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Virtual Machines - Create Or Update

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Service:
Compute
API Version:
2024-07-01

The operation to create or update a virtual machine. Please note some properties can be set only during virtual machine creation.

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/{vmName}?api-version=2024-07-01

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.

Request Header

Name Required Type Description
If-Match

string

The ETag of the transformation. Omit this value to always overwrite the current resource. Specify the last-seen ETag value to prevent accidentally overwriting concurrent changes.
If-None-Match

string

Set to '*' to allow a new record set to be created, but to prevent updating an existing record set. Other values will result in error from server as they are not supported.

Request Body

Name Type Description
parameters

VirtualMachine

Parameters supplied to the Create Virtual Machine operation.

Responses

Name Type Description
200 OK

VirtualMachine

OK
201 Created

VirtualMachine

Created
Other Status Codes

CloudError

Error response describing why the operation failed.

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

Create a custom-image vm from an unmanaged generalized os image.
Create a Linux vm with a patch setting assessmentMode of ImageDefault.
Create a Linux vm with a patch setting patchMode of AutomaticByPlatform and AutomaticByPlatformSettings.
Create a Linux vm with a patch setting patchMode of ImageDefault.
Create a Linux vm with a patch settings patchMode and assessmentMode set to AutomaticByPlatform.
Create a platform-image vm with unmanaged os and data disks.
Create a VM from a community gallery image
Create a vm from a custom image.
Create a vm from a generalized shared image.
Create a VM from a shared gallery image
Create a vm from a specialized shared image.
Create a vm in a Virtual Machine Scale Set with customer assigned platformFaultDomain.
Create a vm in an availability set.
Create a vm with a marketplace image plan.
Create a vm with an extensions time budget.
Create a vm with Application Profile.
Create a vm with boot diagnostics.
Create a vm with data disks using 'Copy' and 'Restore' options.
Create a VM with Disk Controller Type
Create a vm with DiskEncryptionSet resource id in the os disk and data disk.
Create a vm with empty data disks.
Create a VM with encryption identity
Create a vm with ephemeral os disk provisioning in Cache disk using placement property.
Create a vm with ephemeral os disk provisioning in Nvme disk using placement property.
Create a vm with ephemeral os disk provisioning in Resource disk using placement property.
Create a vm with ephemeral os disk.
Create a VM with HibernationEnabled
Create a vm with Host Encryption using encryptionAtHost property.
Create a vm with managed boot diagnostics.
Create a VM with network interface configuration
Create a VM with network interface configuration with public ip address dns settings
Create a vm with password authentication.
Create a vm with premium storage.
Create a VM with ProxyAgent Settings of enabled and mode.
Create a vm with Scheduled Events Profile
Create a VM with securityType ConfidentialVM with Customer Managed Keys
Create a VM with securityType ConfidentialVM with NonPersistedTPM securityEncryptionType
Create a VM with securityType ConfidentialVM with Platform Managed Keys
Create a vm with ssh authentication.
Create a VM with Uefi Settings of secureBoot and vTPM.
Create a VM with UserData
Create a VM with VM Size Properties
Create a Windows vm with a patch setting assessmentMode of ImageDefault.
Create a Windows vm with a patch setting patchMode of AutomaticByOS.
Create a Windows vm with a patch setting patchMode of AutomaticByPlatform and AutomaticByPlatformSettings.
Create a Windows vm with a patch setting patchMode of AutomaticByPlatform and enableHotpatching set to true.
Create a Windows vm with a patch setting patchMode of Manual.
Create a Windows vm with patch settings patchMode and assessmentMode set to AutomaticByPlatform.
Create or update a VM with capacity reservation

Create a custom-image vm from an unmanaged generalized os image.

Sample request

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/{vm-name}?api-version=2024-07-01

{
  "location": "westus",
  "properties": {
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D1_v2"
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "osDisk": {
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "image": {
          "uri": "http://{existing-storage-account-name}.blob.core.windows.net/{existing-container-name}/{existing-generalized-os-image-blob-name}.vhd"
        },
        "osType": "Windows",
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "vhd": {
          "uri": "http://{existing-storage-account-name}.blob.core.windows.net/{existing-container-name}/myDisk.vhd"
        }
      }
    },
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "adminPassword": "{your-password}"
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/{existing-nic-name}",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Sample response

Status code:
200 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "osDisk": {
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "image": {
          "uri": "https://{existing-storage-account-name}.blob.core.windows.net/system/Microsoft.Compute/Images/vhds/{existing-generalized-os-image-blob-name}.vhd"
        },
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "osType": "Windows",
        "vhd": {
          "uri": "http://{existing-storage-account-name}.blob.core.windows.net/vhds/myDisk.vhd"
        }
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "vmId": "926cd555-a07c-4ff5-b214-4aa4dd09d79b",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D1_v2"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "name": "myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}
Status code:
201 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "osDisk": {
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "image": {
          "uri": "https://{existing-storage-account-name}.blob.core.windows.net/system/Microsoft.Compute/Images/vhds/{existing-generalized-os-image-blob-name}.vhd"
        },
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "osType": "Windows",
        "vhd": {
          "uri": "http://{existing-storage-account-name}.blob.core.windows.net/vhds/myDisk.vhd"
        }
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "vmId": "926cd555-a07c-4ff5-b214-4aa4dd09d79b",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D1_v2"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "name": "myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}

Create a Linux vm with a patch setting assessmentMode of ImageDefault.

Sample request

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM?api-version=2024-07-01

{
  "location": "westus",
  "properties": {
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D2s_v3"
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "16.04-LTS",
        "publisher": "Canonical",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "UbuntuServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Premium_LRS"
        },
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "createOption": "FromImage"
      }
    },
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "adminPassword": "{your-password}",
      "linuxConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "patchSettings": {
          "assessmentMode": "ImageDefault"
        }
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/{existing-nic-name}",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Sample response

Status code:
200 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "linuxConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "patchSettings": {
          "assessmentMode": "ImageDefault"
        }
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "16.04-LTS",
        "publisher": "Canonical",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "UbuntuServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Linux",
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Premium_LRS"
        }
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "vmId": "a149cd25-409f-41af-8088-275f5486bc93",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D2s_v3"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "name": "myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}
Status code:
201 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "linuxConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "patchSettings": {
          "assessmentMode": "ImageDefault"
        }
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "16.04-LTS",
        "publisher": "Canonical",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "UbuntuServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Linux",
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Premium_LRS"
        }
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "vmId": "a149cd25-409f-41af-8088-275f5486bc93",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D2s_v3"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "name": "myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}

Create a Linux vm with a patch setting patchMode of AutomaticByPlatform and AutomaticByPlatformSettings.

Sample request

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM?api-version=2024-07-01

{
  "location": "westus",
  "properties": {
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D2s_v3"
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "16.04-LTS",
        "publisher": "Canonical",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "UbuntuServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Premium_LRS"
        },
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "createOption": "FromImage"
      }
    },
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "adminPassword": "{your-password}",
      "linuxConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "patchSettings": {
          "patchMode": "AutomaticByPlatform",
          "assessmentMode": "AutomaticByPlatform",
          "automaticByPlatformSettings": {
            "rebootSetting": "Never",
            "bypassPlatformSafetyChecksOnUserSchedule": true
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/{existing-nic-name}",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Sample response

Status code:
200 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "linuxConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "patchSettings": {
          "patchMode": "AutomaticByPlatform",
          "assessmentMode": "AutomaticByPlatform",
          "automaticByPlatformSettings": {
            "rebootSetting": "Never",
            "bypassPlatformSafetyChecksOnUserSchedule": true
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "16.04-LTS",
        "publisher": "Canonical",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "UbuntuServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Linux",
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Premium_LRS"
        }
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "vmId": "a149cd25-409f-41af-8088-275f5486bc93",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D2s_v3"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "name": "myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}
Status code:
201 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "linuxConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "patchSettings": {
          "patchMode": "AutomaticByPlatform",
          "assessmentMode": "AutomaticByPlatform",
          "automaticByPlatformSettings": {
            "rebootSetting": "Never",
            "bypassPlatformSafetyChecksOnUserSchedule": true
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "16.04-LTS",
        "publisher": "Canonical",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "UbuntuServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Linux",
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Premium_LRS"
        }
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "vmId": "a149cd25-409f-41af-8088-275f5486bc93",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D2s_v3"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "name": "myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}

Create a Linux vm with a patch setting patchMode of ImageDefault.

Sample request

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM?api-version=2024-07-01

{
  "location": "westus",
  "properties": {
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D2s_v3"
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "16.04-LTS",
        "publisher": "Canonical",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "UbuntuServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Premium_LRS"
        },
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "createOption": "FromImage"
      }
    },
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "adminPassword": "{your-password}",
      "linuxConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "patchSettings": {
          "patchMode": "ImageDefault"
        }
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/{existing-nic-name}",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Sample response

Status code:
200 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "linuxConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "patchSettings": {
          "patchMode": "ImageDefault"
        }
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "16.04-LTS",
        "publisher": "Canonical",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "UbuntuServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Linux",
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Premium_LRS"
        }
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "vmId": "a149cd25-409f-41af-8088-275f5486bc93",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D2s_v3"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "name": "myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}
Status code:
201 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "linuxConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "patchSettings": {
          "patchMode": "ImageDefault"
        }
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "16.04-LTS",
        "publisher": "Canonical",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "UbuntuServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Linux",
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Premium_LRS"
        }
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "vmId": "a149cd25-409f-41af-8088-275f5486bc93",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D2s_v3"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "name": "myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}

Create a Linux vm with a patch settings patchMode and assessmentMode set to AutomaticByPlatform.

Sample request

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM?api-version=2024-07-01

{
  "location": "westus",
  "properties": {
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D2s_v3"
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "16.04-LTS",
        "publisher": "Canonical",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "UbuntuServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Premium_LRS"
        },
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "createOption": "FromImage"
      }
    },
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "adminPassword": "{your-password}",
      "linuxConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "patchSettings": {
          "patchMode": "AutomaticByPlatform",
          "assessmentMode": "AutomaticByPlatform"
        }
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/{existing-nic-name}",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Sample response

Status code:
200 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "linuxConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "patchSettings": {
          "patchMode": "AutomaticByPlatform",
          "assessmentMode": "AutomaticByPlatform"
        }
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "16.04-LTS",
        "publisher": "Canonical",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "UbuntuServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Linux",
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Premium_LRS"
        }
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "vmId": "a149cd25-409f-41af-8088-275f5486bc93",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D2s_v3"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "name": "myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}
Status code:
201 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "linuxConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "patchSettings": {
          "patchMode": "AutomaticByPlatform",
          "assessmentMode": "AutomaticByPlatform"
        }
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "16.04-LTS",
        "publisher": "Canonical",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "UbuntuServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Linux",
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Premium_LRS"
        }
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "vmId": "a149cd25-409f-41af-8088-275f5486bc93",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D2s_v3"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "name": "myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}

Create a platform-image vm with unmanaged os and data disks.

Sample request

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/{vm-name}?api-version=2024-07-01

{
  "location": "westus",
  "properties": {
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D2_v2"
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "2016-Datacenter",
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "WindowsServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "vhd": {
          "uri": "http://{existing-storage-account-name}.blob.core.windows.net/{existing-container-name}/myDisk.vhd"
        },
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk"
      },
      "dataDisks": [
        {
          "diskSizeGB": 1023,
          "createOption": "Empty",
          "lun": 0,
          "vhd": {
            "uri": "http://{existing-storage-account-name}.blob.core.windows.net/{existing-container-name}/myDisk0.vhd"
          }
        },
        {
          "diskSizeGB": 1023,
          "createOption": "Empty",
          "lun": 1,
          "vhd": {
            "uri": "http://{existing-storage-account-name}.blob.core.windows.net/{existing-container-name}/myDisk1.vhd"
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "adminPassword": "{your-password}"
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/{existing-nic-name}",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Sample response

Status code:
200 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "2016-Datacenter",
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "WindowsServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Windows",
        "vhd": {
          "uri": "http://{existing-storage-account-name}.blob.core.windows.net/vhds/myDisk.vhd"
        },
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "caching": "ReadWrite"
      },
      "dataDisks": [
        {
          "name": "dataDisk0",
          "diskSizeGB": 1023,
          "createOption": "Empty",
          "caching": "None",
          "vhd": {
            "uri": "http://{existing-storage-account-name}.blob.core.windows.net/vhds/myDisk0.vhd"
          },
          "lun": 0
        },
        {
          "name": "dataDisk1",
          "diskSizeGB": 1023,
          "createOption": "Empty",
          "caching": "None",
          "vhd": {
            "uri": "http://{existing-storage-account-name}.blob.core.windows.net/vhds/myDisk1.vhd"
          },
          "lun": 1
        }
      ]
    },
    "vmId": "5230a749-2f68-4830-900b-702182d32e63",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D2_v2"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "name": "myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}
Status code:
201 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "2016-Datacenter",
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "WindowsServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Windows",
        "vhd": {
          "uri": "http://{existing-storage-account-name}.blob.core.windows.net/vhds/myDisk.vhd"
        },
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "caching": "ReadWrite"
      },
      "dataDisks": [
        {
          "name": "dataDisk0",
          "diskSizeGB": 1023,
          "createOption": "Empty",
          "caching": "None",
          "vhd": {
            "uri": "http://{existing-storage-account-name}.blob.core.windows.net/vhds/myDisk0.vhd"
          },
          "lun": 0
        },
        {
          "name": "dataDisk1",
          "diskSizeGB": 1023,
          "createOption": "Empty",
          "caching": "None",
          "vhd": {
            "uri": "http://{existing-storage-account-name}.blob.core.windows.net/vhds/myDisk1.vhd"
          },
          "lun": 1
        }
      ]
    },
    "vmId": "5230a749-2f68-4830-900b-702182d32e63",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D2_v2"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "name": "myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}

Sample request

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM?api-version=2024-07-01

{
  "location": "westus",
  "properties": {
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D1_v2"
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "communityGalleryImageId": "/CommunityGalleries/galleryPublicName/Images/communityGalleryImageName/Versions/communityGalleryImageVersionName"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        },
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "createOption": "FromImage"
      }
    },
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "adminPassword": "{your-password}"
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/{existing-nic-name}",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Sample response

Status code:
200 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "linuxConfiguration": {
        "disablePasswordAuthentication": false
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "communityGalleryImageId": "/CommunityGalleries/galleryPublicName/Images/communityGalleryImageName/Versions/communityGalleryImageVersionName"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "diskSizeGB": 30,
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        },
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "osType": "Linux"
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "vmId": "71aa3d5a-d73d-4970-9182-8580433b2865",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D1_v2"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "name": "myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}
Status code:
201 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "linuxConfiguration": {
        "disablePasswordAuthentication": false
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "communityGalleryImageId": "/CommunityGalleries/galleryPublicName/Images/communityGalleryImageName/Versions/communityGalleryImageVersionName"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "diskSizeGB": 30,
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        },
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "osType": "Linux"
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "vmId": "71aa3d5a-d73d-4970-9182-8580433b2865",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D1_v2"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "name": "myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}

Create a vm from a custom image.

Sample request

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM?api-version=2024-07-01

{
  "location": "westus",
  "properties": {
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D1_v2"
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/images/{existing-custom-image-name}"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        },
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "createOption": "FromImage"
      }
    },
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "adminPassword": "{your-password}"
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/{existing-nic-name}",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Sample response

Status code:
200 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "linuxConfiguration": {
        "disablePasswordAuthentication": false
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/images/nsgcustom"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "diskSizeGB": 30,
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        },
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "osType": "Linux"
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "vmId": "71aa3d5a-d73d-4970-9182-8580433b2865",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D1_v2"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "name": "myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}
Status code:
201 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "linuxConfiguration": {
        "disablePasswordAuthentication": false
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/images/nsgcustom"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "diskSizeGB": 30,
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        },
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "osType": "Linux"
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "vmId": "71aa3d5a-d73d-4970-9182-8580433b2865",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D1_v2"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "name": "myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}

Create a vm from a generalized shared image.

Sample request

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM?api-version=2024-07-01

{
  "location": "westus",
  "properties": {
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D1_v2"
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/galleries/mySharedGallery/images/mySharedImage"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        },
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "createOption": "FromImage"
      }
    },
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "adminPassword": "{your-password}"
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/{existing-nic-name}",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Sample response

Status code:
200 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "linuxConfiguration": {
        "disablePasswordAuthentication": false
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/galleries/mySharedGallery/images/mySharedImage"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "diskSizeGB": 30,
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        },
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "osType": "Linux"
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "vmId": "71aa3d5a-d73d-4970-9182-8580433b2865",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D1_v2"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "name": "myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}
Status code:
201 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "linuxConfiguration": {
        "disablePasswordAuthentication": false
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/galleries/mySharedGallery/images/mySharedImage"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "diskSizeGB": 30,
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        },
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "osType": "Linux"
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "vmId": "71aa3d5a-d73d-4970-9182-8580433b2865",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D1_v2"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "name": "myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}

Sample request

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM?api-version=2024-07-01

{
  "location": "westus",
  "properties": {
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D1_v2"
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sharedGalleryImageId": "/SharedGalleries/sharedGalleryName/Images/sharedGalleryImageName/Versions/sharedGalleryImageVersionName"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        },
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "createOption": "FromImage"
      }
    },
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "adminPassword": "{your-password}"
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/{existing-nic-name}",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Sample response

Status code:
200 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "linuxConfiguration": {
        "disablePasswordAuthentication": false
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sharedGalleryImageId": "/SharedGalleries/sharedGalleryName/Images/sharedGalleryImageName/Versions/sharedGalleryImageVersionName"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "diskSizeGB": 30,
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        },
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "osType": "Linux"
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "vmId": "71aa3d5a-d73d-4970-9182-8580433b2865",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D1_v2"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "name": "myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}
Status code:
201 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "linuxConfiguration": {
        "disablePasswordAuthentication": false
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sharedGalleryImageId": "/SharedGalleries/sharedGalleryName/Images/sharedGalleryImageName/Versions/sharedGalleryImageVersionName"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "diskSizeGB": 30,
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        },
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "osType": "Linux"
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "vmId": "71aa3d5a-d73d-4970-9182-8580433b2865",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D1_v2"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "name": "myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}

Create a vm from a specialized shared image.

Sample request

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM?api-version=2024-07-01

{
  "location": "westus",
  "properties": {
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D1_v2"
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/galleries/mySharedGallery/images/mySharedImage"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        },
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "createOption": "FromImage"
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/{existing-nic-name}",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Sample response

Status code:
200 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "properties": {
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/galleries/mySharedGallery/images/mySharedImage"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "diskSizeGB": 30,
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        },
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "osType": "Linux"
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "vmId": "71aa3d5a-d73d-4970-9182-8580433b2865",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D1_v2"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "name": "myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}
Status code:
201 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "properties": {
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/galleries/mySharedGallery/images/mySharedImage"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "diskSizeGB": 30,
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        },
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "osType": "Linux"
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "vmId": "71aa3d5a-d73d-4970-9182-8580433b2865",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D1_v2"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "name": "myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}

Create a vm in a Virtual Machine Scale Set with customer assigned platformFaultDomain.

Sample request

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM?api-version=2024-07-01

{
  "location": "westus",
  "properties": {
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D1_v2"
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "2016-Datacenter",
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "WindowsServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        },
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "createOption": "FromImage"
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/{existing-nic-name}",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "adminPassword": "{your-password}"
    },
    "virtualMachineScaleSet": {
      "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/{existing-flex-vmss-name-with-platformFaultDomainCount-greater-than-1}"
    },
    "platformFaultDomain": 1
  }
}

Sample response

Status code:
200 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "2016-Datacenter",
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "WindowsServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Windows",
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        }
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "vmId": "7cce54f2-ecd3-4ddd-a8d9-50984faa3918",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D1_v2"
    },
    "virtualMachineScaleSet": {
      "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/myExistingFlexVmss"
    },
    "platformFaultDomain": 1,
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "name": "myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}
Status code:
201 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "2016-Datacenter",
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "WindowsServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Windows",
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        }
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "vmId": "7cce54f2-ecd3-4ddd-a8d9-50984faa3918",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D1_v2"
    },
    "virtualMachineScaleSet": {
      "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/myExistingFlexVmss"
    },
    "platformFaultDomain": 1,
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "name": "myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}

Create a vm in an availability set.

Sample request

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM?api-version=2024-07-01

{
  "location": "westus",
  "properties": {
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D1_v2"
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "2016-Datacenter",
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "WindowsServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        },
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "createOption": "FromImage"
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/{existing-nic-name}",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "adminPassword": "{your-password}"
    },
    "availabilitySet": {
      "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/availabilitySets/{existing-availability-set-name}"
    }
  }
}

Sample response

Status code:
200 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "2016-Datacenter",
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "WindowsServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Windows",
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        }
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "vmId": "b7a098cc-b0b8-46e8-a205-62f301a62a8f",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D1_v2"
    },
    "availabilitySet": {
      "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/availabilitySets/NSGEXISTINGAS"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "name": "myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}
Status code:
201 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "2016-Datacenter",
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "WindowsServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Windows",
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        }
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "vmId": "b7a098cc-b0b8-46e8-a205-62f301a62a8f",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D1_v2"
    },
    "availabilitySet": {
      "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/availabilitySets/NSGEXISTINGAS"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "name": "myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}

Create a vm with a marketplace image plan.

