot diagnostics. Console Output and Screenshot support for Azure virtual machines. refer this document for more details.

There is a feature request for this here.

Hope this helps.

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