Sample request

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM?api-version=2024-07-01

{
  "location": "westus",
  "plan": {
    "publisher": "microsoft-ads",
    "product": "windows-data-science-vm",
    "name": "windows2016"
  },
  "properties": {
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D1_v2"
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "windows2016",
        "publisher": "microsoft-ads",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "windows-data-science-vm"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        },
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "createOption": "FromImage"
      }
    },
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "adminPassword": "{your-password}"
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/{existing-nic-name}",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Sample response

Status code:
200 
{
  "name": "myVM",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "standard-data-science-vm",
        "publisher": "microsoft-ads",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "standard-data-science-vm"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Windows",
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        }
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "vmId": "5c0d55a7-c407-4ed6-bf7d-ddb810267c85",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D1_v2"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "plan": {
    "publisher": "microsoft-ads",
    "product": "standard-data-science-vm",
    "name": "standard-data-science-vm"
  },
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}
Status code:
201 
{
  "name": "myVM",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "standard-data-science-vm",
        "publisher": "microsoft-ads",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "standard-data-science-vm"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Windows",
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        }
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "vmId": "5c0d55a7-c407-4ed6-bf7d-ddb810267c85",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D1_v2"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "plan": {
    "publisher": "microsoft-ads",
    "product": "standard-data-science-vm",
    "name": "standard-data-science-vm"
  },
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}

Create a vm with an extensions time budget.

Sample request

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM?api-version=2024-07-01

{
  "location": "westus",
  "properties": {
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D1_v2"
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "2016-Datacenter",
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "WindowsServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        },
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "createOption": "FromImage"
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/{existing-nic-name}",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "adminPassword": "{your-password}"
    },
    "diagnosticsProfile": {
      "bootDiagnostics": {
        "storageUri": "http://{existing-storage-account-name}.blob.core.windows.net",
        "enabled": true
      }
    },
    "extensionsTimeBudget": "PT30M"
  }
}

Sample response

Status code:
200 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "2016-Datacenter",
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "WindowsServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Windows",
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        }
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "diagnosticsProfile": {
      "bootDiagnostics": {
        "storageUri": "http://nsgdiagnostic.blob.core.windows.net",
        "enabled": true
      }
    },
    "vmId": "676420ba-7a24-4bfe-80bd-9c841ee184fa",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D1_v2"
    },
    "extensionsTimeBudget": "PT30M",
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "name": "myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}
Status code:
201 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "2016-Datacenter",
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "WindowsServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Windows",
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        }
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "diagnosticsProfile": {
      "bootDiagnostics": {
        "storageUri": "http://nsgdiagnostic.blob.core.windows.net",
        "enabled": true
      }
    },
    "vmId": "676420ba-7a24-4bfe-80bd-9c841ee184fa",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D1_v2"
    },
    "extensionsTimeBudget": "PT30M",
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "name": "myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}

Create a vm with Application Profile.

Sample request

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM?api-version=2024-07-01

{
  "location": "westus",
  "properties": {
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D1_v2"
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "{image_sku}",
        "publisher": "{image_publisher}",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "{image_offer}"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        },
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "createOption": "FromImage"
      }
    },
    "applicationProfile": {
      "galleryApplications": [
        {
          "tags": "myTag1",
          "order": 1,
          "packageReferenceId": "/subscriptions/32c17a9e-aa7b-4ba5-a45b-e324116b6fdb/resourceGroups/myresourceGroupName2/providers/Microsoft.Compute/galleries/myGallery1/applications/MyApplication1/versions/1.0",
          "configurationReference": "https://mystorageaccount.blob.core.windows.net/configurations/settings.config",
          "treatFailureAsDeploymentFailure": false,
          "enableAutomaticUpgrade": false
        },
        {
          "packageReferenceId": "/subscriptions/32c17a9e-aa7b-4ba5-a45b-e324116b6fdg/resourceGroups/myresourceGroupName3/providers/Microsoft.Compute/galleries/myGallery2/applications/MyApplication2/versions/1.1"
        }
      ]
    },
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "adminPassword": "{your-password}"
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/{existing-nic-name}",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Sample response

Status code:
200 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "linuxConfiguration": {
        "ssh": {
          "publicKeys": [
            {
              "path": "/home/{your-username}/.ssh/authorized_keys",
              "keyData": "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQCeClRAk2ipUs/l5voIsDC5q9RI+YSRd1Bvd/O+axgY4WiBzG+4FwJWZm/mLLe5DoOdHQwmU2FrKXZSW4w2sYE70KeWnrFViCOX5MTVvJgPE8ClugNl8RWth/tU849DvM9sT7vFgfVSHcAS2yDRyDlueii+8nF2ym8XWAPltFVCyLHRsyBp5YPqK8JFYIa1eybKsY3hEAxRCA+/7bq8et+Gj3coOsuRmrehav7rE6N12Pb80I6ofa6SM5XNYq4Xk0iYNx7R3kdz0Jj9XgZYWjAHjJmT0gTRoOnt6upOuxK7xI/ykWrllgpXrCPu3Ymz+c+ujaqcxDopnAl2lmf69/J1"
            }
          ]
        },
        "disablePasswordAuthentication": true
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "16.04-LTS",
        "publisher": "Canonical",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "UbuntuServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Linux",
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        }
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "applicationProfile": {
      "galleryApplications": [
        {
          "tags": "myTag1",
          "order": 1,
          "packageReferenceId": "/subscriptions/32c17a9e-aa7b-4ba5-a45b-e324116b6fdb/resourceGroups/myresourceGroupName2/providers/Microsoft.Compute/galleries/myGallery1/applications/MyApplication1/versions/1.0",
          "configurationReference": "https://mystorageaccount.blob.core.windows.net/configurations/settings.config"
        },
        {
          "packageReferenceId": "/subscriptions/32c17a9e-aa7b-4ba5-a45b-e324116b6fdg/resourceGroups/myresourceGroupName3/providers/Microsoft.Compute/galleries/myGallery2/applications/MyApplication2/versions/1.1"
        }
      ]
    },
    "vmId": "e0de9b84-a506-4b95-9623-00a425d05c90",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D1_v2"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "name": "myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}
Status code:
201 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "linuxConfiguration": {
        "ssh": {
          "publicKeys": [
            {
              "path": "/home/{your-username}/.ssh/authorized_keys",
              "keyData": "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQCeClRAk2ipUs/l5voIsDC5q9RI+YSRd1Bvd/O+axgY4WiBzG+4FwJWZm/mLLe5DoOdHQwmU2FrKXZSW4w2sYE70KeWnrFViCOX5MTVvJgPE8ClugNl8RWth/tU849DvM9sT7vFgfVSHcAS2yDRyDlueii+8nF2ym8XWAPltFVCyLHRsyBp5YPqK8JFYIa1eybKsY3hEAxRCA+/7bq8et+Gj3coOsuRmrehav7rE6N12Pb80I6ofa6SM5XNYq4Xk0iYNx7R3kdz0Jj9XgZYWjAHjJmT0gTRoOnt6upOuxK7xI/ykWrllgpXrCPu3Ymz+c+ujaqcxDopnAl2lmf69/J1"
            }
          ]
        },
        "disablePasswordAuthentication": true
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "16.04-LTS",
        "publisher": "Canonical",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "UbuntuServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Linux",
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        }
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "applicationProfile": {
      "galleryApplications": [
        {
          "tags": "myTag1",
          "order": 1,
          "packageReferenceId": "/subscriptions/32c17a9e-aa7b-4ba5-a45b-e324116b6fdb/resourceGroups/myresourceGroupName2/providers/Microsoft.Compute/galleries/myGallery1/applications/MyApplication1/versions/1.0",
          "configurationReference": "https://mystorageaccount.blob.core.windows.net/configurations/settings.config"
        },
        {
          "packageReferenceId": "/subscriptions/32c17a9e-aa7b-4ba5-a45b-e324116b6fdg/resourceGroups/myresourceGroupName3/providers/Microsoft.Compute/galleries/myGallery2/applications/MyApplication2/versions/1.1"
        }
      ]
    },
    "vmId": "e0de9b84-a506-4b95-9623-00a425d05c90",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D1_v2"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "name": "myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}

Create a vm with boot diagnostics.

Sample request

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM?api-version=2024-07-01

{
  "location": "westus",
  "properties": {
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D1_v2"
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "2016-Datacenter",
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "WindowsServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        },
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "createOption": "FromImage"
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/{existing-nic-name}",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "adminPassword": "{your-password}"
    },
    "diagnosticsProfile": {
      "bootDiagnostics": {
        "storageUri": "http://{existing-storage-account-name}.blob.core.windows.net",
        "enabled": true
      }
    }
  }
}

Sample response

Status code:
200 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "2016-Datacenter",
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "WindowsServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Windows",
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        }
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "diagnosticsProfile": {
      "bootDiagnostics": {
        "storageUri": "http://nsgdiagnostic.blob.core.windows.net",
        "enabled": true
      }
    },
    "vmId": "676420ba-7a24-4bfe-80bd-9c841ee184fa",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D1_v2"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "name": "myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}
Status code:
201 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "2016-Datacenter",
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "WindowsServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Windows",
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        }
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "diagnosticsProfile": {
      "bootDiagnostics": {
        "storageUri": "http://nsgdiagnostic.blob.core.windows.net",
        "enabled": true
      }
    },
    "vmId": "676420ba-7a24-4bfe-80bd-9c841ee184fa",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D1_v2"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "name": "myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}

Create a vm with data disks using 'Copy' and 'Restore' options.

Sample request

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM?api-version=2024-07-01

{
  "location": "westus",
  "properties": {
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D2_v2"
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "2016-Datacenter",
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "WindowsServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        },
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "createOption": "FromImage"
      },
      "dataDisks": [
        {
          "diskSizeGB": 1023,
          "createOption": "Copy",
          "sourceResource": {
            "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/snapshots/{existing-snapshot-name}"
          },
          "lun": 0
        },
        {
          "diskSizeGB": 1023,
          "createOption": "Copy",
          "sourceResource": {
            "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/disks/{existing-disk-name}"
          },
          "lun": 1
        },
        {
          "diskSizeGB": 1023,
          "createOption": "Restore",
          "sourceResource": {
            "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/restorePointCollections/{existing-rpc-name}/restorePoints/{existing-rp-name}/diskRestorePoints/{existing-disk-restore-point-name}"
          },
          "lun": 2
        }
      ]
    },
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "adminPassword": "{your-password}"
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/{existing-nic-name}",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Sample response

Status code:
200 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "2016-Datacenter",
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "WindowsServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Windows",
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        }
      },
      "dataDisks": [
        {
          "caching": "None",
          "managedDisk": {
            "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
          },
          "createOption": "Copy",
          "sourceResource": {
            "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/snapshots/{existing-snapshot-name}"
          },
          "lun": 0,
          "diskSizeGB": 1023
        },
        {
          "caching": "None",
          "managedDisk": {
            "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
          },
          "createOption": "Copy",
          "sourceResource": {
            "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/disks/{existing-disk-name}"
          },
          "lun": 1,
          "diskSizeGB": 1023
        },
        {
          "caching": "None",
          "managedDisk": {
            "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
          },
          "createOption": "Restore",
          "sourceResource": {
            "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/restorePointCollections/{existing-rpc-name}/restorePoints/{existing-rp-name}/diskRestorePoints/{existing-disk-restore-point-name}"
          },
          "lun": 2,
          "diskSizeGB": 1023
        }
      ]
    },
    "vmId": "3906fef9-a1e5-4b83-a8a8-540858b41df0",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D2_v2"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "name": "myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}
Status code:
201 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "2016-Datacenter",
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "WindowsServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Windows",
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        }
      },
      "dataDisks": [
        {
          "caching": "None",
          "managedDisk": {
            "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
          },
          "createOption": "Copy",
          "sourceResource": {
            "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/snapshots/{existing-snapshot-name}"
          },
          "lun": 0,
          "diskSizeGB": 1023,
          "toBeDetached": false
        },
        {
          "caching": "None",
          "managedDisk": {
            "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
          },
          "createOption": "Copy",
          "sourceResource": {
            "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/disks/{existing-disk-name}"
          },
          "lun": 1,
          "diskSizeGB": 1023,
          "toBeDetached": false
        },
        {
          "caching": "None",
          "managedDisk": {
            "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
          },
          "createOption": "Restore",
          "sourceResource": {
            "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/restorePointCollections/{existing-rpc-name}/restorePoints/{existing-rp-name}/diskRestorePoints/{existing-disk-restore-point-name}"
          },
          "lun": 2,
          "diskSizeGB": 1023,
          "toBeDetached": false
        }
      ]
    },
    "vmId": "3906fef9-a1e5-4b83-a8a8-540858b41df0",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D2_v2"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "name": "myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}

Create a VM with Disk Controller Type

Sample request

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM?api-version=2024-07-01

{
  "location": "westus",
  "properties": {
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D4_v3"
    },
    "scheduledEventsPolicy": {
      "scheduledEventsAdditionalPublishingTargets": {
        "eventGridAndResourceGraph": {
          "enable": true
        }
      },
      "userInitiatedRedeploy": {
        "automaticallyApprove": true
      },
      "userInitiatedReboot": {
        "automaticallyApprove": true
      }
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "2016-Datacenter",
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "WindowsServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        },
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "createOption": "FromImage"
      },
      "diskControllerType": "NVMe"
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/{existing-nic-name}",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "adminPassword": "{your-password}"
    },
    "diagnosticsProfile": {
      "bootDiagnostics": {
        "storageUri": "http://{existing-storage-account-name}.blob.core.windows.net",
        "enabled": true
      }
    },
    "userData": "U29tZSBDdXN0b20gRGF0YQ=="
  }
}

Sample response

Status code:
200 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "2016-Datacenter",
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "WindowsServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Windows",
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        }
      },
      "dataDisks": [],
      "diskControllerType": "NVMe"
    },
    "diagnosticsProfile": {
      "bootDiagnostics": {
        "storageUri": "http://nsgdiagnostic.blob.core.windows.net",
        "enabled": true
      }
    },
    "vmId": "676420ba-7a24-4bfe-80bd-9c841ee184fa",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D4_v3"
    },
    "scheduledEventsPolicy": {
      "scheduledEventsAdditionalPublishingTargets": {
        "eventGridAndResourceGraph": {
          "enable": true
        }
      },
      "userInitiatedRedeploy": {
        "automaticallyApprove": true
      },
      "userInitiatedReboot": {
        "automaticallyApprove": true
      }
    },
    "provisioningState": "Updating"
  },
  "name": "myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}
Status code:
201 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "2016-Datacenter",
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "WindowsServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Windows",
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        }
      },
      "dataDisks": [],
      "diskControllerType": "NVMe"
    },
    "diagnosticsProfile": {
      "bootDiagnostics": {
        "storageUri": "http://nsgdiagnostic.blob.core.windows.net",
        "enabled": true
      }
    },
    "vmId": "676420ba-7a24-4bfe-80bd-9c841ee184fa",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D4_v3"
    },
    "scheduledEventsPolicy": {
      "scheduledEventsAdditionalPublishingTargets": {
        "eventGridAndResourceGraph": {
          "enable": true
        }
      },
      "userInitiatedRedeploy": {
        "automaticallyApprove": true
      },
      "userInitiatedReboot": {
        "automaticallyApprove": true
      }
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "name": "myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}

Create a vm with DiskEncryptionSet resource id in the os disk and data disk.

Sample request

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM?api-version=2024-07-01

{
  "location": "westus",
  "properties": {
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D1_v2"
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/images/{existing-custom-image-name}"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS",
          "diskEncryptionSet": {
            "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/diskEncryptionSets/{existing-diskEncryptionSet-name}"
          }
        },
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "createOption": "FromImage"
      },
      "dataDisks": [
        {
          "caching": "ReadWrite",
          "managedDisk": {
            "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS",
            "diskEncryptionSet": {
              "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/diskEncryptionSets/{existing-diskEncryptionSet-name}"
            }
          },
          "diskSizeGB": 1023,
          "createOption": "Empty",
          "lun": 0
        },
        {
          "caching": "ReadWrite",
          "managedDisk": {
            "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/disks/{existing-managed-disk-name}",
            "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS",
            "diskEncryptionSet": {
              "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/diskEncryptionSets/{existing-diskEncryptionSet-name}"
            }
          },
          "diskSizeGB": 1023,
          "createOption": "Attach",
          "lun": 1
        }
      ]
    },
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "adminPassword": "{your-password}"
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/{existing-nic-name}",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Sample response

Status code:
200 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "linuxConfiguration": {
        "disablePasswordAuthentication": false
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/images/nsgcustom"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "diskSizeGB": 30,
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS",
          "diskEncryptionSet": {
            "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/diskEncryptionSets/{existing-diskencryptionset-name}"
          }
        },
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "osType": "Linux"
      },
      "dataDisks": [
        {
          "caching": "ReadWrite",
          "managedDisk": {
            "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS",
            "diskEncryptionSet": {
              "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/diskEncryptionSets/{existing-diskEncryptionSet-name}"
            }
          },
          "diskSizeGB": 1023,
          "createOption": "Empty",
          "lun": 0
        },
        {
          "caching": "ReadWrite",
          "managedDisk": {
            "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/disks/{existing-managed-disk-name}",
            "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS",
            "diskEncryptionSet": {
              "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/diskEncryptionSets/{existing-diskEncryptionSet-name}"
            }
          },
          "diskSizeGB": 1023,
          "createOption": "Attach",
          "lun": 1
        }
      ]
    },
    "vmId": "71aa3d5a-d73d-4970-9182-8580433b2865",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D1_v2"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "name": "myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}
Status code:
201 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "linuxConfiguration": {
        "disablePasswordAuthentication": false
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/images/nsgcustom"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "diskSizeGB": 30,
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        },
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "osType": "Linux"
      },
      "dataDisks": [
        {
          "caching": "ReadWrite",
          "managedDisk": {
            "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS",
            "diskEncryptionSet": {
              "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/diskEncryptionSets/{existing-diskEncryptionSet-name}"
            }
          },
          "diskSizeGB": 1023,
          "createOption": "Empty",
          "lun": 0
        },
        {
          "caching": "ReadWrite",
          "managedDisk": {
            "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/disks/{existing-managed-disk-name}",
            "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS",
            "diskEncryptionSet": {
              "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/diskEncryptionSets/{existing-diskEncryptionSet-name}"
            }
          },
          "diskSizeGB": 1023,
          "createOption": "Attach",
          "lun": 1
        }
      ]
    },
    "vmId": "71aa3d5a-d73d-4970-9182-8580433b2865",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D1_v2"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "name": "myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}

Create a vm with empty data disks.

Sample request

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM?api-version=2024-07-01

{
  "location": "westus",
  "properties": {
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D2_v2"
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "2016-Datacenter",
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "WindowsServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        },
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "createOption": "FromImage"
      },
      "dataDisks": [
        {
          "diskSizeGB": 1023,
          "createOption": "Empty",
          "lun": 0
        },
        {
          "diskSizeGB": 1023,
          "createOption": "Empty",
          "lun": 1
        }
      ]
    },
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "adminPassword": "{your-password}"
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/{existing-nic-name}",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Sample response

Status code:
200 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "2016-Datacenter",
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "WindowsServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Windows",
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        }
      },
      "dataDisks": [
        {
          "caching": "None",
          "managedDisk": {
            "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
          },
          "createOption": "Empty",
          "lun": 0,
          "diskSizeGB": 1023
        },
        {
          "caching": "None",
          "managedDisk": {
            "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
          },
          "createOption": "Empty",
          "lun": 1,
          "diskSizeGB": 1023
        }
      ]
    },
    "vmId": "3906fef9-a1e5-4b83-a8a8-540858b41df0",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D2_v2"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "name": "myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}
Status code:
201 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "2016-Datacenter",
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "WindowsServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Windows",
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        }
      },
      "dataDisks": [
        {
          "caching": "None",
          "managedDisk": {
            "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
          },
          "createOption": "Empty",
          "lun": 0,
          "diskSizeGB": 1023,
          "toBeDetached": false
        },
        {
          "caching": "None",
          "managedDisk": {
            "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
          },
          "createOption": "Empty",
          "lun": 1,
          "diskSizeGB": 1023,
          "toBeDetached": false
        }
      ]
    },
    "vmId": "3906fef9-a1e5-4b83-a8a8-540858b41df0",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D2_v2"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "name": "myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}

Create a VM with encryption identity

Sample request

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM?api-version=2024-07-01

{
  "location": "westus",
  "identity": {
    "type": "UserAssigned",
    "userAssignedIdentities": {
      "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.ManagedIdentity/userAssignedIdentities/myIdentity": {}
    }
  },
  "properties": {
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D2s_v3"
    },
    "securityProfile": {
      "encryptionIdentity": {
        "userAssignedIdentityResourceId": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.ManagedIdentity/userAssignedIdentities/myIdentity"
      }
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "offer": "WindowsServer",
        "sku": "2019-Datacenter",
        "version": "latest"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "caching": "ReadOnly",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "StandardSSD_LRS"
        },
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk"
      }
    },
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "adminPassword": "{your-password}"
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/{existing-nic-name}",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Sample response

Status code:
200 
{
  "name": "myVM",
  "identity": {
    "type": "UserAssigned",
    "userAssignedIdentities": {
      "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.ManagedIdentity/userAssignedIdentities/myIdentity": {}
    }
  },
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "offer": "WindowsServer",
        "sku": "2019-Datacenter",
        "version": "latest"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Windows",
        "caching": "ReadOnly",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "StandardSSD_LRS"
        },
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk"
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "securityProfile": {
      "encryptionIdentity": {
        "userAssignedIdentityResourceId": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.ManagedIdentity/userAssignedIdentities/myIdentity"
      }
    },
    "vmId": "5c0d55a7-c407-4ed6-bf7d-ddb810267c85",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D2s_v3"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}
Status code:
201 
{
  "name": "myVM",
  "identity": {
    "type": "UserAssigned",
    "userAssignedIdentities": {
      "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.ManagedIdentity/userAssignedIdentities/myIdentity": {}
    }
  },
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "offer": "WindowsServer",
        "sku": "2019-Datacenter",
        "version": "latest"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Windows",
        "caching": "ReadOnly",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "StandardSSD_LRS"
        },
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk"
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "securityProfile": {
      "encryptionIdentity": {
        "userAssignedIdentityResourceId": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.ManagedIdentity/userAssignedIdentities/myIdentity"
      }
    },
    "vmId": "5c0d55a7-c407-4ed6-bf7d-ddb810267c85",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D2s_v3"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}

Create a vm with ephemeral os disk provisioning in Cache disk using placement property.

Sample request

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM?api-version=2024-07-01

{
  "location": "westus",
  "plan": {
    "publisher": "microsoft-ads",
    "product": "windows-data-science-vm",
    "name": "windows2016"
  },
  "properties": {
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_DS1_v2"
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "windows2016",
        "publisher": "microsoft-ads",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "windows-data-science-vm"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "caching": "ReadOnly",
        "diffDiskSettings": {
          "option": "Local",
          "placement": "CacheDisk"
        },
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        },
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk"
      }
    },
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "adminPassword": "{your-password}"
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/{existing-nic-name}",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Sample response

Status code:
200 
{
  "name": "myVM",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "standard-data-science-vm",
        "publisher": "microsoft-ads",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "standard-data-science-vm"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Windows",
        "caching": "ReadOnly",
        "diffDiskSettings": {
          "option": "Local",
          "placement": "CacheDisk"
        },
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        },
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk"
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "vmId": "5c0d55a7-c407-4ed6-bf7d-ddb810267c85",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_DS1_v2"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "plan": {
    "publisher": "microsoft-ads",
    "product": "standard-data-science-vm",
    "name": "standard-data-science-vm"
  },
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}
Status code:
201 
{
  "name": "myVM",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "standard-data-science-vm",
        "publisher": "microsoft-ads",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "standard-data-science-vm"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Windows",
        "caching": "ReadOnly",
        "diffDiskSettings": {
          "option": "Local",
          "placement": "CacheDisk"
        },
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        },
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk"
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "vmId": "5c0d55a7-c407-4ed6-bf7d-ddb810267c85",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_DS1_v2"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "plan": {
    "publisher": "microsoft-ads",
    "product": "standard-data-science-vm",
    "name": "standard-data-science-vm"
  },
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}

Create a vm with ephemeral os disk provisioning in Nvme disk using placement property.

Sample request

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM?api-version=2024-07-01

{
  "location": "westus",
  "plan": {
    "publisher": "microsoft-ads",
    "product": "windows-data-science-vm",
    "name": "windows2016"
  },
  "properties": {
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_DS1_v2"
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "windows2016",
        "publisher": "microsoft-ads",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "windows-data-science-vm"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "caching": "ReadOnly",
        "diffDiskSettings": {
          "option": "Local",
          "placement": "NvmeDisk"
        },
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        },
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk"
      }
    },
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "adminPassword": "{your-password}"
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/{existing-nic-name}",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Sample response

Status code:
200 
{
  "name": "myVM",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "standard-data-science-vm",
        "publisher": "microsoft-ads",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "standard-data-science-vm"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Windows",
        "caching": "ReadOnly",
        "diffDiskSettings": {
          "option": "Local",
          "placement": "NvmeDisk"
        },
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        },
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk"
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "vmId": "5c0d55a7-c407-4ed6-bf7d-ddb810267c85",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_DS1_v2"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "plan": {
    "publisher": "microsoft-ads",
    "product": "standard-data-science-vm",
    "name": "standard-data-science-vm"
  },
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}
Status code:
201 
{
  "name": "myVM",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "standard-data-science-vm",
        "publisher": "microsoft-ads",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "standard-data-science-vm"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Windows",
        "caching": "ReadOnly",
        "diffDiskSettings": {
          "option": "Local",
          "placement": "NvmeDisk"
        },
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        },
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk"
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "vmId": "5c0d55a7-c407-4ed6-bf7d-ddb810267c85",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_DS1_v2"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "plan": {
    "publisher": "microsoft-ads",
    "product": "standard-data-science-vm",
    "name": "standard-data-science-vm"
  },
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}

Create a vm with ephemeral os disk provisioning in Resource disk using placement property.

Sample request

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM?api-version=2024-07-01

{
  "location": "westus",
  "plan": {
    "publisher": "microsoft-ads",
    "product": "windows-data-science-vm",
    "name": "windows2016"
  },
  "properties": {
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_DS1_v2"
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "windows2016",
        "publisher": "microsoft-ads",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "windows-data-science-vm"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "caching": "ReadOnly",
        "diffDiskSettings": {
          "option": "Local",
          "placement": "ResourceDisk"
        },
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        },
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk"
      }
    },
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "adminPassword": "{your-password}"
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/{existing-nic-name}",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Sample response

Status code:
200 
{
  "name": "myVM",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "standard-data-science-vm",
        "publisher": "microsoft-ads",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "standard-data-science-vm"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Windows",
        "caching": "ReadOnly",
        "diffDiskSettings": {
          "option": "Local",
          "placement": "ResourceDisk"
        },
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        },
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk"
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "vmId": "5c0d55a7-c407-4ed6-bf7d-ddb810267c85",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_DS1_v2"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "plan": {
    "publisher": "microsoft-ads",
    "product": "standard-data-science-vm",
    "name": "standard-data-science-vm"
  },
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}
Status code:
201 
{
  "name": "myVM",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "standard-data-science-vm",
        "publisher": "microsoft-ads",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "standard-data-science-vm"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Windows",
        "caching": "ReadOnly",
        "diffDiskSettings": {
          "option": "Local",
          "placement": "ResourceDisk"
        },
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        },
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk"
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "vmId": "5c0d55a7-c407-4ed6-bf7d-ddb810267c85",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_DS1_v2"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "plan": {
    "publisher": "microsoft-ads",
    "product": "standard-data-science-vm",
    "name": "standard-data-science-vm"
  },
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}

Create a vm with ephemeral os disk.

Sample request

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM?api-version=2024-07-01

{
  "location": "westus",
  "plan": {
    "publisher": "microsoft-ads",
    "product": "windows-data-science-vm",
    "name": "windows2016"
  },
  "properties": {
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_DS1_v2"
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "windows2016",
        "publisher": "microsoft-ads",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "windows-data-science-vm"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "caching": "ReadOnly",
        "diffDiskSettings": {
          "option": "Local"
        },
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        },
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk"
      }
    },
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "adminPassword": "{your-password}"
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/{existing-nic-name}",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Sample response

Status code:
200 
{
  "name": "myVM",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "standard-data-science-vm",
        "publisher": "microsoft-ads",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "standard-data-science-vm"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Windows",
        "caching": "ReadOnly",
        "diffDiskSettings": {
          "option": "Local"
        },
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        },
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk"
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "vmId": "5c0d55a7-c407-4ed6-bf7d-ddb810267c85",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_DS1_v2"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "plan": {
    "publisher": "microsoft-ads",
    "product": "standard-data-science-vm",
    "name": "standard-data-science-vm"
  },
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}
Status code:
201 
{
  "name": "myVM",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "standard-data-science-vm",
        "publisher": "microsoft-ads",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "standard-data-science-vm"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Windows",
        "caching": "ReadOnly",
        "diffDiskSettings": {
          "option": "Local"
        },
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        },
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk"
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "vmId": "5c0d55a7-c407-4ed6-bf7d-ddb810267c85",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_DS1_v2"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "plan": {
    "publisher": "microsoft-ads",
    "product": "standard-data-science-vm",
    "name": "standard-data-science-vm"
  },
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}

Create a VM with HibernationEnabled

Sample request

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/{vm-name}?api-version=2024-07-01

{
  "location": "eastus2euap",
  "properties": {
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D2s_v3"
    },
    "additionalCapabilities": {
      "hibernationEnabled": true
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "offer": "WindowsServer",
        "sku": "2019-Datacenter",
        "version": "latest"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        },
        "name": "vmOSdisk",
        "createOption": "FromImage"
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/{existing-nic-name}",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "computerName": "{vm-name}",
      "adminPassword": "{your-password}"
    },
    "diagnosticsProfile": {
      "bootDiagnostics": {
        "storageUri": "http://{existing-storage-account-name}.blob.core.windows.net",
        "enabled": true
      }
    }
  }
}

Sample response

Status code:
200 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/{vm-name}",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "{vm-name}",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "offer": "WindowsServer",
        "sku": "2019-Datacenter",
        "version": "latest"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Windows",
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "vmOSdisk",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        }
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "diagnosticsProfile": {
      "bootDiagnostics": {
        "storageUri": "http://nsgdiagnostic.blob.core.windows.net",
        "enabled": true
      }
    },
    "vmId": "676420ba-7a24-4bfe-80bd-9c841ee184fa",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D2s_v3"
    },
    "additionalCapabilities": {
      "hibernationEnabled": true
    },
    "provisioningState": "Updating"
  },
  "name": "{vm-name}",
  "location": "eastus2euap"
}
Status code:
201 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/{vm-name}",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "{vm-name}",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "offer": "WindowsServer",
        "sku": "2019-Datacenter",
        "version": "latest"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Windows",
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "vmOSdisk",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        }
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "diagnosticsProfile": {
      "bootDiagnostics": {
        "storageUri": "http://nsgdiagnostic.blob.core.windows.net",
        "enabled": true
      }
    },
    "vmId": "676420ba-7a24-4bfe-80bd-9c841ee184fa",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D2s_v3"
    },
    "additionalCapabilities": {
      "hibernationEnabled": true
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "name": "{vm-name}",
  "location": "eastus2euap"
}

Create a vm with Host Encryption using encryptionAtHost property.

Sample request

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM?api-version=2024-07-01

{
  "location": "westus",
  "plan": {
    "publisher": "microsoft-ads",
    "product": "windows-data-science-vm",
    "name": "windows2016"
  },
  "properties": {
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_DS1_v2"
    },
    "securityProfile": {
      "encryptionAtHost": true
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "windows2016",
        "publisher": "microsoft-ads",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "windows-data-science-vm"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "caching": "ReadOnly",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        },
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk"
      }
    },
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "adminPassword": "{your-password}"
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/{existing-nic-name}",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Sample response

Status code:
200 
{
  "name": "myVM",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "standard-data-science-vm",
        "publisher": "microsoft-ads",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "standard-data-science-vm"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Windows",
        "caching": "ReadOnly",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        },
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk"
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "securityProfile": {
      "encryptionAtHost": true
    },
    "vmId": "5c0d55a7-c407-4ed6-bf7d-ddb810267c85",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_DS1_v2"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "plan": {
    "publisher": "microsoft-ads",
    "product": "standard-data-science-vm",
    "name": "standard-data-science-vm"
  },
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}
Status code:
201 
{
  "name": "myVM",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "standard-data-science-vm",
        "publisher": "microsoft-ads",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "standard-data-science-vm"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Windows",
        "caching": "ReadOnly",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        },
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk"
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "securityProfile": {
      "encryptionAtHost": true
    },
    "vmId": "5c0d55a7-c407-4ed6-bf7d-ddb810267c85",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_DS1_v2"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "plan": {
    "publisher": "microsoft-ads",
    "product": "standard-data-science-vm",
    "name": "standard-data-science-vm"
  },
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}

Create a vm with managed boot diagnostics.

Sample request

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM?api-version=2024-07-01

{
  "location": "westus",
  "properties": {
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D1_v2"
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "2016-Datacenter",
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "WindowsServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        },
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "createOption": "FromImage"
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/{existing-nic-name}",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "adminPassword": "{your-password}"
    },
    "diagnosticsProfile": {
      "bootDiagnostics": {
        "enabled": true
      }
    }
  }
}

Sample response

Status code:
200 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "2016-Datacenter",
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "WindowsServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Windows",
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        }
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "diagnosticsProfile": {
      "bootDiagnostics": {
        "enabled": true
      }
    },
    "vmId": "676420ba-7a24-4bfe-80bd-9c841ee184fa",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D1_v2"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "name": "myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}
Status code:
201 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "2016-Datacenter",
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "WindowsServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Windows",
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        }
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "diagnosticsProfile": {
      "bootDiagnostics": {
        "enabled": true
      }
    },
    "vmId": "676420ba-7a24-4bfe-80bd-9c841ee184fa",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D1_v2"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "name": "myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}

Create a VM with network interface configuration

Sample request

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM?api-version=2024-07-01

{
  "location": "westus",
  "properties": {
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D1_v2"
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "2016-Datacenter",
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "WindowsServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        },
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "createOption": "FromImage"
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkApiVersion": "2020-11-01",
      "networkInterfaceConfigurations": [
        {
          "name": "{nic-config-name}",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true,
            "deleteOption": "Delete",
            "ipConfigurations": [
              {
                "name": "{ip-config-name}",
                "properties": {
                  "primary": true,
                  "publicIPAddressConfiguration": {
                    "name": "{publicIP-config-name}",
                    "sku": {
                      "name": "Basic",
                      "tier": "Global"
                    },
                    "properties": {
                      "deleteOption": "Detach",
                      "publicIPAllocationMethod": "Static"
                    }
                  }
                }
              }
            ]
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "adminPassword": "{your-password}"
    }
  }
}

Sample response

Status code:
200 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/toBeCreatedNetworkInterface",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "2016-Datacenter",
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "WindowsServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Windows",
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        }
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "vmId": "b7a098cc-b0b8-46e8-a205-62f301a62a8f",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D1_v2"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "name": "myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}
Status code:
201 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/toBeCreatedNetworkInterface",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "2016-Datacenter",
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "WindowsServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Windows",
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        }
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "vmId": "b7a098cc-b0b8-46e8-a205-62f301a62a8f",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D1_v2"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "name": "myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}

Create a VM with network interface configuration with public ip address dns settings

Sample request

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM?api-version=2024-07-01

{
  "location": "westus",
  "properties": {
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D1_v2"
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "2016-Datacenter",
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "WindowsServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        },
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "createOption": "FromImage"
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkApiVersion": "2020-11-01",
      "networkInterfaceConfigurations": [
        {
          "name": "{nic-config-name}",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true,
            "deleteOption": "Delete",
            "ipConfigurations": [
              {
                "name": "{ip-config-name}",
                "properties": {
                  "primary": true,
                  "publicIPAddressConfiguration": {
                    "name": "{publicIP-config-name}",
                    "sku": {
                      "name": "Basic",
                      "tier": "Global"
                    },
                    "properties": {
                      "deleteOption": "Detach",
                      "publicIPAllocationMethod": "Static",
                      "dnsSettings": {
                        "domainNameLabel": "aaaaa",
                        "domainNameLabelScope": "TenantReuse"
                      }
                    }
                  }
                }
              }
            ]
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "adminPassword": "{your-password}"
    }
  }
}

Sample response

Status code:
200 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/toBeCreatedNetworkInterface",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "2016-Datacenter",
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "WindowsServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Windows",
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        }
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "vmId": "b7a098cc-b0b8-46e8-a205-62f301a62a8f",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D1_v2"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "name": "myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}
Status code:
201 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/toBeCreatedNetworkInterface",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "2016-Datacenter",
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "WindowsServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Windows",
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        }
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "vmId": "b7a098cc-b0b8-46e8-a205-62f301a62a8f",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D1_v2"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "name": "myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}

Create a vm with password authentication.

Sample request

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM?api-version=2024-07-01

{
  "location": "westus",
  "properties": {
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D1_v2"
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "2016-Datacenter",
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "WindowsServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        },
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "createOption": "FromImage"
      }
    },
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "adminPassword": "{your-password}"
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/{existing-nic-name}",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Sample response

Status code:
200 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "2016-Datacenter",
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "WindowsServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Windows",
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        }
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "vmId": "b248db33-62ba-4d2d-b791-811e075ee0f5",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D1_v2"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "name": "myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}
Status code:
201 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "2016-Datacenter",
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "WindowsServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Windows",
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        }
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "vmId": "b248db33-62ba-4d2d-b791-811e075ee0f5",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D1_v2"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "name": "myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}

Create a vm with premium storage.

Sample request

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM?api-version=2024-07-01

{
  "location": "westus",
  "properties": {
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D1_v2"
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "2016-Datacenter",
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "WindowsServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Premium_LRS"
        },
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "createOption": "FromImage"
      }
    },
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "adminPassword": "{your-password}"
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/{existing-nic-name}",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Sample response

Status code:
200 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "2016-Datacenter",
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "WindowsServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Windows",
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Premium_LRS"
        }
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "vmId": "a149cd25-409f-41af-8088-275f5486bc93",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_DS1_v2"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "name": "myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}
Status code:
201 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "2016-Datacenter",
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "WindowsServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Windows",
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Premium_LRS"
        }
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "vmId": "a149cd25-409f-41af-8088-275f5486bc93",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_DS1_v2"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "name": "myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}

Create a VM with ProxyAgent Settings of enabled and mode.

Sample request

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM?api-version=2024-07-01

{
  "location": "westus",
  "properties": {
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D2s_v3"
    },
    "securityProfile": {
      "proxyAgentSettings": {
        "enabled": true,
        "mode": "Enforce"
      }
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "offer": "WindowsServer",
        "sku": "2019-Datacenter",
        "version": "latest"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "caching": "ReadOnly",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "StandardSSD_LRS"
        },
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk"
      }
    },
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "adminPassword": "{your-password}"
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/{existing-nic-name}",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Sample response

Status code:
200 
{
  "name": "myVM",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "offer": "WindowsServer",
        "sku": "2019-Datacenter",
        "version": "latest"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Windows",
        "caching": "ReadOnly",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "StandardSSD_LRS"
        },
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk"
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "securityProfile": {
      "proxyAgentSettings": {
        "enabled": true,
        "mode": "Enforce"
      }
    },
    "vmId": "5c0d55a7-c407-4ed6-bf7d-ddb810267c85",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D2s_v3"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}
Status code:
201 
{
  "name": "myVM",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "offer": "WindowsServer",
        "sku": "2019-Datacenter",
        "version": "latest"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Windows",
        "caching": "ReadOnly",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "StandardSSD_LRS"
        },
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk"
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "securityProfile": {
      "proxyAgentSettings": {
        "enabled": true,
        "mode": "Enforce"
      }
    },
    "vmId": "5c0d55a7-c407-4ed6-bf7d-ddb810267c85",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D2s_v3"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}

Create a vm with Scheduled Events Profile

Sample request

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM?api-version=2024-07-01

{
  "location": "westus",
  "properties": {
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D1_v2"
    },
    "scheduledEventsPolicy": {
      "scheduledEventsAdditionalPublishingTargets": {
        "eventGridAndResourceGraph": {
          "enable": true
        }
      },
      "userInitiatedRedeploy": {
        "automaticallyApprove": true
      },
      "userInitiatedReboot": {
        "automaticallyApprove": true
      }
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "2016-Datacenter",
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "WindowsServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        },
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "createOption": "FromImage"
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/{existing-nic-name}",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "adminPassword": "{your-password}"
    },
    "diagnosticsProfile": {
      "bootDiagnostics": {
        "storageUri": "http://{existing-storage-account-name}.blob.core.windows.net",
        "enabled": true
      }
    },
    "scheduledEventsProfile": {
      "terminateNotificationProfile": {
        "notBeforeTimeout": "PT10M",
        "enable": true
      },
      "osImageNotificationProfile": {
        "notBeforeTimeout": "PT15M",
        "enable": true
      }
    }
  }
}

Sample response

Status code:
200 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "2016-Datacenter",
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "WindowsServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Windows",
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        }
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "diagnosticsProfile": {
      "bootDiagnostics": {
        "storageUri": "http://nsgdiagnostic.blob.core.windows.net",
        "enabled": true
      }
    },
    "vmId": "676420ba-7a24-4bfe-80bd-9c841ee184fa",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D1_v2"
    },
    "scheduledEventsPolicy": {
      "scheduledEventsAdditionalPublishingTargets": {
        "eventGridAndResourceGraph": {
          "enable": true
        }
      },
      "userInitiatedRedeploy": {
        "automaticallyApprove": true
      },
      "userInitiatedReboot": {
        "automaticallyApprove": true
      }
    },
    "scheduledEventsProfile": {
      "terminateNotificationProfile": {
        "notBeforeTimeout": "PT10M",
        "enable": true
      },
      "osImageNotificationProfile": {
        "notBeforeTimeout": "PT15M",
        "enable": true
      }
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "name": "myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}
Status code:
201 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "2016-Datacenter",
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "WindowsServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Windows",
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        }
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "diagnosticsProfile": {
      "bootDiagnostics": {
        "storageUri": "http://nsgdiagnostic.blob.core.windows.net",
        "enabled": true
      }
    },
    "vmId": "676420ba-7a24-4bfe-80bd-9c841ee184fa",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D1_v2"
    },
    "scheduledEventsPolicy": {
      "scheduledEventsAdditionalPublishingTargets": {
        "eventGridAndResourceGraph": {
          "enable": true
        }
      },
      "userInitiatedRedeploy": {
        "automaticallyApprove": true
      },
      "userInitiatedReboot": {
        "automaticallyApprove": true
      }
    },
    "scheduledEventsProfile": {
      "terminateNotificationProfile": {
        "notBeforeTimeout": "PT10M",
        "enable": true
      },
      "osImageNotificationProfile": {
        "notBeforeTimeout": "PT15M",
        "enable": true
      }
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "name": "myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}

Create a VM with securityType ConfidentialVM with Customer Managed Keys

Sample request

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM?api-version=2024-07-01

{
  "location": "westus",
  "properties": {
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_DC2as_v5"
    },
    "securityProfile": {
      "uefiSettings": {
        "secureBootEnabled": true,
        "vTpmEnabled": true
      },
      "securityType": "ConfidentialVM"
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "windows-cvm",
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "version": "17763.2183.2109130127",
        "offer": "2019-datacenter-cvm"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "caching": "ReadOnly",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "StandardSSD_LRS",
          "securityProfile": {
            "securityEncryptionType": "DiskWithVMGuestState",
            "diskEncryptionSet": {
              "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/diskEncryptionSets/{existing-diskEncryptionSet-name}"
            }
          }
        },
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk"
      }
    },
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "adminPassword": "{your-password}"
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/{existing-nic-name}",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Sample response

Status code:
200 
{
  "name": "myVM",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "windows-cvm",
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "version": "17763.2183.2109130127",
        "offer": "2019-datacenter-cvm"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "caching": "ReadOnly",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "StandardSSD_LRS",
          "securityProfile": {
            "securityEncryptionType": "DiskWithVMGuestState",
            "diskEncryptionSet": {
              "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/diskEncryptionSets/{existing-diskEncryptionSet-name}"
            }
          }
        },
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk"
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "securityProfile": {
      "uefiSettings": {
        "secureBootEnabled": true,
        "vTpmEnabled": true
      },
      "securityType": "ConfidentialVM"
    },
    "vmId": "5c0d55a7-c407-4ed6-bf7d-ddb810267c85",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_DC2as_v5"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}
Status code:
201 
{
  "name": "myVM",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "windows-cvm",
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "version": "17763.2183.2109130127",
        "offer": "2019-datacenter-cvm"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "caching": "ReadOnly",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "StandardSSD_LRS",
          "securityProfile": {
            "securityEncryptionType": "DiskWithVMGuestState",
            "diskEncryptionSet": {
              "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/diskEncryptionSets/{existing-diskEncryptionSet-name}"
            }
          }
        },
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk"
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "securityProfile": {
      "uefiSettings": {
        "secureBootEnabled": true,
        "vTpmEnabled": true
      },
      "securityType": "ConfidentialVM"
    },
    "vmId": "5c0d55a7-c407-4ed6-bf7d-ddb810267c85",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_DC2as_v5"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}

Create a VM with securityType ConfidentialVM with NonPersistedTPM securityEncryptionType

Sample request

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM?api-version=2024-07-01

{
  "location": "westus",
  "properties": {
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_DC2es_v5"
    },
    "securityProfile": {
      "uefiSettings": {
        "secureBootEnabled": false,
        "vTpmEnabled": true
      },
      "securityType": "ConfidentialVM"
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "linux-cvm",
        "publisher": "UbuntuServer",
        "version": "17763.2183.2109130127",
        "offer": "2022-datacenter-cvm"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "caching": "ReadOnly",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "StandardSSD_LRS",
          "securityProfile": {
            "securityEncryptionType": "NonPersistedTPM"
          }
        },
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk"
      }
    },
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "adminPassword": "{your-password}"
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/{existing-nic-name}",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Sample response

Status code:
200 
{
  "name": "myVM",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "linux-cvm",
        "publisher": "UbuntuServer",
        "version": "17763.2183.2109130127",
        "offer": "2022-datacenter-cvm"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "caching": "ReadOnly",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "StandardSSD_LRS",
          "securityProfile": {
            "securityEncryptionType": "NonPersistedTPM"
          }
        },
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk"
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "securityProfile": {
      "uefiSettings": {
        "secureBootEnabled": false,
        "vTpmEnabled": true
      },
      "securityType": "ConfidentialVM"
    },
    "vmId": "5c0d55a7-c407-4ed6-bf7d-ddb810267c85",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_DC2es_v5"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}
Status code:
201 
{
  "name": "myVM",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "linux-cvm",
        "publisher": "UbuntuServer",
        "version": "17763.2183.2109130127",
        "offer": "2022-datacenter-cvm"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "caching": "ReadOnly",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "StandardSSD_LRS",
          "securityProfile": {
            "securityEncryptionType": "NonPersistedTPM"
          }
        },
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk"
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "securityProfile": {
      "uefiSettings": {
        "secureBootEnabled": false,
        "vTpmEnabled": true
      },
      "securityType": "ConfidentialVM"
    },
    "vmId": "5c0d55a7-c407-4ed6-bf7d-ddb810267c85",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_DC2es_v5"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}

Create a VM with securityType ConfidentialVM with Platform Managed Keys

Sample request

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM?api-version=2024-07-01

{
  "location": "westus",
  "properties": {
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_DC2as_v5"
    },
    "securityProfile": {
      "uefiSettings": {
        "secureBootEnabled": true,
        "vTpmEnabled": true
      },
      "securityType": "ConfidentialVM"
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "windows-cvm",
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "version": "17763.2183.2109130127",
        "offer": "2019-datacenter-cvm"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "caching": "ReadOnly",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "StandardSSD_LRS",
          "securityProfile": {
            "securityEncryptionType": "DiskWithVMGuestState"
          }
        },
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk"
      }
    },
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "adminPassword": "{your-password}"
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/{existing-nic-name}",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Sample response

Status code:
200 
{
  "name": "myVM",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "windows-cvm",
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "version": "17763.2183.2109130127",
        "offer": "2019-datacenter-cvm"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "caching": "ReadOnly",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "StandardSSD_LRS",
          "securityProfile": {
            "securityEncryptionType": "DiskWithVMGuestState"
          }
        },
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk"
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "securityProfile": {
      "uefiSettings": {
        "secureBootEnabled": true,
        "vTpmEnabled": true
      },
      "securityType": "ConfidentialVM"
    },
    "vmId": "5c0d55a7-c407-4ed6-bf7d-ddb810267c85",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_DC2as_v5"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}
Status code:
201 
{
  "name": "myVM",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "windows-cvm",
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "version": "17763.2183.2109130127",
        "offer": "2019-datacenter-cvm"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "caching": "ReadOnly",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "StandardSSD_LRS",
          "securityProfile": {
            "securityEncryptionType": "DiskWithVMGuestState"
          }
        },
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk"
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "securityProfile": {
      "uefiSettings": {
        "secureBootEnabled": true,
        "vTpmEnabled": true
      },
      "securityType": "ConfidentialVM"
    },
    "vmId": "5c0d55a7-c407-4ed6-bf7d-ddb810267c85",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_DC2as_v5"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}

Create a vm with ssh authentication.

Sample request

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM?api-version=2024-07-01

{
  "location": "westus",
  "properties": {
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D1_v2"
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "{image_sku}",
        "publisher": "{image_publisher}",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "{image_offer}"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        },
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "createOption": "FromImage"
      }
    },
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "linuxConfiguration": {
        "ssh": {
          "publicKeys": [
            {
              "path": "/home/{your-username}/.ssh/authorized_keys",
              "keyData": "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQCeClRAk2ipUs/l5voIsDC5q9RI+YSRd1Bvd/O+axgY4WiBzG+4FwJWZm/mLLe5DoOdHQwmU2FrKXZSW4w2sYE70KeWnrFViCOX5MTVvJgPE8ClugNl8RWth/tU849DvM9sT7vFgfVSHcAS2yDRyDlueii+8nF2ym8XWAPltFVCyLHRsyBp5YPqK8JFYIa1eybKsY3hEAxRCA+/7bq8et+Gj3coOsuRmrehav7rE6N12Pb80I6ofa6SM5XNYq4Xk0iYNx7R3kdz0Jj9XgZYWjAHjJmT0gTRoOnt6upOuxK7xI/ykWrllgpXrCPu3Ymz+c+ujaqcxDopnAl2lmf69/J1"
            }
          ]
        },
        "disablePasswordAuthentication": true
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/{existing-nic-name}",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Sample response

Status code:
200 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "linuxConfiguration": {
        "ssh": {
          "publicKeys": [
            {
              "path": "/home/{your-username}/.ssh/authorized_keys",
              "keyData": "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQCeClRAk2ipUs/l5voIsDC5q9RI+YSRd1Bvd/O+axgY4WiBzG+4FwJWZm/mLLe5DoOdHQwmU2FrKXZSW4w2sYE70KeWnrFViCOX5MTVvJgPE8ClugNl8RWth/tU849DvM9sT7vFgfVSHcAS2yDRyDlueii+8nF2ym8XWAPltFVCyLHRsyBp5YPqK8JFYIa1eybKsY3hEAxRCA+/7bq8et+Gj3coOsuRmrehav7rE6N12Pb80I6ofa6SM5XNYq4Xk0iYNx7R3kdz0Jj9XgZYWjAHjJmT0gTRoOnt6upOuxK7xI/ykWrllgpXrCPu3Ymz+c+ujaqcxDopnAl2lmf69/J1"
            }
          ]
        },
        "disablePasswordAuthentication": true
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "16.04-LTS",
        "publisher": "Canonical",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "UbuntuServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Linux",
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        }
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "vmId": "e0de9b84-a506-4b95-9623-00a425d05c90",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D1_v2"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "name": "myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}
Status code:
201 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "linuxConfiguration": {
        "ssh": {
          "publicKeys": [
            {
              "path": "/home/{your-username}/.ssh/authorized_keys",
              "keyData": "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQCeClRAk2ipUs/l5voIsDC5q9RI+YSRd1Bvd/O+axgY4WiBzG+4FwJWZm/mLLe5DoOdHQwmU2FrKXZSW4w2sYE70KeWnrFViCOX5MTVvJgPE8ClugNl8RWth/tU849DvM9sT7vFgfVSHcAS2yDRyDlueii+8nF2ym8XWAPltFVCyLHRsyBp5YPqK8JFYIa1eybKsY3hEAxRCA+/7bq8et+Gj3coOsuRmrehav7rE6N12Pb80I6ofa6SM5XNYq4Xk0iYNx7R3kdz0Jj9XgZYWjAHjJmT0gTRoOnt6upOuxK7xI/ykWrllgpXrCPu3Ymz+c+ujaqcxDopnAl2lmf69/J1"
            }
          ]
        },
        "disablePasswordAuthentication": true
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "16.04-LTS",
        "publisher": "Canonical",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "UbuntuServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Linux",
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        }
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "vmId": "e0de9b84-a506-4b95-9623-00a425d05c90",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D1_v2"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "name": "myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}

Create a VM with Uefi Settings of secureBoot and vTPM.

Sample request

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM?api-version=2024-07-01

{
  "location": "westus",
  "properties": {
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D2s_v3"
    },
    "securityProfile": {
      "uefiSettings": {
        "secureBootEnabled": true,
        "vTpmEnabled": true
      },
      "securityType": "TrustedLaunch"
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "windows10-tvm",
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "version": "18363.592.2001092016",
        "offer": "windowsserver-gen2preview-preview"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "caching": "ReadOnly",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "StandardSSD_LRS"
        },
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk"
      }
    },
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "adminPassword": "{your-password}"
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/{existing-nic-name}",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Sample response

Status code:
200 
{
  "name": "myVM",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "windows10-tvm",
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "version": "18363.592.2001092016",
        "offer": "windowsserver-gen2preview-preview"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Windows",
        "caching": "ReadOnly",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "StandardSSD_LRS"
        },
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk"
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "securityProfile": {
      "uefiSettings": {
        "secureBootEnabled": true,
        "vTpmEnabled": true
      },
      "securityType": "TrustedLaunch"
    },
    "vmId": "5c0d55a7-c407-4ed6-bf7d-ddb810267c85",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D2s_v3"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}
Status code:
201 
{
  "name": "myVM",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "windows10-tvm",
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "version": "18363.592.2001092016",
        "offer": "windowsserver-gen2preview-preview"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Windows",
        "caching": "ReadOnly",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "StandardSSD_LRS"
        },
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk"
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "securityProfile": {
      "uefiSettings": {
        "secureBootEnabled": true,
        "vTpmEnabled": true
      },
      "securityType": "TrustedLaunch"
    },
    "vmId": "5c0d55a7-c407-4ed6-bf7d-ddb810267c85",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D2s_v3"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}

Create a VM with UserData

Sample request

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/{vm-name}?api-version=2024-07-01

{
  "location": "westus",
  "properties": {
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D1_v2"
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "2016-Datacenter",
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "WindowsServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        },
        "name": "vmOSdisk",
        "createOption": "FromImage"
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/{existing-nic-name}",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "computerName": "{vm-name}",
      "adminPassword": "{your-password}"
    },
    "diagnosticsProfile": {
      "bootDiagnostics": {
        "storageUri": "http://{existing-storage-account-name}.blob.core.windows.net",
        "enabled": true
      }
    },
    "userData": "RXhhbXBsZSBVc2VyRGF0YQ=="
  }
}

Sample response

Status code:
200 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/{vm-name}",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "{vm-name}",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "2016-Datacenter",
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "WindowsServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Windows",
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "vmOSdisk",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        }
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "diagnosticsProfile": {
      "bootDiagnostics": {
        "storageUri": "http://nsgdiagnostic.blob.core.windows.net",
        "enabled": true
      }
    },
    "vmId": "676420ba-7a24-4bfe-80bd-9c841ee184fa",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D1_v2"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "name": "{vm-name}",
  "location": "westus"
}
Status code:
201 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/{vm-name}",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "{vm-name}",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "2016-Datacenter",
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "WindowsServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Windows",
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "vmOSdisk",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        }
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "diagnosticsProfile": {
      "bootDiagnostics": {
        "storageUri": "http://nsgdiagnostic.blob.core.windows.net",
        "enabled": true
      }
    },
    "vmId": "676420ba-7a24-4bfe-80bd-9c841ee184fa",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D1_v2"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "name": "{vm-name}",
  "location": "westus"
}

Create a VM with VM Size Properties

Sample request

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM?api-version=2024-07-01

{
  "location": "westus",
  "properties": {
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D4_v3",
      "vmSizeProperties": {
        "vCPUsAvailable": 1,
        "vCPUsPerCore": 1
      }
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "2016-Datacenter",
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "WindowsServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        },
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "createOption": "FromImage"
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/{existing-nic-name}",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "adminPassword": "{your-password}"
    },
    "diagnosticsProfile": {
      "bootDiagnostics": {
        "storageUri": "http://{existing-storage-account-name}.blob.core.windows.net",
        "enabled": true
      }
    },
    "userData": "U29tZSBDdXN0b20gRGF0YQ=="
  }
}

Sample response

Status code:
200 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "2016-Datacenter",
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "WindowsServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Windows",
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        }
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "diagnosticsProfile": {
      "bootDiagnostics": {
        "storageUri": "http://nsgdiagnostic.blob.core.windows.net",
        "enabled": true
      }
    },
    "vmId": "676420ba-7a24-4bfe-80bd-9c841ee184fa",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D4_v3",
      "vmSizeProperties": {
        "vCPUsAvailable": 1,
        "vCPUsPerCore": 1
      }
    },
    "provisioningState": "Updating"
  },
  "name": "myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}
Status code:
201 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "2016-Datacenter",
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "WindowsServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Windows",
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        }
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "diagnosticsProfile": {
      "bootDiagnostics": {
        "storageUri": "http://nsgdiagnostic.blob.core.windows.net",
        "enabled": true
      }
    },
    "vmId": "676420ba-7a24-4bfe-80bd-9c841ee184fa",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D4_v3",
      "vmSizeProperties": {
        "vCPUsAvailable": 1,
        "vCPUsPerCore": 1
      }
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "name": "myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}

Create a Windows vm with a patch setting assessmentMode of ImageDefault.

Sample request

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM?api-version=2024-07-01

{
  "location": "westus",
  "properties": {
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D1_v2"
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "2016-Datacenter",
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "WindowsServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Premium_LRS"
        },
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "createOption": "FromImage"
      }
    },
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "adminPassword": "{your-password}",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true,
        "patchSettings": {
          "assessmentMode": "ImageDefault"
        }
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/{existing-nic-name}",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Sample response

Status code:
200 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true,
        "patchSettings": {
          "assessmentMode": "ImageDefault"
        }
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "2016-Datacenter",
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "WindowsServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Windows",
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Premium_LRS"
        }
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "vmId": "a149cd25-409f-41af-8088-275f5486bc93",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_DS1_v2"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "name": "myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}
Status code:
201 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": false,
        "patchSettings": {
          "assessmentMode": "ImageDefault"
        }
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "2016-Datacenter",
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "WindowsServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Windows",
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Premium_LRS"
        }
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "vmId": "a149cd25-409f-41af-8088-275f5486bc93",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_DS1_v2"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "name": "myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}

Create a Windows vm with a patch setting patchMode of AutomaticByOS.

Sample request

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM?api-version=2024-07-01

{
  "location": "westus",
  "properties": {
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D1_v2"
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "2016-Datacenter",
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "WindowsServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Premium_LRS"
        },
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "createOption": "FromImage"
      }
    },
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "adminPassword": "{your-password}",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true,
        "patchSettings": {
          "patchMode": "AutomaticByOS"
        }
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Sample response

Status code:
200 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true,
        "patchSettings": {
          "patchMode": "AutomaticByOS"
        }
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "2016-Datacenter",
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "WindowsServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Windows",
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Premium_LRS"
        }
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "vmId": "a149cd25-409f-41af-8088-275f5486bc93",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_DS1_v2"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "name": "myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}
Status code:
201 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true,
        "patchSettings": {
          "patchMode": "AutomaticByOS"
        }
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "2016-Datacenter",
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "WindowsServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Windows",
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Premium_LRS"
        }
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "vmId": "a149cd25-409f-41af-8088-275f5486bc93",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_DS1_v2"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "name": "myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}

Create a Windows vm with a patch setting patchMode of AutomaticByPlatform and AutomaticByPlatformSettings.

Sample request

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM?api-version=2024-07-01

{
  "location": "westus",
  "properties": {
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D1_v2"
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "2016-Datacenter",
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "WindowsServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Premium_LRS"
        },
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "createOption": "FromImage"
      }
    },
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "adminPassword": "{your-password}",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true,
        "patchSettings": {
          "patchMode": "AutomaticByPlatform",
          "assessmentMode": "AutomaticByPlatform",
          "automaticByPlatformSettings": {
            "rebootSetting": "Never",
            "bypassPlatformSafetyChecksOnUserSchedule": false
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/{existing-nic-name}",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Sample response

Status code:
200 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true,
        "patchSettings": {
          "patchMode": "AutomaticByPlatform",
          "assessmentMode": "AutomaticByPlatform",
          "automaticByPlatformSettings": {
            "rebootSetting": "Never",
            "bypassPlatformSafetyChecksOnUserSchedule": false
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "2016-Datacenter",
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "WindowsServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Windows",
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Premium_LRS"
        }
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "vmId": "a149cd25-409f-41af-8088-275f5486bc93",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_DS1_v2"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "name": "myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}
Status code:
201 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true,
        "patchSettings": {
          "patchMode": "AutomaticByPlatform",
          "assessmentMode": "AutomaticByPlatform",
          "automaticByPlatformSettings": {
            "rebootSetting": "Never",
            "bypassPlatformSafetyChecksOnUserSchedule": false
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "2016-Datacenter",
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "WindowsServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Windows",
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Premium_LRS"
        }
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "vmId": "a149cd25-409f-41af-8088-275f5486bc93",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_DS1_v2"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "name": "myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}

Create a Windows vm with a patch setting patchMode of AutomaticByPlatform and enableHotpatching set to true.

Sample request

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM?api-version=2024-07-01

{
  "location": "westus",
  "properties": {
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D1_v2"
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "2016-Datacenter",
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "WindowsServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Premium_LRS"
        },
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "createOption": "FromImage"
      }
    },
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "adminPassword": "{your-password}",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true,
        "patchSettings": {
          "patchMode": "AutomaticByPlatform",
          "enableHotpatching": true
        }
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/{existing-nic-name}",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Sample response

Status code:
200 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true,
        "patchSettings": {
          "patchMode": "AutomaticByPlatform",
          "enableHotpatching": true
        }
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "2016-Datacenter",
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "WindowsServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Windows",
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Premium_LRS"
        }
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "vmId": "a149cd25-409f-41af-8088-275f5486bc93",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_DS1_v2"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "name": "myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}
Status code:
201 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true,
        "patchSettings": {
          "patchMode": "AutomaticByPlatform",
          "enableHotpatching": true
        }
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "2016-Datacenter",
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "WindowsServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Windows",
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Premium_LRS"
        }
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "vmId": "a149cd25-409f-41af-8088-275f5486bc93",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_DS1_v2"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "name": "myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}

Create a Windows vm with a patch setting patchMode of Manual.

Sample request

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM?api-version=2024-07-01

{
  "location": "westus",
  "properties": {
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D1_v2"
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "2016-Datacenter",
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "WindowsServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Premium_LRS"
        },
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "createOption": "FromImage"
      }
    },
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "adminPassword": "{your-password}",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true,
        "patchSettings": {
          "patchMode": "Manual"
        }
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/{existing-nic-name}",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Sample response

Status code:
200 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true,
        "patchSettings": {
          "patchMode": "Manual"
        }
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "2016-Datacenter",
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "WindowsServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Windows",
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Premium_LRS"
        }
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "vmId": "a149cd25-409f-41af-8088-275f5486bc93",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_DS1_v2"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "name": "myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}
Status code:
201 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": false,
        "patchSettings": {
          "patchMode": "Manual"
        }
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "2016-Datacenter",
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "WindowsServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Windows",
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Premium_LRS"
        }
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "vmId": "a149cd25-409f-41af-8088-275f5486bc93",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_DS1_v2"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "name": "myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}

Create a Windows vm with patch settings patchMode and assessmentMode set to AutomaticByPlatform.

Sample request

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM?api-version=2024-07-01

{
  "location": "westus",
  "properties": {
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_D1_v2"
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "2016-Datacenter",
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "WindowsServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Premium_LRS"
        },
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "createOption": "FromImage"
      }
    },
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "adminPassword": "{your-password}",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true,
        "patchSettings": {
          "patchMode": "AutomaticByPlatform",
          "assessmentMode": "AutomaticByPlatform"
        }
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/{existing-nic-name}",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Sample response

Status code:
200 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true,
        "patchSettings": {
          "patchMode": "AutomaticByPlatform",
          "assessmentMode": "AutomaticByPlatform"
        }
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "2016-Datacenter",
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "WindowsServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Windows",
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Premium_LRS"
        }
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "vmId": "a149cd25-409f-41af-8088-275f5486bc93",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_DS1_v2"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "name": "myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}
Status code:
201 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true,
        "patchSettings": {
          "patchMode": "AutomaticByPlatform",
          "assessmentMode": "AutomaticByPlatform"
        }
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "2016-Datacenter",
        "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "WindowsServer"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Windows",
        "caching": "ReadWrite",
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Premium_LRS"
        }
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "vmId": "a149cd25-409f-41af-8088-275f5486bc93",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_DS1_v2"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "name": "myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}

Create or update a VM with capacity reservation

Sample request

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM?api-version=2024-07-01

{
  "location": "westus",
  "plan": {
    "publisher": "microsoft-ads",
    "product": "windows-data-science-vm",
    "name": "windows2016"
  },
  "properties": {
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_DS1_v2"
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "windows2016",
        "publisher": "microsoft-ads",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "windows-data-science-vm"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "caching": "ReadOnly",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        },
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk"
      }
    },
    "capacityReservation": {
      "capacityReservationGroup": {
        "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/CapacityReservationGroups/{crgName}"
      }
    },
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "adminPassword": "{your-password}"
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/{existing-nic-name}",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Sample response

Status code:
200 
{
  "name": "myVM",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true
      }
    },
    "capacityReservation": {
      "capacityReservationGroup": {
        "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/CapacityReservationGroups/{crgName}"
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "standard-data-science-vm",
        "publisher": "microsoft-ads",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "standard-data-science-vm"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Windows",
        "caching": "ReadOnly",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        },
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk"
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "vmId": "5c0d55a7-c407-4ed6-bf7d-ddb810267c85",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_DS1_v2"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "plan": {
    "publisher": "microsoft-ads",
    "product": "standard-data-science-vm",
    "name": "standard-data-science-vm"
  },
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}
Status code:
201 
{
  "name": "myVM",
  "properties": {
    "osProfile": {
      "adminUsername": "{your-username}",
      "secrets": [],
      "computerName": "myVM",
      "windowsConfiguration": {
        "provisionVMAgent": true,
        "enableAutomaticUpdates": true
      }
    },
    "capacityReservation": {
      "capacityReservationGroup": {
        "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/CapacityReservationGroups/{crgName}"
      }
    },
    "networkProfile": {
      "networkInterfaces": [
        {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nsgExistingNic",
          "properties": {
            "primary": true
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "storageProfile": {
      "imageReference": {
        "sku": "standard-data-science-vm",
        "publisher": "microsoft-ads",
        "version": "latest",
        "offer": "standard-data-science-vm"
      },
      "osDisk": {
        "osType": "Windows",
        "caching": "ReadOnly",
        "managedDisk": {
          "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS"
        },
        "createOption": "FromImage",
        "name": "myVMosdisk"
      },
      "dataDisks": []
    },
    "vmId": "5c0d55a7-c407-4ed6-bf7d-ddb810267c85",
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "vmSize": "Standard_DS1_v2"
    },
    "provisioningState": "Creating"
  },
  "plan": {
    "publisher": "microsoft-ads",
    "product": "standard-data-science-vm",
    "name": "standard-data-science-vm"
  },
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "location": "westus"
}

Definitions

Name Description
AdditionalCapabilities

Specifies additional capabilities enabled or disabled on the virtual machine.
AdditionalUnattendContent

Specifies additional base-64 encoded XML formatted information that can be included in the Unattend.xml file, which is used by Windows Setup.
ApiEntityReference

The source resource identifier. It can be a snapshot, or disk restore point from which to create a disk.
ApiError

Api error.
ApiErrorBase

Api error base.
ApplicationProfile

Specifies the gallery applications that should be made available to the VM/VMSS.
AvailablePatchSummary

The available patch summary of the latest assessment operation for the virtual machine.
BillingProfile

Specifies the billing related details of a Azure Spot virtual machine. Minimum api-version: 2019-03-01.
BootDiagnostics

Boot Diagnostics is a debugging feature which allows you to view Console Output and Screenshot to diagnose VM status. NOTE: If storageUri is being specified then ensure that the storage account is in the same region and subscription as the VM. You can easily view the output of your console log. Azure also enables you to see a screenshot of the VM from the hypervisor.
BootDiagnosticsInstanceView

Boot Diagnostics is a debugging feature which allows you to view Console Output and Screenshot to diagnose VM status. You can easily view the output of your console log. Azure also enables you to see a screenshot of the VM from the hypervisor.
CachingTypes

Specifies the caching requirements. Possible values are: None, ReadOnly, ReadWrite. The defaulting behavior is: None for Standard storage. ReadOnly for Premium storage.
CapacityReservationProfile

Specifies information about the capacity reservation that is used to allocate virtual machine. Minimum api-version: 2021-04-01.
CloudError

An error response from the Compute service.
ComponentNames

The component name. Currently, the only allowable value is Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup.
DataDisk

Specifies the parameters that are used to add a data disk to a virtual machine. For more information about disks, see About disks and VHDs for Azure virtual machines.
DeleteOptions

Specify what happens to the network interface when the VM is deleted
DiagnosticsProfile

Specifies the boot diagnostic settings state. Minimum api-version: 2015-06-15.
DiffDiskOptions

Specifies the ephemeral disk settings for operating system disk.
DiffDiskPlacement

Specifies the ephemeral disk placement for operating system disk. Possible values are: CacheDisk, ResourceDisk, NvmeDisk. The defaulting behavior is: CacheDisk if one is configured for the VM size otherwise ResourceDisk or NvmeDisk is used. Refer to the VM size documentation for Windows VM at https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-machines/windows/sizes and Linux VM at https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-machines/linux/sizes to check which VM sizes exposes a cache disk. Minimum api-version for NvmeDisk: 2024-03-01.
DiffDiskSettings

Specifies the ephemeral Disk Settings for the operating system disk used by the virtual machine.
DiskControllerTypes

Specifies the disk controller type configured for the VM. Note: This property will be set to the default disk controller type if not specified provided virtual machine is being created with 'hyperVGeneration' set to V2 based on the capabilities of the operating system disk and VM size from the the specified minimum api version. You need to deallocate the VM before updating its disk controller type unless you are updating the VM size in the VM configuration which implicitly deallocates and reallocates the VM. Minimum api-version: 2022-08-01.
DiskCreateOptionTypes

Specifies how the virtual machine disk should be created. Possible values are Attach: This value is used when you are using a specialized disk to create the virtual machine. FromImage: This value is used when you are using an image to create the virtual machine. If you are using a platform image, you should also use the imageReference element described above. If you are using a marketplace image, you should also use the plan element previously described.
DiskDeleteOptionTypes

Specifies whether OS Disk should be deleted or detached upon VM deletion. Possible values are: Delete. If this value is used, the OS disk is deleted when VM is deleted. Detach. If this value is used, the os disk is retained after VM is deleted. The default value is set to Detach. For an ephemeral OS Disk, the default value is set to Delete. The user cannot change the delete option for an ephemeral OS Disk.
DiskDetachOptionTypes

Specifies the detach behavior to be used while detaching a disk or which is already in the process of detachment from the virtual machine. Supported values: ForceDetach. detachOption: ForceDetach is applicable only for managed data disks. If a previous detachment attempt of the data disk did not complete due to an unexpected failure from the virtual machine and the disk is still not released then use force-detach as a last resort option to detach the disk forcibly from the VM. All writes might not have been flushed when using this detach behavior. To force-detach a data disk update toBeDetached to 'true' along with setting detachOption: 'ForceDetach'.
DiskEncryptionSetParameters

Specifies the customer managed disk encryption set resource id for the managed disk.
DiskEncryptionSettings

Specifies the encryption settings for the OS Disk. Minimum api-version: 2015-06-15.
DiskInstanceView

The virtual machine disk information.
DomainNameLabelScopeTypes

The Domain name label scope of the PublicIPAddress resources that will be created. The generated name label is the concatenation of the hashed domain name label with policy according to the domain name label scope and vm network profile unique ID.
EncryptionIdentity

Specifies the Managed Identity used by ADE to get access token for keyvault operations.
EventGridAndResourceGraph

The configuration parameters used while creating eventGridAndResourceGraph Scheduled Event setting.
ExtendedLocation

The extended location of the Virtual Machine.
ExtendedLocationTypes

The type of the extended location.
HardwareProfile

Specifies the hardware settings for the virtual machine.
HyperVGenerationType

Specifies the HyperVGeneration Type associated with a resource
ImageReference

Specifies information about the image to use. You can specify information about platform images, marketplace images, or virtual machine images. This element is required when you want to use a platform image, marketplace image, or virtual machine image, but is not used in other creation operations.
InnerError

Inner error details.
InstanceViewStatus

Instance view status.
IPVersions

Available from Api-Version 2019-07-01 onwards, it represents whether the specific ipconfiguration is IPv4 or IPv6. Default is taken as IPv4. Possible values are: 'IPv4' and 'IPv6'.
KeyVaultKeyReference

Specifies the location of the key encryption key in Key Vault.
KeyVaultSecretReference

The extensions protected settings that are passed by reference, and consumed from key vault
LastPatchInstallationSummary

The installation summary of the latest installation operation for the virtual machine.
LinuxConfiguration

Specifies the Linux operating system settings on the virtual machine. For a list of supported Linux distributions, see Linux on Azure-Endorsed Distributions.
LinuxPatchAssessmentMode

Specifies the mode of VM Guest Patch Assessment for the IaaS virtual machine.

Possible values are:

ImageDefault - You control the timing of patch assessments on a virtual machine.

AutomaticByPlatform - The platform will trigger periodic patch assessments. The property provisionVMAgent must be true.
LinuxPatchSettings

[Preview Feature] Specifies settings related to VM Guest Patching on Linux.
LinuxVMGuestPatchAutomaticByPlatformRebootSetting

Specifies the reboot setting for all AutomaticByPlatform patch installation operations.
LinuxVMGuestPatchAutomaticByPlatformSettings

Specifies additional settings for patch mode AutomaticByPlatform in VM Guest Patching on Linux.
LinuxVMGuestPatchMode

Specifies the mode of VM Guest Patching to IaaS virtual machine or virtual machines associated to virtual machine scale set with OrchestrationMode as Flexible.

Possible values are:

ImageDefault - The virtual machine's default patching configuration is used.

AutomaticByPlatform - The virtual machine will be automatically updated by the platform. The property provisionVMAgent must be true
MaintenanceOperationResultCodeTypes

The Last Maintenance Operation Result Code.
MaintenanceRedeployStatus

The Maintenance Operation status on the virtual machine.
ManagedDiskParameters

The managed disk parameters.
Mode

Specifies the mode that ProxyAgent will execute on if the feature is enabled. ProxyAgent will start to audit or monitor but not enforce access control over requests to host endpoints in Audit mode, while in Enforce mode it will enforce access control. The default value is Enforce mode.
NetworkApiVersion

specifies the Microsoft.Network API version used when creating networking resources in the Network Interface Configurations
NetworkInterfaceAuxiliaryMode

Specifies whether the Auxiliary mode is enabled for the Network Interface resource.
NetworkInterfaceAuxiliarySku

Specifies whether the Auxiliary sku is enabled for the Network Interface resource.
NetworkInterfaceReference

Specifies the list of resource Ids for the network interfaces associated with the virtual machine.
NetworkProfile

Specifies the network interfaces of the virtual machine.
OperatingSystemTypes

The Operating System type.
OSDisk

Specifies information about the operating system disk used by the virtual machine. For more information about disks, see About disks and VHDs for Azure virtual machines.
OSImageNotificationProfile

Specifies OS Image Scheduled Event related configurations.
OSProfile

Specifies the operating system settings used while creating the virtual machine. Some of the settings cannot be changed once VM is provisioned.
PassNames

The pass name. Currently, the only allowable value is OobeSystem.
PatchOperationStatus

The overall success or failure status of the operation. It remains "InProgress" until the operation completes. At that point it will become "Unknown", "Failed", "Succeeded", or "CompletedWithWarnings."
PatchSettings

[Preview Feature] Specifies settings related to VM Guest Patching on Windows.
Plan

Specifies information about the marketplace image used to create the virtual machine. This element is only used for marketplace images. Before you can use a marketplace image from an API, you must enable the image for programmatic use. In the Azure portal, find the marketplace image that you want to use and then click Want to deploy programmatically, Get Started ->. Enter any required information and then click Save.
ProtocolTypes

Specifies the protocol of WinRM listener. Possible values are: http, https.
ProxyAgentSettings

Specifies ProxyAgent settings while creating the virtual machine. Minimum api-version: 2023-09-01.
PublicIPAddressSku

Describes the public IP Sku. It can only be set with OrchestrationMode as Flexible.
PublicIPAddressSkuName

Specify public IP sku name
PublicIPAddressSkuTier

Specify public IP sku tier
PublicIPAllocationMethod

Specify the public IP allocation type
ResourceIdentityType

The type of identity used for the virtual machine. The type 'SystemAssigned, UserAssigned' includes both an implicitly created identity and a set of user assigned identities. The type 'None' will remove any identities from the virtual machine.
ScheduledEventsAdditionalPublishingTargets

The configuration parameters used while publishing scheduledEventsAdditionalPublishingTargets.
ScheduledEventsPolicy

Specifies Redeploy, Reboot and ScheduledEventsAdditionalPublishingTargets Scheduled Event related configurations for the virtual machine.
ScheduledEventsProfile

Specifies Scheduled Event related configurations.
securityEncryptionTypes

Specifies the EncryptionType of the managed disk. It is set to DiskWithVMGuestState for encryption of the managed disk along with VMGuestState blob, VMGuestStateOnly for encryption of just the VMGuestState blob, and NonPersistedTPM for not persisting firmware state in the VMGuestState blob.. Note: It can be set for only Confidential VMs.
SecurityProfile

Specifies the Security related profile settings for the virtual machine.
SecurityTypes

Specifies the SecurityType of the virtual machine. It has to be set to any specified value to enable UefiSettings. The default behavior is: UefiSettings will not be enabled unless this property is set.
SettingNames

Specifies the name of the setting to which the content applies. Possible values are: FirstLogonCommands and AutoLogon.
SshConfiguration

Specifies the ssh key configuration for a Linux OS.
SshPublicKey

The list of SSH public keys used to authenticate with linux based VMs.
StatusLevelTypes

The level code.
StorageAccountTypes

Specifies the storage account type for the managed disk. NOTE: UltraSSD_LRS can only be used with data disks, it cannot be used with OS Disk.
StorageProfile

Specifies the storage settings for the virtual machine disks.
SubResource

The relative URL of the Key Vault containing the secret.
TerminateNotificationProfile

Specifies Terminate Scheduled Event related configurations.
UefiSettings

Specifies the security settings like secure boot and vTPM used while creating the virtual machine. Minimum api-version: 2020-12-01.
UserAssignedIdentities

The list of user identities associated with the Virtual Machine. The user identity dictionary key references will be ARM resource ids in the form: '/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.ManagedIdentity/userAssignedIdentities/{identityName}'.
UserInitiatedReboot

The configuration parameters used while creating userInitiatedReboot scheduled event setting creation.
UserInitiatedRedeploy

The configuration parameters used while creating userInitiatedRedeploy scheduled event setting creation.
VaultCertificate

The list of key vault references in SourceVault which contain certificates.
VaultSecretGroup

Specifies set of certificates that should be installed onto the virtual machine. To install certificates on a virtual machine it is recommended to use the Azure Key Vault virtual machine extension for Linux or the Azure Key Vault virtual machine extension for Windows.
VirtualHardDisk

The virtual hard disk.
VirtualMachine

Describes a Virtual Machine.
VirtualMachineAgentInstanceView

The VM Agent running on the virtual machine.
VirtualMachineEvictionPolicyTypes

Specifies the eviction policy for the Azure Spot virtual machine and Azure Spot scale set. For Azure Spot virtual machines, both 'Deallocate' and 'Delete' are supported and the minimum api-version is 2019-03-01. For Azure Spot scale sets, both 'Deallocate' and 'Delete' are supported and the minimum api-version is 2017-10-30-preview.
VirtualMachineExtension

The virtual machine child extension resources.
VirtualMachineExtensionHandlerInstanceView

The virtual machine extension handler instance view.
VirtualMachineExtensionInstanceView

The virtual machine extension instance view.
VirtualMachineHealthStatus

The health status for the VM.
VirtualMachineIdentity

The identity of the virtual machine, if configured.
VirtualMachineInstanceView

The virtual machine instance view.
VirtualMachineIpTag

The list of IP tags associated with the public IP address.
VirtualMachineNetworkInterfaceConfiguration

Specifies the networking configurations that will be used to create the virtual machine networking resources.
VirtualMachineNetworkInterfaceDnsSettingsConfiguration

The dns settings to be applied on the network interfaces.
VirtualMachineNetworkInterfaceIPConfiguration

Specifies the IP configurations of the network interface.
VirtualMachinePatchStatus

[Preview Feature] The status of virtual machine patch operations.
VirtualMachinePriorityTypes

Specifies the priority for the virtual machine. Minimum api-version: 2019-03-01
VirtualMachinePublicIPAddressConfiguration

The publicIPAddressConfiguration.
VirtualMachinePublicIPAddressDnsSettingsConfiguration

The dns settings to be applied on the publicIP addresses .
VirtualMachineSizeTypes

Specifies the size of the virtual machine. The enum data type is currently deprecated and will be removed by December 23rd 2023. The recommended way to get the list of available sizes is using these APIs: List all available virtual machine sizes in an availability set, List all available virtual machine sizes in a region, List all available virtual machine sizes for resizing. For more information about virtual machine sizes, see Sizes for virtual machines. The available VM sizes depend on region and availability set.
VMDiskSecurityProfile

Specifies the security profile for the managed disk.
VMGalleryApplication

Specifies the gallery applications that should be made available to the VM/VMSS
VMSizeProperties

Specifies the properties for customizing the size of the virtual machine. Minimum api-version: 2021-07-01. This feature is still in preview mode and is not supported for VirtualMachineScaleSet. Please follow the instructions in VM Customization for more details.
WindowsConfiguration

Specifies Windows operating system settings on the virtual machine.
WindowsPatchAssessmentMode

Specifies the mode of VM Guest patch assessment for the IaaS virtual machine.

Possible values are:

ImageDefault - You control the timing of patch assessments on a virtual machine.

AutomaticByPlatform - The platform will trigger periodic patch assessments. The property provisionVMAgent must be true.
WindowsVMGuestPatchAutomaticByPlatformRebootSetting

Specifies the reboot setting for all AutomaticByPlatform patch installation operations.
WindowsVMGuestPatchAutomaticByPlatformSettings

Specifies additional settings for patch mode AutomaticByPlatform in VM Guest Patching on Windows.
WindowsVMGuestPatchMode

Specifies the mode of VM Guest Patching to IaaS virtual machine or virtual machines associated to virtual machine scale set with OrchestrationMode as Flexible.

Possible values are:

Manual - You control the application of patches to a virtual machine. You do this by applying patches manually inside the VM. In this mode, automatic updates are disabled; the property WindowsConfiguration.enableAutomaticUpdates must be false

AutomaticByOS - The virtual machine will automatically be updated by the OS. The property WindowsConfiguration.enableAutomaticUpdates must be true.

AutomaticByPlatform - the virtual machine will automatically updated by the platform. The properties provisionVMAgent and WindowsConfiguration.enableAutomaticUpdates must be true
WinRMConfiguration

Specifies the Windows Remote Management listeners. This enables remote Windows PowerShell.
WinRMListener

The list of Windows Remote Management listeners

AdditionalCapabilities

Specifies additional capabilities enabled or disabled on the virtual machine.

Name Type Description
hibernationEnabled

boolean

The flag that enables or disables hibernation capability on the VM.
ultraSSDEnabled

boolean

The flag that enables or disables a capability to have one or more managed data disks with UltraSSD_LRS storage account type on the VM or VMSS. Managed disks with storage account type UltraSSD_LRS can be added to a virtual machine or virtual machine scale set only if this property is enabled.

AdditionalUnattendContent

Specifies additional base-64 encoded XML formatted information that can be included in the Unattend.xml file, which is used by Windows Setup.

Name Type Description
componentName

ComponentNames

The component name. Currently, the only allowable value is Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup.
content

string

Specifies the XML formatted content that is added to the unattend.xml file for the specified path and component. The XML must be less than 4KB and must include the root element for the setting or feature that is being inserted.
passName

PassNames

The pass name. Currently, the only allowable value is OobeSystem.
settingName

SettingNames

Specifies the name of the setting to which the content applies. Possible values are: FirstLogonCommands and AutoLogon.

ApiEntityReference

The source resource identifier. It can be a snapshot, or disk restore point from which to create a disk.

Name Type Description
id

string

The ARM resource id in the form of /subscriptions/{SubscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{ResourceGroupName}/...

ApiError

Api error.

Name Type Description
code

string

The error code.
details

ApiErrorBase[]

The Api error details
innererror

InnerError

The Api inner error
message

string

The error message.
target

string

The target of the particular error.

ApiErrorBase

Api error base.

Name Type Description
code

string

The error code.
message

string

The error message.
target

string

The target of the particular error.

ApplicationProfile

Specifies the gallery applications that should be made available to the VM/VMSS.

Name Type Description
galleryApplications

VMGalleryApplication[]

Specifies the gallery applications that should be made available to the VM/VMSS

AvailablePatchSummary

The available patch summary of the latest assessment operation for the virtual machine.

Name Type Description
assessmentActivityId

string

The activity ID of the operation that produced this result. It is used to correlate across CRP and extension logs.
criticalAndSecurityPatchCount

integer

The number of critical or security patches that have been detected as available and not yet installed.
error

ApiError

The errors that were encountered during execution of the operation. The details array contains the list of them.
lastModifiedTime

string

The UTC timestamp when the operation began.
otherPatchCount

integer

The number of all available patches excluding critical and security.
rebootPending

boolean

The overall reboot status of the VM. It will be true when partially installed patches require a reboot to complete installation but the reboot has not yet occurred.
startTime

string

The UTC timestamp when the operation began.
status

PatchOperationStatus

The overall success or failure status of the operation. It remains "InProgress" until the operation completes. At that point it will become "Unknown", "Failed", "Succeeded", or "CompletedWithWarnings."

BillingProfile

Specifies the billing related details of a Azure Spot virtual machine. Minimum api-version: 2019-03-01.

Name Type Description
maxPrice

number

Specifies the maximum price you are willing to pay for a Azure Spot VM/VMSS. This price is in US Dollars.

This price will be compared with the current Azure Spot price for the VM size. Also, the prices are compared at the time of create/update of Azure Spot VM/VMSS and the operation will only succeed if the maxPrice is greater than the current Azure Spot price.

The maxPrice will also be used for evicting a Azure Spot VM/VMSS if the current Azure Spot price goes beyond the maxPrice after creation of VM/VMSS.

Possible values are:

- Any decimal value greater than zero. Example: 0.01538

-1 – indicates default price to be up-to on-demand.

You can set the maxPrice to -1 to indicate that the Azure Spot VM/VMSS should not be evicted for price reasons. Also, the default max price is -1 if it is not provided by you.

Minimum api-version: 2019-03-01.

BootDiagnostics

Boot Diagnostics is a debugging feature which allows you to view Console Output and Screenshot to diagnose VM status. NOTE: If storageUri is being specified then ensure that the storage account is in the same region and subscription as the VM. You can easily view the output of your console log. Azure also enables you to see a screenshot of the VM from the hypervisor.

Name Type Description
enabled

boolean

Whether boot diagnostics should be enabled on the Virtual Machine.
storageUri

string

Uri of the storage account to use for placing the console output and screenshot. If storageUri is not specified while enabling boot diagnostics, managed storage will be used.

BootDiagnosticsInstanceView

Boot Diagnostics is a debugging feature which allows you to view Console Output and Screenshot to diagnose VM status. You can easily view the output of your console log. Azure also enables you to see a screenshot of the VM from the hypervisor.

Name Type Description
consoleScreenshotBlobUri

string

The console screenshot blob URI. Note: This will not be set if boot diagnostics is currently enabled with managed storage.
serialConsoleLogBlobUri

string

The serial console log blob Uri. Note: This will not be set if boot diagnostics is currently enabled with managed storage.
status

InstanceViewStatus

The boot diagnostics status information for the VM. Note: It will be set only if there are errors encountered in enabling boot diagnostics.

CachingTypes

Specifies the caching requirements. Possible values are: None, ReadOnly, ReadWrite. The defaulting behavior is: None for Standard storage. ReadOnly for Premium storage.

Name Type Description
None

string

ReadOnly

string

ReadWrite

string

CapacityReservationProfile

Specifies information about the capacity reservation that is used to allocate virtual machine. Minimum api-version: 2021-04-01.

Name Type Description
capacityReservationGroup

SubResource

Specifies the capacity reservation group resource id that should be used for allocating the virtual machine or scaleset vm instances provided enough capacity has been reserved. Please refer to https://aka.ms/CapacityReservation for more details.

CloudError

An error response from the Compute service.

Name Type Description
error

ApiError

Api error.

ComponentNames

The component name. Currently, the only allowable value is Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup.

Name Type Description
Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup

string

DataDisk

Specifies the parameters that are used to add a data disk to a virtual machine. For more information about disks, see About disks and VHDs for Azure virtual machines.

Name Type Description
caching

CachingTypes

Specifies the caching requirements. Possible values are: None, ReadOnly, ReadWrite. The defaulting behavior is: None for Standard storage. ReadOnly for Premium storage.
createOption

DiskCreateOptionTypes

Specifies how the virtual machine disk should be created. Possible values are Attach: This value is used when you are using a specialized disk to create the virtual machine. FromImage: This value is used when you are using an image to create the virtual machine data disk. If you are using a platform image, you should also use the imageReference element described above. If you are using a marketplace image, you should also use the plan element previously described. Empty: This value is used when creating an empty data disk. Copy: This value is used to create a data disk from a snapshot or another disk. Restore: This value is used to create a data disk from a disk restore point.
deleteOption

DiskDeleteOptionTypes

Specifies whether data disk should be deleted or detached upon VM deletion. Possible values are: Delete. If this value is used, the data disk is deleted when VM is deleted. Detach. If this value is used, the data disk is retained after VM is deleted. The default value is set to Detach.
detachOption

DiskDetachOptionTypes

Specifies the detach behavior to be used while detaching a disk or which is already in the process of detachment from the virtual machine. Supported values: ForceDetach. detachOption: ForceDetach is applicable only for managed data disks. If a previous detachment attempt of the data disk did not complete due to an unexpected failure from the virtual machine and the disk is still not released then use force-detach as a last resort option to detach the disk forcibly from the VM. All writes might not have been flushed when using this detach behavior. To force-detach a data disk update toBeDetached to 'true' along with setting detachOption: 'ForceDetach'.
diskIOPSReadWrite

integer

Specifies the Read-Write IOPS for the managed disk when StorageAccountType is UltraSSD_LRS. Returned only for VirtualMachine ScaleSet VM disks. Can be updated only via updates to the VirtualMachine Scale Set.
diskMBpsReadWrite

integer

Specifies the bandwidth in MB per second for the managed disk when StorageAccountType is UltraSSD_LRS. Returned only for VirtualMachine ScaleSet VM disks. Can be updated only via updates to the VirtualMachine Scale Set.
diskSizeGB

integer

Specifies the size of an empty data disk in gigabytes. This element can be used to overwrite the size of the disk in a virtual machine image. The property 'diskSizeGB' is the number of bytes x 1024^3 for the disk and the value cannot be larger than 1023.
image

VirtualHardDisk

The source user image virtual hard disk. The virtual hard disk will be copied before being attached to the virtual machine. If SourceImage is provided, the destination virtual hard drive must not exist.
lun

integer

Specifies the logical unit number of the data disk. This value is used to identify data disks within the VM and therefore must be unique for each data disk attached to a VM.
managedDisk

ManagedDiskParameters

The managed disk parameters.
name

string

The disk name.
sourceResource

ApiEntityReference

The source resource identifier. It can be a snapshot, or disk restore point from which to create a disk.
toBeDetached

boolean

Specifies whether the data disk is in process of detachment from the VirtualMachine/VirtualMachineScaleset
vhd

VirtualHardDisk

The virtual hard disk.
writeAcceleratorEnabled

boolean

Specifies whether writeAccelerator should be enabled or disabled on the disk.

DeleteOptions

Specify what happens to the network interface when the VM is deleted

Name Type Description
Delete

string

Detach

string

DiagnosticsProfile

Specifies the boot diagnostic settings state. Minimum api-version: 2015-06-15.

Name Type Description
bootDiagnostics

BootDiagnostics

Boot Diagnostics is a debugging feature which allows you to view Console Output and Screenshot to diagnose VM status. NOTE: If storageUri is being specified then ensure that the storage account is in the same region and subscription as the VM. You can easily view the output of your console log. Azure also enables you to see a screenshot of the VM from the hypervisor.

DiffDiskOptions

Specifies the ephemeral disk settings for operating system disk.

Name Type Description
Local

string

DiffDiskPlacement

Specifies the ephemeral disk placement for operating system disk. Possible values are: CacheDisk, ResourceDisk, NvmeDisk. The defaulting behavior is: CacheDisk if one is configured for the VM size otherwise ResourceDisk or NvmeDisk is used. Refer to the VM size documentation for Windows VM at https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-machines/windows/sizes and Linux VM at https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-machines/linux/sizes to check which VM sizes exposes a cache disk. Minimum api-version for NvmeDisk: 2024-03-01.

Name Type Description
CacheDisk

string

NvmeDisk

string

ResourceDisk

string

DiffDiskSettings

Specifies the ephemeral Disk Settings for the operating system disk used by the virtual machine.

Name Type Description
option

DiffDiskOptions

Specifies the ephemeral disk settings for operating system disk.
placement

DiffDiskPlacement

Specifies the ephemeral disk placement for operating system disk. Possible values are: CacheDisk, ResourceDisk, NvmeDisk. The defaulting behavior is: CacheDisk if one is configured for the VM size otherwise ResourceDisk or NvmeDisk is used. Refer to the VM size documentation for Windows VM at https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-machines/windows/sizes and Linux VM at https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-machines/linux/sizes to check which VM sizes exposes a cache disk. Minimum api-version for NvmeDisk: 2024-03-01.

DiskControllerTypes

Specifies the disk controller type configured for the VM. Note: This property will be set to the default disk controller type if not specified provided virtual machine is being created with 'hyperVGeneration' set to V2 based on the capabilities of the operating system disk and VM size from the the specified minimum api version. You need to deallocate the VM before updating its disk controller type unless you are updating the VM size in the VM configuration which implicitly deallocates and reallocates the VM. Minimum api-version: 2022-08-01.

Name Type Description
NVMe

string

SCSI

string

DiskCreateOptionTypes

Specifies how the virtual machine disk should be created. Possible values are Attach: This value is used when you are using a specialized disk to create the virtual machine. FromImage: This value is used when you are using an image to create the virtual machine. If you are using a platform image, you should also use the imageReference element described above. If you are using a marketplace image, you should also use the plan element previously described.

Name Type Description
Attach

string

Copy

string

Empty

string

FromImage

string

Restore

string

DiskDeleteOptionTypes

Specifies whether OS Disk should be deleted or detached upon VM deletion. Possible values are: Delete. If this value is used, the OS disk is deleted when VM is deleted. Detach. If this value is used, the os disk is retained after VM is deleted. The default value is set to Detach. For an ephemeral OS Disk, the default value is set to Delete. The user cannot change the delete option for an ephemeral OS Disk.

Name Type Description
Delete

string

Detach

string

DiskDetachOptionTypes

Specifies the detach behavior to be used while detaching a disk or which is already in the process of detachment from the virtual machine. Supported values: ForceDetach. detachOption: ForceDetach is applicable only for managed data disks. If a previous detachment attempt of the data disk did not complete due to an unexpected failure from the virtual machine and the disk is still not released then use force-detach as a last resort option to detach the disk forcibly from the VM. All writes might not have been flushed when using this detach behavior. To force-detach a data disk update toBeDetached to 'true' along with setting detachOption: 'ForceDetach'.

Name Type Description
ForceDetach

string

DiskEncryptionSetParameters

Specifies the customer managed disk encryption set resource id for the managed disk.

Name Type Description
id

string

Resource Id

DiskEncryptionSettings

Specifies the encryption settings for the OS Disk. Minimum api-version: 2015-06-15.

Name Type Description
diskEncryptionKey

KeyVaultSecretReference

Specifies the location of the disk encryption key, which is a Key Vault Secret.
enabled

boolean

Specifies whether disk encryption should be enabled on the virtual machine.
keyEncryptionKey

KeyVaultKeyReference

Specifies the location of the key encryption key in Key Vault.

DiskInstanceView

The virtual machine disk information.

Name Type Description
encryptionSettings

DiskEncryptionSettings[]

Specifies the encryption settings for the OS Disk.

Minimum api-version: 2015-06-15
name

string

The disk name.
statuses

InstanceViewStatus[]

The resource status information.

DomainNameLabelScopeTypes

The Domain name label scope of the PublicIPAddress resources that will be created. The generated name label is the concatenation of the hashed domain name label with policy according to the domain name label scope and vm network profile unique ID.

Name Type Description
NoReuse

string

ResourceGroupReuse

string

SubscriptionReuse

string

TenantReuse

string

EncryptionIdentity

Specifies the Managed Identity used by ADE to get access token for keyvault operations.

Name Type Description
userAssignedIdentityResourceId

string

Specifies ARM Resource ID of one of the user identities associated with the VM.

EventGridAndResourceGraph

The configuration parameters used while creating eventGridAndResourceGraph Scheduled Event setting.

Name Type Description
enable

boolean

Specifies if event grid and resource graph is enabled for Scheduled event related configurations.

ExtendedLocation

The extended location of the Virtual Machine.

Name Type Description
name

string

The name of the extended location.
type

ExtendedLocationTypes

The type of the extended location.

ExtendedLocationTypes

The type of the extended location.

Name Type Description
EdgeZone

string

HardwareProfile

Specifies the hardware settings for the virtual machine.

Name Type Description
vmSize

VirtualMachineSizeTypes

Specifies the size of the virtual machine. The enum data type is currently deprecated and will be removed by December 23rd 2023. The recommended way to get the list of available sizes is using these APIs: List all available virtual machine sizes in an availability set, List all available virtual machine sizes in a region, List all available virtual machine sizes for resizing. For more information about virtual machine sizes, see Sizes for virtual machines. The available VM sizes depend on region and availability set.
vmSizeProperties

VMSizeProperties

Specifies the properties for customizing the size of the virtual machine. Minimum api-version: 2021-07-01. This feature is still in preview mode and is not supported for VirtualMachineScaleSet. Please follow the instructions in VM Customization for more details.

HyperVGenerationType

Specifies the HyperVGeneration Type associated with a resource

Name Type Description
V1

string

V2

string

ImageReference

Specifies information about the image to use. You can specify information about platform images, marketplace images, or virtual machine images. This element is required when you want to use a platform image, marketplace image, or virtual machine image, but is not used in other creation operations.

Name Type Description
communityGalleryImageId

string

Specified the community gallery image unique id for vm deployment. This can be fetched from community gallery image GET call.
exactVersion

string

Specifies in decimal numbers, the version of platform image or marketplace image used to create the virtual machine. This readonly field differs from 'version', only if the value specified in 'version' field is 'latest'.
id

string

Resource Id
offer

string

Specifies the offer of the platform image or marketplace image used to create the virtual machine.
publisher

string

The image publisher.
sharedGalleryImageId

string

Specified the shared gallery image unique id for vm deployment. This can be fetched from shared gallery image GET call.
sku

string

The image SKU.
version

string

Specifies the version of the platform image or marketplace image used to create the virtual machine. The allowed formats are Major.Minor.Build or 'latest'. Major, Minor, and Build are decimal numbers. Specify 'latest' to use the latest version of an image available at deploy time. Even if you use 'latest', the VM image will not automatically update after deploy time even if a new version becomes available. Please do not use field 'version' for gallery image deployment, gallery image should always use 'id' field for deployment, to use 'latest' version of gallery image, just set '/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Compute/galleries/{galleryName}/images/{imageName}' in the 'id' field without version input.

InnerError

Inner error details.

Name Type Description
errordetail

string

The internal error message or exception dump.
exceptiontype

string

The exception type.

InstanceViewStatus

Instance view status.

Name Type Description
code

string

The status code.
displayStatus

string

The short localizable label for the status.
level

StatusLevelTypes

The level code.
message

string

The detailed status message, including for alerts and error messages.
time

string

The time of the status.

IPVersions

Available from Api-Version 2019-07-01 onwards, it represents whether the specific ipconfiguration is IPv4 or IPv6. Default is taken as IPv4. Possible values are: 'IPv4' and 'IPv6'.

Name Type Description
IPv4

string

IPv6

string

KeyVaultKeyReference

Specifies the location of the key encryption key in Key Vault.

Name Type Description
keyUrl

string

The URL referencing a key encryption key in Key Vault.
sourceVault

SubResource

The relative URL of the Key Vault containing the key.

KeyVaultSecretReference

The extensions protected settings that are passed by reference, and consumed from key vault

Name Type Description
secretUrl

string

The URL referencing a secret in a Key Vault.
sourceVault

SubResource

The relative URL of the Key Vault containing the secret.

LastPatchInstallationSummary

The installation summary of the latest installation operation for the virtual machine.

Name Type Description
error

ApiError

The errors that were encountered during execution of the operation. The details array contains the list of them.
excludedPatchCount

integer

The number of all available patches but excluded explicitly by a customer-specified exclusion list match.
failedPatchCount

integer

The count of patches that failed installation.
installationActivityId

string

The activity ID of the operation that produced this result. It is used to correlate across CRP and extension logs.
installedPatchCount

integer

The count of patches that successfully installed.
lastModifiedTime

string

The UTC timestamp when the operation began.
maintenanceWindowExceeded

boolean

Describes whether the operation ran out of time before it completed all its intended actions
notSelectedPatchCount

integer

The number of all available patches but not going to be installed because it didn't match a classification or inclusion list entry.
pendingPatchCount

integer

The number of all available patches expected to be installed over the course of the patch installation operation.
startTime

string

The UTC timestamp when the operation began.
status

PatchOperationStatus

The overall success or failure status of the operation. It remains "InProgress" until the operation completes. At that point it will become "Unknown", "Failed", "Succeeded", or "CompletedWithWarnings."

LinuxConfiguration

Specifies the Linux operating system settings on the virtual machine. For a list of supported Linux distributions, see Linux on Azure-Endorsed Distributions.

Name Type Description
disablePasswordAuthentication

boolean

Specifies whether password authentication should be disabled.
enableVMAgentPlatformUpdates

boolean

Indicates whether VMAgent Platform Updates is enabled for the Linux virtual machine. Default value is false.
patchSettings

LinuxPatchSettings

[Preview Feature] Specifies settings related to VM Guest Patching on Linux.
provisionVMAgent

boolean

Indicates whether virtual machine agent should be provisioned on the virtual machine. When this property is not specified in the request body, default behavior is to set it to true. This will ensure that VM Agent is installed on the VM so that extensions can be added to the VM later.
ssh

SshConfiguration

Specifies the ssh key configuration for a Linux OS.

LinuxPatchAssessmentMode

Specifies the mode of VM Guest Patch Assessment for the IaaS virtual machine.

Possible values are:

ImageDefault - You control the timing of patch assessments on a virtual machine.

AutomaticByPlatform - The platform will trigger periodic patch assessments. The property provisionVMAgent must be true.

Name Type Description
AutomaticByPlatform

string

ImageDefault

string

LinuxPatchSettings

[Preview Feature] Specifies settings related to VM Guest Patching on Linux.

Name Type Description
assessmentMode

LinuxPatchAssessmentMode

Specifies the mode of VM Guest Patch Assessment for the IaaS virtual machine.

Possible values are:

ImageDefault - You control the timing of patch assessments on a virtual machine.

AutomaticByPlatform - The platform will trigger periodic patch assessments. The property provisionVMAgent must be true.
automaticByPlatformSettings

LinuxVMGuestPatchAutomaticByPlatformSettings

Specifies additional settings for patch mode AutomaticByPlatform in VM Guest Patching on Linux.
patchMode

LinuxVMGuestPatchMode

Specifies the mode of VM Guest Patching to IaaS virtual machine or virtual machines associated to virtual machine scale set with OrchestrationMode as Flexible.

Possible values are:

ImageDefault - The virtual machine's default patching configuration is used.

AutomaticByPlatform - The virtual machine will be automatically updated by the platform. The property provisionVMAgent must be true

LinuxVMGuestPatchAutomaticByPlatformRebootSetting

Specifies the reboot setting for all AutomaticByPlatform patch installation operations.

Name Type Description
Always

string

IfRequired

string

Never

string

Unknown

string

LinuxVMGuestPatchAutomaticByPlatformSettings

Specifies additional settings for patch mode AutomaticByPlatform in VM Guest Patching on Linux.

Name Type Description
bypassPlatformSafetyChecksOnUserSchedule

boolean

Enables customer to schedule patching without accidental upgrades
rebootSetting

LinuxVMGuestPatchAutomaticByPlatformRebootSetting

Specifies the reboot setting for all AutomaticByPlatform patch installation operations.

LinuxVMGuestPatchMode

Specifies the mode of VM Guest Patching to IaaS virtual machine or virtual machines associated to virtual machine scale set with OrchestrationMode as Flexible.

Possible values are:

ImageDefault - The virtual machine's default patching configuration is used.

AutomaticByPlatform - The virtual machine will be automatically updated by the platform. The property provisionVMAgent must be true

Name Type Description
AutomaticByPlatform

string

ImageDefault

string

MaintenanceOperationResultCodeTypes

The Last Maintenance Operation Result Code.

Name Type Description
MaintenanceAborted

string

MaintenanceCompleted

string

None

string

RetryLater

string

MaintenanceRedeployStatus

The Maintenance Operation status on the virtual machine.

Name Type Description
isCustomerInitiatedMaintenanceAllowed

boolean

True, if customer is allowed to perform Maintenance.
lastOperationMessage

string

Message returned for the last Maintenance Operation.
lastOperationResultCode

MaintenanceOperationResultCodeTypes

The Last Maintenance Operation Result Code.
maintenanceWindowEndTime

string

End Time for the Maintenance Window.
maintenanceWindowStartTime

string

Start Time for the Maintenance Window.
preMaintenanceWindowEndTime

string

End Time for the Pre Maintenance Window.
preMaintenanceWindowStartTime

string

Start Time for the Pre Maintenance Window.

ManagedDiskParameters

The managed disk parameters.

Name Type Description
diskEncryptionSet

DiskEncryptionSetParameters

Specifies the customer managed disk encryption set resource id for the managed disk.
id

string

Resource Id
securityProfile

VMDiskSecurityProfile

Specifies the security profile for the managed disk.
storageAccountType

StorageAccountTypes

Specifies the storage account type for the managed disk. NOTE: UltraSSD_LRS can only be used with data disks, it cannot be used with OS Disk.

Mode

Specifies the mode that ProxyAgent will execute on if the feature is enabled. ProxyAgent will start to audit or monitor but not enforce access control over requests to host endpoints in Audit mode, while in Enforce mode it will enforce access control. The default value is Enforce mode.

Name Type Description
Audit

string

Enforce

string

NetworkApiVersion

specifies the Microsoft.Network API version used when creating networking resources in the Network Interface Configurations

Name Type Description
2020-11-01

string

NetworkInterfaceAuxiliaryMode

Specifies whether the Auxiliary mode is enabled for the Network Interface resource.

Name Type Description
AcceleratedConnections

string

Floating

string

None

string

NetworkInterfaceAuxiliarySku

Specifies whether the Auxiliary sku is enabled for the Network Interface resource.

Name Type Description
A1

string

A2

string

A4

string

A8

string

None

string

NetworkInterfaceReference

Specifies the list of resource Ids for the network interfaces associated with the virtual machine.

Name Type Description
id

string

Resource Id
properties.deleteOption

DeleteOptions

Specify what happens to the network interface when the VM is deleted
properties.primary

boolean

Specifies the primary network interface in case the virtual machine has more than 1 network interface.

NetworkProfile

Specifies the network interfaces of the virtual machine.

Name Type Description
networkApiVersion

NetworkApiVersion

specifies the Microsoft.Network API version used when creating networking resources in the Network Interface Configurations
networkInterfaceConfigurations

VirtualMachineNetworkInterfaceConfiguration[]

Specifies the networking configurations that will be used to create the virtual machine networking resources.
networkInterfaces

NetworkInterfaceReference[]

Specifies the list of resource Ids for the network interfaces associated with the virtual machine.

OperatingSystemTypes

The Operating System type.

Name Type Description
Linux

string

Windows

string

OSDisk

Specifies information about the operating system disk used by the virtual machine. For more information about disks, see About disks and VHDs for Azure virtual machines.

Name Type Description
caching

CachingTypes

Specifies the caching requirements. Possible values are: None, ReadOnly, ReadWrite. The defaulting behavior is: None for Standard storage. ReadOnly for Premium storage.
createOption

DiskCreateOptionTypes

Specifies how the virtual machine disk should be created. Possible values are Attach: This value is used when you are using a specialized disk to create the virtual machine. FromImage: This value is used when you are using an image to create the virtual machine. If you are using a platform image, you should also use the imageReference element described above. If you are using a marketplace image, you should also use the plan element previously described.
deleteOption

DiskDeleteOptionTypes

Specifies whether OS Disk should be deleted or detached upon VM deletion. Possible values are: Delete. If this value is used, the OS disk is deleted when VM is deleted. Detach. If this value is used, the os disk is retained after VM is deleted. The default value is set to Detach. For an ephemeral OS Disk, the default value is set to Delete. The user cannot change the delete option for an ephemeral OS Disk.
diffDiskSettings

DiffDiskSettings

Specifies the ephemeral Disk Settings for the operating system disk used by the virtual machine.
diskSizeGB

integer

Specifies the size of an empty data disk in gigabytes. This element can be used to overwrite the size of the disk in a virtual machine image. The property 'diskSizeGB' is the number of bytes x 1024^3 for the disk and the value cannot be larger than 1023.
encryptionSettings

DiskEncryptionSettings

Specifies the encryption settings for the OS Disk. Minimum api-version: 2015-06-15.
image

VirtualHardDisk

The source user image virtual hard disk. The virtual hard disk will be copied before being attached to the virtual machine. If SourceImage is provided, the destination virtual hard drive must not exist.
managedDisk

ManagedDiskParameters

The managed disk parameters.
name

string

The disk name.
osType

OperatingSystemTypes

This property allows you to specify the type of the OS that is included in the disk if creating a VM from user-image or a specialized VHD. Possible values are: Windows, Linux.
vhd

VirtualHardDisk

The virtual hard disk.
writeAcceleratorEnabled

boolean

Specifies whether writeAccelerator should be enabled or disabled on the disk.

OSImageNotificationProfile

Specifies OS Image Scheduled Event related configurations.

Name Type Description
enable

boolean

Specifies whether the OS Image Scheduled event is enabled or disabled.
notBeforeTimeout

string

Length of time a Virtual Machine being reimaged or having its OS upgraded will have to potentially approve the OS Image Scheduled Event before the event is auto approved (timed out). The configuration is specified in ISO 8601 format, and the value must be 15 minutes (PT15M)

OSProfile

Specifies the operating system settings used while creating the virtual machine. Some of the settings cannot be changed once VM is provisioned.

Name Type Description
adminPassword

string

Specifies the password of the administrator account.

Minimum-length (Windows): 8 characters

Minimum-length (Linux): 6 characters

Max-length (Windows): 123 characters

Max-length (Linux): 72 characters

Complexity requirements: 3 out of 4 conditions below need to be fulfilled
Has lower characters
Has upper characters
Has a digit
Has a special character (Regex match [\W_])

Disallowed values: "abc@123", "P@$$w0rd", "P@ssw0rd", "P@ssword123", "Pa$$word", "pass@word1", "Password!", "Password1", "Password22", "iloveyou!"

For resetting the password, see How to reset the Remote Desktop service or its login password in a Windows VM

For resetting root password, see Manage users, SSH, and check or repair disks on Azure Linux VMs using the VMAccess Extension
adminUsername

string

Specifies the name of the administrator account.

This property cannot be updated after the VM is created.

Windows-only restriction: Cannot end in "."

Disallowed values: "administrator", "admin", "user", "user1", "test", "user2", "test1", "user3", "admin1", "1", "123", "a", "actuser", "adm", "admin2", "aspnet", "backup", "console", "david", "guest", "john", "owner", "root", "server", "sql", "support", "support_388945a0", "sys", "test2", "test3", "user4", "user5".

Minimum-length (Linux): 1 character

Max-length (Linux): 64 characters

Max-length (Windows): 20 characters.
allowExtensionOperations

boolean

Specifies whether extension operations should be allowed on the virtual machine. This may only be set to False when no extensions are present on the virtual machine.
computerName

string

Specifies the host OS name of the virtual machine. This name cannot be updated after the VM is created. Max-length (Windows): 15 characters. Max-length (Linux): 64 characters. For naming conventions and restrictions see Azure infrastructure services implementation guidelines.
customData

string

Specifies a base-64 encoded string of custom data. The base-64 encoded string is decoded to a binary array that is saved as a file on the Virtual Machine. The maximum length of the binary array is 65535 bytes. Note: Do not pass any secrets or passwords in customData property. This property cannot be updated after the VM is created. The property 'customData' is passed to the VM to be saved as a file, for more information see Custom Data on Azure VMs. For using cloud-init for your Linux VM, see Using cloud-init to customize a Linux VM during creation.
linuxConfiguration

LinuxConfiguration

Specifies the Linux operating system settings on the virtual machine. For a list of supported Linux distributions, see Linux on Azure-Endorsed Distributions.
requireGuestProvisionSignal

boolean

Optional property which must either be set to True or omitted.
secrets

VaultSecretGroup[]

Specifies set of certificates that should be installed onto the virtual machine. To install certificates on a virtual machine it is recommended to use the Azure Key Vault virtual machine extension for Linux or the Azure Key Vault virtual machine extension for Windows.
windowsConfiguration

WindowsConfiguration

Specifies Windows operating system settings on the virtual machine.

PassNames

The pass name. Currently, the only allowable value is OobeSystem.

Name Type Description
OobeSystem

string

PatchOperationStatus

The overall success or failure status of the operation. It remains "InProgress" until the operation completes. At that point it will become "Unknown", "Failed", "Succeeded", or "CompletedWithWarnings."

Name Type Description
CompletedWithWarnings

string

Failed

string

InProgress

string

Succeeded

string

Unknown

string

PatchSettings

[Preview Feature] Specifies settings related to VM Guest Patching on Windows.

Name Type Description
assessmentMode

WindowsPatchAssessmentMode

Specifies the mode of VM Guest patch assessment for the IaaS virtual machine.

Possible values are:

ImageDefault - You control the timing of patch assessments on a virtual machine.

AutomaticByPlatform - The platform will trigger periodic patch assessments. The property provisionVMAgent must be true.
automaticByPlatformSettings

WindowsVMGuestPatchAutomaticByPlatformSettings

Specifies additional settings for patch mode AutomaticByPlatform in VM Guest Patching on Windows.
enableHotpatching

boolean

Enables customers to patch their Azure VMs without requiring a reboot. For enableHotpatching, the 'provisionVMAgent' must be set to true and 'patchMode' must be set to 'AutomaticByPlatform'.
patchMode

WindowsVMGuestPatchMode

Specifies the mode of VM Guest Patching to IaaS virtual machine or virtual machines associated to virtual machine scale set with OrchestrationMode as Flexible.

Possible values are:

Manual - You control the application of patches to a virtual machine. You do this by applying patches manually inside the VM. In this mode, automatic updates are disabled; the property WindowsConfiguration.enableAutomaticUpdates must be false

AutomaticByOS - The virtual machine will automatically be updated by the OS. The property WindowsConfiguration.enableAutomaticUpdates must be true.

AutomaticByPlatform - the virtual machine will automatically updated by the platform. The properties provisionVMAgent and WindowsConfiguration.enableAutomaticUpdates must be true

Plan

Specifies information about the marketplace image used to create the virtual machine. This element is only used for marketplace images. Before you can use a marketplace image from an API, you must enable the image for programmatic use. In the Azure portal, find the marketplace image that you want to use and then click Want to deploy programmatically, Get Started ->. Enter any required information and then click Save.

Name Type Description
name

string

The plan ID.
product

string

Specifies the product of the image from the marketplace. This is the same value as Offer under the imageReference element.
promotionCode

string

The promotion code.
publisher

string

The publisher ID.

ProtocolTypes

Specifies the protocol of WinRM listener. Possible values are: http, https.

Name Type Description
Http

string

Https

string

ProxyAgentSettings

Specifies ProxyAgent settings while creating the virtual machine. Minimum api-version: 2023-09-01.

Name Type Description
enabled

boolean

Specifies whether ProxyAgent feature should be enabled on the virtual machine or virtual machine scale set.
keyIncarnationId

integer

Increase the value of this property allows user to reset the key used for securing communication channel between guest and host.
mode

Mode

Specifies the mode that ProxyAgent will execute on if the feature is enabled. ProxyAgent will start to audit or monitor but not enforce access control over requests to host endpoints in Audit mode, while in Enforce mode it will enforce access control. The default value is Enforce mode.

PublicIPAddressSku

Describes the public IP Sku. It can only be set with OrchestrationMode as Flexible.

Name Type Description
name

PublicIPAddressSkuName

Specify public IP sku name
tier

PublicIPAddressSkuTier

Specify public IP sku tier

PublicIPAddressSkuName

Specify public IP sku name

Name Type Description
Basic

string

Standard

string

PublicIPAddressSkuTier

Specify public IP sku tier

Name Type Description
Global

string

Regional

string

PublicIPAllocationMethod

Specify the public IP allocation type

Name Type Description
Dynamic

string

Static

string

ResourceIdentityType

The type of identity used for the virtual machine. The type 'SystemAssigned, UserAssigned' includes both an implicitly created identity and a set of user assigned identities. The type 'None' will remove any identities from the virtual machine.

Name Type Description
None

string

SystemAssigned

string

SystemAssigned, UserAssigned

string

UserAssigned

string

ScheduledEventsAdditionalPublishingTargets

The configuration parameters used while publishing scheduledEventsAdditionalPublishingTargets.

Name Type Description
eventGridAndResourceGraph

EventGridAndResourceGraph

The configuration parameters used while creating eventGridAndResourceGraph Scheduled Event setting.

ScheduledEventsPolicy

Specifies Redeploy, Reboot and ScheduledEventsAdditionalPublishingTargets Scheduled Event related configurations for the virtual machine.

Name Type Description
scheduledEventsAdditionalPublishingTargets

ScheduledEventsAdditionalPublishingTargets

The configuration parameters used while publishing scheduledEventsAdditionalPublishingTargets.
userInitiatedReboot

UserInitiatedReboot

The configuration parameters used while creating userInitiatedReboot scheduled event setting creation.
userInitiatedRedeploy

UserInitiatedRedeploy

The configuration parameters used while creating userInitiatedRedeploy scheduled event setting creation.

ScheduledEventsProfile

Specifies Scheduled Event related configurations.

Name Type Description
osImageNotificationProfile

OSImageNotificationProfile

Specifies OS Image Scheduled Event related configurations.
terminateNotificationProfile

TerminateNotificationProfile

Specifies Terminate Scheduled Event related configurations.

securityEncryptionTypes

Specifies the EncryptionType of the managed disk. It is set to DiskWithVMGuestState for encryption of the managed disk along with VMGuestState blob, VMGuestStateOnly for encryption of just the VMGuestState blob, and NonPersistedTPM for not persisting firmware state in the VMGuestState blob.. Note: It can be set for only Confidential VMs.

Name Type Description
DiskWithVMGuestState

string

NonPersistedTPM

string

VMGuestStateOnly

string

SecurityProfile

Specifies the Security related profile settings for the virtual machine.

Name Type Description
encryptionAtHost

boolean

This property can be used by user in the request to enable or disable the Host Encryption for the virtual machine or virtual machine scale set. This will enable the encryption for all the disks including Resource/Temp disk at host itself. The default behavior is: The Encryption at host will be disabled unless this property is set to true for the resource.
encryptionIdentity

EncryptionIdentity

Specifies the Managed Identity used by ADE to get access token for keyvault operations.
proxyAgentSettings

ProxyAgentSettings

Specifies ProxyAgent settings while creating the virtual machine. Minimum api-version: 2023-09-01.
securityType

SecurityTypes

Specifies the SecurityType of the virtual machine. It has to be set to any specified value to enable UefiSettings. The default behavior is: UefiSettings will not be enabled unless this property is set.
uefiSettings

UefiSettings

Specifies the security settings like secure boot and vTPM used while creating the virtual machine. Minimum api-version: 2020-12-01.

SecurityTypes

Specifies the SecurityType of the virtual machine. It has to be set to any specified value to enable UefiSettings. The default behavior is: UefiSettings will not be enabled unless this property is set.

Name Type Description
ConfidentialVM

string

TrustedLaunch

string

SettingNames

Specifies the name of the setting to which the content applies. Possible values are: FirstLogonCommands and AutoLogon.

Name Type Description
AutoLogon

string

FirstLogonCommands

string

SshConfiguration

Specifies the ssh key configuration for a Linux OS.

Name Type Description
publicKeys

SshPublicKey[]

The list of SSH public keys used to authenticate with linux based VMs.

SshPublicKey

The list of SSH public keys used to authenticate with linux based VMs.

Name Type Description
keyData

string

SSH public key certificate used to authenticate with the VM through ssh. The key needs to be at least 2048-bit and in ssh-rsa format. For creating ssh keys, see [Create SSH keys on Linux and Mac for Linux VMs in Azure]https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-machines/linux/create-ssh-keys-detailed).
path

string

Specifies the full path on the created VM where ssh public key is stored. If the file already exists, the specified key is appended to the file. Example: /home/user/.ssh/authorized_keys

StatusLevelTypes

The level code.

Name Type Description
Error

string

Info

string

Warning

string

StorageAccountTypes

Specifies the storage account type for the managed disk. NOTE: UltraSSD_LRS can only be used with data disks, it cannot be used with OS Disk.

Name Type Description
PremiumV2_LRS

string

Premium_LRS

string

Premium_ZRS

string

StandardSSD_LRS

string

StandardSSD_ZRS

string

Standard_LRS

string

UltraSSD_LRS

string

StorageProfile

Specifies the storage settings for the virtual machine disks.

Name Type Description
dataDisks

DataDisk[]

Specifies the parameters that are used to add a data disk to a virtual machine. For more information about disks, see About disks and VHDs for Azure virtual machines.
diskControllerType

DiskControllerTypes

Specifies the disk controller type configured for the VM. Note: This property will be set to the default disk controller type if not specified provided virtual machine is being created with 'hyperVGeneration' set to V2 based on the capabilities of the operating system disk and VM size from the the specified minimum api version. You need to deallocate the VM before updating its disk controller type unless you are updating the VM size in the VM configuration which implicitly deallocates and reallocates the VM. Minimum api-version: 2022-08-01.
imageReference

ImageReference

Specifies information about the image to use. You can specify information about platform images, marketplace images, or virtual machine images. This element is required when you want to use a platform image, marketplace image, or virtual machine image, but is not used in other creation operations.
osDisk

OSDisk

Specifies information about the operating system disk used by the virtual machine. For more information about disks, see About disks and VHDs for Azure virtual machines.

SubResource

The relative URL of the Key Vault containing the secret.

Name Type Description
id

string

Resource Id

TerminateNotificationProfile

Specifies Terminate Scheduled Event related configurations.

Name Type Description
enable

boolean

Specifies whether the Terminate Scheduled event is enabled or disabled.
notBeforeTimeout

string

Configurable length of time a Virtual Machine being deleted will have to potentially approve the Terminate Scheduled Event before the event is auto approved (timed out). The configuration must be specified in ISO 8601 format, the default value is 5 minutes (PT5M)

UefiSettings

Specifies the security settings like secure boot and vTPM used while creating the virtual machine. Minimum api-version: 2020-12-01.

Name Type Description
secureBootEnabled

boolean

Specifies whether secure boot should be enabled on the virtual machine. Minimum api-version: 2020-12-01.
vTpmEnabled

boolean

Specifies whether vTPM should be enabled on the virtual machine. Minimum api-version: 2020-12-01.

UserAssignedIdentities

The list of user identities associated with the Virtual Machine. The user identity dictionary key references will be ARM resource ids in the form: '/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.ManagedIdentity/userAssignedIdentities/{identityName}'.

Name Type Description

UserInitiatedReboot

The configuration parameters used while creating userInitiatedReboot scheduled event setting creation.

Name Type Description
automaticallyApprove

boolean

Specifies Reboot Scheduled Event related configurations.

UserInitiatedRedeploy

The configuration parameters used while creating userInitiatedRedeploy scheduled event setting creation.

Name Type Description
automaticallyApprove

boolean

Specifies Redeploy Scheduled Event related configurations.

VaultCertificate

The list of key vault references in SourceVault which contain certificates.

Name Type Description
certificateStore

string

For Windows VMs, specifies the certificate store on the Virtual Machine to which the certificate should be added. The specified certificate store is implicitly in the LocalMachine account. For Linux VMs, the certificate file is placed under the /var/lib/waagent directory, with the file name <UppercaseThumbprint>.crt for the X509 certificate file and <UppercaseThumbprint>.prv for private key. Both of these files are .pem formatted.
certificateUrl

string

This is the URL of a certificate that has been uploaded to Key Vault as a secret. For adding a secret to the Key Vault, see Add a key or secret to the key vault. In this case, your certificate needs to be It is the Base64 encoding of the following JSON Object which is encoded in UTF-8:

{
"data":"",
"dataType":"pfx",
"password":""
}
To install certificates on a virtual machine it is recommended to use the Azure Key Vault virtual machine extension for Linux or the Azure Key Vault virtual machine extension for Windows.

VaultSecretGroup

Specifies set of certificates that should be installed onto the virtual machine. To install certificates on a virtual machine it is recommended to use the Azure Key Vault virtual machine extension for Linux or the Azure Key Vault virtual machine extension for Windows.

Name Type Description
sourceVault

SubResource

The relative URL of the Key Vault containing all of the certificates in VaultCertificates.
vaultCertificates

VaultCertificate[]

The list of key vault references in SourceVault which contain certificates.

VirtualHardDisk

The virtual hard disk.

Name Type Description
uri

string

Specifies the virtual hard disk's uri.

VirtualMachine

Describes a Virtual Machine.

Name Type Description
etag

string

Etag is property returned in Create/Update/Get response of the VM, so that customer can supply it in the header to ensure optimistic updates.
extendedLocation

ExtendedLocation

The extended location of the Virtual Machine.
id

string

Resource Id
identity

VirtualMachineIdentity

The identity of the virtual machine, if configured.
location

string

Resource location
managedBy

string

ManagedBy is set to Virtual Machine Scale Set(VMSS) flex ARM resourceID, if the VM is part of the VMSS. This property is used by platform for internal resource group delete optimization.
name

string

Resource name
plan

Plan

Specifies information about the marketplace image used to create the virtual machine. This element is only used for marketplace images. Before you can use a marketplace image from an API, you must enable the image for programmatic use. In the Azure portal, find the marketplace image that you want to use and then click Want to deploy programmatically, Get Started ->. Enter any required information and then click Save.
properties.additionalCapabilities

AdditionalCapabilities

Specifies additional capabilities enabled or disabled on the virtual machine.
properties.applicationProfile

ApplicationProfile

Specifies the gallery applications that should be made available to the VM/VMSS.
properties.availabilitySet

SubResource

Specifies information about the availability set that the virtual machine should be assigned to. Virtual machines specified in the same availability set are allocated to different nodes to maximize availability. For more information about availability sets, see Availability sets overview. For more information on Azure planned maintenance, see Maintenance and updates for Virtual Machines in Azure. Currently, a VM can only be added to availability set at creation time. The availability set to which the VM is being added should be under the same resource group as the availability set resource. An existing VM cannot be added to an availability set. This property cannot exist along with a non-null properties.virtualMachineScaleSet reference.
properties.billingProfile

BillingProfile

Specifies the billing related details of a Azure Spot virtual machine. Minimum api-version: 2019-03-01.
properties.capacityReservation

CapacityReservationProfile

Specifies information about the capacity reservation that is used to allocate virtual machine. Minimum api-version: 2021-04-01.
properties.diagnosticsProfile

DiagnosticsProfile

Specifies the boot diagnostic settings state. Minimum api-version: 2015-06-15.
properties.evictionPolicy

VirtualMachineEvictionPolicyTypes

Specifies the eviction policy for the Azure Spot virtual machine and Azure Spot scale set. For Azure Spot virtual machines, both 'Deallocate' and 'Delete' are supported and the minimum api-version is 2019-03-01. For Azure Spot scale sets, both 'Deallocate' and 'Delete' are supported and the minimum api-version is 2017-10-30-preview.
properties.extensionsTimeBudget

string

Specifies the time alloted for all extensions to start. The time duration should be between 15 minutes and 120 minutes (inclusive) and should be specified in ISO 8601 format. The default value is 90 minutes (PT1H30M). Minimum api-version: 2020-06-01.
properties.hardwareProfile

HardwareProfile

Specifies the hardware settings for the virtual machine.
properties.host

SubResource

Specifies information about the dedicated host that the virtual machine resides in. Minimum api-version: 2018-10-01.
properties.hostGroup

SubResource

Specifies information about the dedicated host group that the virtual machine resides in. Note: User cannot specify both host and hostGroup properties. Minimum api-version: 2020-06-01.
properties.instanceView

VirtualMachineInstanceView

The virtual machine instance view.
properties.licenseType

string

Specifies that the image or disk that is being used was licensed on-premises.

Possible values for Windows Server operating system are:

Windows_Client

Windows_Server

Possible values for Linux Server operating system are:

RHEL_BYOS (for RHEL)

SLES_BYOS (for SUSE)

For more information, see Azure Hybrid Use Benefit for Windows Server

Azure Hybrid Use Benefit for Linux Server

Minimum api-version: 2015-06-15
properties.networkProfile

NetworkProfile

Specifies the network interfaces of the virtual machine.
properties.osProfile

OSProfile

Specifies the operating system settings used while creating the virtual machine. Some of the settings cannot be changed once VM is provisioned.
properties.platformFaultDomain

integer

Specifies the scale set logical fault domain into which the Virtual Machine will be created. By default, the Virtual Machine will by automatically assigned to a fault domain that best maintains balance across available fault domains. This is applicable only if the 'virtualMachineScaleSet' property of this Virtual Machine is set. The Virtual Machine Scale Set that is referenced, must have 'platformFaultDomainCount' greater than 1. This property cannot be updated once the Virtual Machine is created. Fault domain assignment can be viewed in the Virtual Machine Instance View. Minimum api‐version: 2020‐12‐01.
properties.priority

VirtualMachinePriorityTypes

Specifies the priority for the virtual machine. Minimum api-version: 2019-03-01
properties.provisioningState

string

The provisioning state, which only appears in the response.
properties.proximityPlacementGroup

SubResource

Specifies information about the proximity placement group that the virtual machine should be assigned to. Minimum api-version: 2018-04-01.
properties.scheduledEventsPolicy

ScheduledEventsPolicy

Specifies Redeploy, Reboot and ScheduledEventsAdditionalPublishingTargets Scheduled Event related configurations for the virtual machine.
properties.scheduledEventsProfile

ScheduledEventsProfile

Specifies Scheduled Event related configurations.
properties.securityProfile

SecurityProfile

Specifies the Security related profile settings for the virtual machine.
properties.storageProfile

StorageProfile

Specifies the storage settings for the virtual machine disks.
properties.timeCreated

string

Specifies the time at which the Virtual Machine resource was created. Minimum api-version: 2021-11-01.
properties.userData

string

UserData for the VM, which must be base-64 encoded. Customer should not pass any secrets in here. Minimum api-version: 2021-03-01.
properties.virtualMachineScaleSet

SubResource

Specifies information about the virtual machine scale set that the virtual machine should be assigned to. Virtual machines specified in the same virtual machine scale set are allocated to different nodes to maximize availability. Currently, a VM can only be added to virtual machine scale set at creation time. An existing VM cannot be added to a virtual machine scale set. This property cannot exist along with a non-null properties.availabilitySet reference. Minimum api‐version: 2019‐03‐01.
properties.vmId

string

Specifies the VM unique ID which is a 128-bits identifier that is encoded and stored in all Azure IaaS VMs SMBIOS and can be read using platform BIOS commands.
resources

VirtualMachineExtension[]

The virtual machine child extension resources.
tags

object

Resource tags
type

string

Resource type
zones

string[]

The virtual machine zones.

VirtualMachineAgentInstanceView

The VM Agent running on the virtual machine.

Name Type Description
extensionHandlers

VirtualMachineExtensionHandlerInstanceView[]

The virtual machine extension handler instance view.
statuses

InstanceViewStatus[]

The resource status information.
vmAgentVersion

string

The VM Agent full version.

VirtualMachineEvictionPolicyTypes

Specifies the eviction policy for the Azure Spot virtual machine and Azure Spot scale set. For Azure Spot virtual machines, both 'Deallocate' and 'Delete' are supported and the minimum api-version is 2019-03-01. For Azure Spot scale sets, both 'Deallocate' and 'Delete' are supported and the minimum api-version is 2017-10-30-preview.

Name Type Description
Deallocate

string

Delete

string

VirtualMachineExtension

The virtual machine child extension resources.

Name Type Description
id

string

Resource Id
location

string

Resource location
name

string

Resource name
properties.autoUpgradeMinorVersion

boolean

Indicates whether the extension should use a newer minor version if one is available at deployment time. Once deployed, however, the extension will not upgrade minor versions unless redeployed, even with this property set to true.
properties.enableAutomaticUpgrade

boolean

Indicates whether the extension should be automatically upgraded by the platform if there is a newer version of the extension available.
properties.forceUpdateTag

string

How the extension handler should be forced to update even if the extension configuration has not changed.
properties.instanceView

VirtualMachineExtensionInstanceView

The virtual machine extension instance view.
properties.protectedSettings

object

The extension can contain either protectedSettings or protectedSettingsFromKeyVault or no protected settings at all.
properties.protectedSettingsFromKeyVault

KeyVaultSecretReference

The extensions protected settings that are passed by reference, and consumed from key vault
properties.provisionAfterExtensions

string[]

Collection of extension names after which this extension needs to be provisioned.
properties.provisioningState

string

The provisioning state, which only appears in the response.
properties.publisher

string

The name of the extension handler publisher.
properties.settings

object

Json formatted public settings for the extension.
properties.suppressFailures

boolean

Indicates whether failures stemming from the extension will be suppressed (Operational failures such as not connecting to the VM will not be suppressed regardless of this value). The default is false.
properties.type

string

Specifies the type of the extension; an example is "CustomScriptExtension".
properties.typeHandlerVersion

string

Specifies the version of the script handler.
tags

object

Resource tags
type

string

Resource type

VirtualMachineExtensionHandlerInstanceView

The virtual machine extension handler instance view.

Name Type Description
status

InstanceViewStatus

The extension handler status.
type

string

Specifies the type of the extension; an example is "CustomScriptExtension".
typeHandlerVersion

string

Specifies the version of the script handler.

VirtualMachineExtensionInstanceView

The virtual machine extension instance view.

Name Type Description
name

string

The virtual machine extension name.
statuses

InstanceViewStatus[]

The resource status information.
substatuses

InstanceViewStatus[]

The resource status information.
type

string

Specifies the type of the extension; an example is "CustomScriptExtension".
typeHandlerVersion

string

Specifies the version of the script handler.

VirtualMachineHealthStatus

The health status for the VM.

Name Type Description
status

InstanceViewStatus

The health status information for the VM.

VirtualMachineIdentity

The identity of the virtual machine, if configured.

Name Type Description
principalId

string

The principal id of virtual machine identity. This property will only be provided for a system assigned identity.
tenantId

string

The tenant id associated with the virtual machine. This property will only be provided for a system assigned identity.
type

ResourceIdentityType

The type of identity used for the virtual machine. The type 'SystemAssigned, UserAssigned' includes both an implicitly created identity and a set of user assigned identities. The type 'None' will remove any identities from the virtual machine.
userAssignedIdentities

UserAssignedIdentities

The list of user identities associated with the Virtual Machine. The user identity dictionary key references will be ARM resource ids in the form: '/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.ManagedIdentity/userAssignedIdentities/{identityName}'.

VirtualMachineInstanceView

The virtual machine instance view.

Name Type Description
assignedHost

string

Resource id of the dedicated host, on which the virtual machine is allocated through automatic placement, when the virtual machine is associated with a dedicated host group that has automatic placement enabled. Minimum api-version: 2020-06-01.
bootDiagnostics

BootDiagnosticsInstanceView

Boot Diagnostics is a debugging feature which allows you to view Console Output and Screenshot to diagnose VM status. You can easily view the output of your console log. Azure also enables you to see a screenshot of the VM from the hypervisor.
computerName

string

The computer name assigned to the virtual machine.
disks

DiskInstanceView[]

The virtual machine disk information.
extensions

VirtualMachineExtensionInstanceView[]

The extensions information.
hyperVGeneration

HyperVGenerationType

Specifies the HyperVGeneration Type associated with a resource
isVMInStandbyPool

boolean

[Preview Feature] Specifies whether the VM is currently in or out of the Standby Pool.
maintenanceRedeployStatus

MaintenanceRedeployStatus

The Maintenance Operation status on the virtual machine.
osName

string

The Operating System running on the virtual machine.
osVersion

string

The version of Operating System running on the virtual machine.
patchStatus

VirtualMachinePatchStatus

[Preview Feature] The status of virtual machine patch operations.
platformFaultDomain

integer

Specifies the fault domain of the virtual machine.
platformUpdateDomain

integer

Specifies the update domain of the virtual machine.
rdpThumbPrint

string

The Remote desktop certificate thumbprint.
statuses

InstanceViewStatus[]

The resource status information.
vmAgent

VirtualMachineAgentInstanceView

The VM Agent running on the virtual machine.
vmHealth

VirtualMachineHealthStatus

The health status for the VM.

VirtualMachineIpTag

The list of IP tags associated with the public IP address.

Name Type Description
ipTagType

string

IP tag type. Example: FirstPartyUsage.
tag

string

IP tag associated with the public IP. Example: SQL, Storage etc.

VirtualMachineNetworkInterfaceConfiguration

Specifies the networking configurations that will be used to create the virtual machine networking resources.

Name Type Description
name

string

The network interface configuration name.
properties.auxiliaryMode

NetworkInterfaceAuxiliaryMode

Specifies whether the Auxiliary mode is enabled for the Network Interface resource.
properties.auxiliarySku

NetworkInterfaceAuxiliarySku

Specifies whether the Auxiliary sku is enabled for the Network Interface resource.
properties.deleteOption

DeleteOptions

Specify what happens to the network interface when the VM is deleted
properties.disableTcpStateTracking

boolean

Specifies whether the network interface is disabled for tcp state tracking.
properties.dnsSettings

VirtualMachineNetworkInterfaceDnsSettingsConfiguration

The dns settings to be applied on the network interfaces.
properties.dscpConfiguration

SubResource

properties.enableAcceleratedNetworking

boolean

Specifies whether the network interface is accelerated networking-enabled.
properties.enableFpga

boolean

Specifies whether the network interface is FPGA networking-enabled.
properties.enableIPForwarding

boolean

Whether IP forwarding enabled on this NIC.
properties.ipConfigurations

VirtualMachineNetworkInterfaceIPConfiguration[]

Specifies the IP configurations of the network interface.
properties.networkSecurityGroup

SubResource

The network security group.
properties.primary

boolean

Specifies the primary network interface in case the virtual machine has more than 1 network interface.

VirtualMachineNetworkInterfaceDnsSettingsConfiguration

The dns settings to be applied on the network interfaces.

Name Type Description
dnsServers

string[]

List of DNS servers IP addresses

VirtualMachineNetworkInterfaceIPConfiguration

Specifies the IP configurations of the network interface.

Name Type Description
name

string

The IP configuration name.
properties.applicationGatewayBackendAddressPools

SubResource[]

Specifies an array of references to backend address pools of application gateways. A virtual machine can reference backend address pools of multiple application gateways. Multiple virtual machines cannot use the same application gateway.
properties.applicationSecurityGroups

SubResource[]

Specifies an array of references to application security group.
properties.loadBalancerBackendAddressPools

SubResource[]

Specifies an array of references to backend address pools of load balancers. A virtual machine can reference backend address pools of one public and one internal load balancer. [Multiple virtual machines cannot use the same basic sku load balancer].
properties.primary

boolean

Specifies the primary network interface in case the virtual machine has more than 1 network interface.
properties.privateIPAddressVersion

IPVersions

Available from Api-Version 2017-03-30 onwards, it represents whether the specific ipconfiguration is IPv4 or IPv6. Default is taken as IPv4. Possible values are: 'IPv4' and 'IPv6'.
properties.publicIPAddressConfiguration

VirtualMachinePublicIPAddressConfiguration

The publicIPAddressConfiguration.
properties.subnet

SubResource

Specifies the identifier of the subnet.

VirtualMachinePatchStatus

[Preview Feature] The status of virtual machine patch operations.

Name Type Description
availablePatchSummary

AvailablePatchSummary

The available patch summary of the latest assessment operation for the virtual machine.
configurationStatuses

InstanceViewStatus[]

The enablement status of the specified patchMode
lastPatchInstallationSummary

LastPatchInstallationSummary

The installation summary of the latest installation operation for the virtual machine.

VirtualMachinePriorityTypes

Specifies the priority for the virtual machine. Minimum api-version: 2019-03-01

Name Type Description
Low

string

Regular

string

Spot

string

VirtualMachinePublicIPAddressConfiguration

The publicIPAddressConfiguration.

Name Type Description
name

string

The publicIP address configuration name.
properties.deleteOption

DeleteOptions

Specify what happens to the public IP address when the VM is deleted
properties.dnsSettings

VirtualMachinePublicIPAddressDnsSettingsConfiguration

The dns settings to be applied on the publicIP addresses .
properties.idleTimeoutInMinutes

integer

The idle timeout of the public IP address.
properties.ipTags

VirtualMachineIpTag[]

The list of IP tags associated with the public IP address.
properties.publicIPAddressVersion

IPVersions

Available from Api-Version 2019-07-01 onwards, it represents whether the specific ipconfiguration is IPv4 or IPv6. Default is taken as IPv4. Possible values are: 'IPv4' and 'IPv6'.
properties.publicIPAllocationMethod

PublicIPAllocationMethod

Specify the public IP allocation type
properties.publicIPPrefix

SubResource

The PublicIPPrefix from which to allocate publicIP addresses.
sku

PublicIPAddressSku

Describes the public IP Sku. It can only be set with OrchestrationMode as Flexible.

VirtualMachinePublicIPAddressDnsSettingsConfiguration

The dns settings to be applied on the publicIP addresses .

Name Type Description
domainNameLabel

string

The Domain name label prefix of the PublicIPAddress resources that will be created. The generated name label is the concatenation of the domain name label and vm network profile unique ID.
domainNameLabelScope

DomainNameLabelScopeTypes

The Domain name label scope of the PublicIPAddress resources that will be created. The generated name label is the concatenation of the hashed domain name label with policy according to the domain name label scope and vm network profile unique ID.

VirtualMachineSizeTypes

Specifies the size of the virtual machine. The enum data type is currently deprecated and will be removed by December 23rd 2023. The recommended way to get the list of available sizes is using these APIs: List all available virtual machine sizes in an availability set, List all available virtual machine sizes in a region, List all available virtual machine sizes for resizing. For more information about virtual machine sizes, see Sizes for virtual machines. The available VM sizes depend on region and availability set.

Name Type Description
Basic_A0

string

Basic_A1

string

Basic_A2

string

Basic_A3

string

Basic_A4

string

Standard_A0

string

Standard_A1

string

Standard_A10

string

Standard_A11

string

Standard_A1_v2

string

Standard_A2

string

Standard_A2_v2

string

Standard_A2m_v2

string

Standard_A3

string

Standard_A4

string

Standard_A4_v2

string

Standard_A4m_v2

string

Standard_A5

string

Standard_A6

string

Standard_A7

string

Standard_A8

string

Standard_A8_v2

string

Standard_A8m_v2

string

Standard_A9

string

Standard_B1ms

string

Standard_B1s

string

Standard_B2ms

string

Standard_B2s

string

Standard_B4ms

string

Standard_B8ms

string

Standard_D1

string

Standard_D11

string

Standard_D11_v2

string

Standard_D12

string

Standard_D12_v2

string

Standard_D13

string

Standard_D13_v2

string

Standard_D14

string

Standard_D14_v2

string

Standard_D15_v2

string

Standard_D16_v3

string

Standard_D16s_v3

string

Standard_D1_v2

string

Standard_D2

string

Standard_D2_v2

string

Standard_D2_v3

string

Standard_D2s_v3

string

Standard_D3

string

Standard_D32_v3

string

Standard_D32s_v3

string

Standard_D3_v2

string

Standard_D4

string

Standard_D4_v2

string

Standard_D4_v3

string

Standard_D4s_v3

string

Standard_D5_v2

string

Standard_D64_v3

string

Standard_D64s_v3

string

Standard_D8_v3

string

Standard_D8s_v3

string

Standard_DS1

string

Standard_DS11

string

Standard_DS11_v2

string

Standard_DS12

string

Standard_DS12_v2

string

Standard_DS13

string

Standard_DS13-2_v2

string

Standard_DS13-4_v2

string

Standard_DS13_v2

string

Standard_DS14

string

Standard_DS14-4_v2

string

Standard_DS14-8_v2

string

Standard_DS14_v2

string

Standard_DS15_v2

string

Standard_DS1_v2

string

Standard_DS2

string

Standard_DS2_v2

string

Standard_DS3

string

Standard_DS3_v2

string

Standard_DS4

string

Standard_DS4_v2

string

Standard_DS5_v2

string

Standard_E16_v3

string

Standard_E16s_v3

string

Standard_E2_v3

string

Standard_E2s_v3

string

Standard_E32-16_v3

string

Standard_E32-8s_v3

string

Standard_E32_v3

string

Standard_E32s_v3

string

Standard_E4_v3

string

Standard_E4s_v3

string

Standard_E64-16s_v3

string

Standard_E64-32s_v3

string

Standard_E64_v3

string

Standard_E64s_v3

string

Standard_E8_v3

string

Standard_E8s_v3

string

Standard_F1

string

Standard_F16

string

Standard_F16s

string

Standard_F16s_v2

string

Standard_F1s

string

Standard_F2

string

Standard_F2s

string

Standard_F2s_v2

string

Standard_F32s_v2

string

Standard_F4

string

Standard_F4s

string

Standard_F4s_v2

string

Standard_F64s_v2

string

Standard_F72s_v2

string

Standard_F8

string

Standard_F8s

string

Standard_F8s_v2

string

Standard_G1

string

Standard_G2

string

Standard_G3

string

Standard_G4

string

Standard_G5

string

Standard_GS1

string

Standard_GS2

string

Standard_GS3

string

Standard_GS4

string

Standard_GS4-4

string

Standard_GS4-8

string

Standard_GS5

string

Standard_GS5-16

string

Standard_GS5-8

string

Standard_H16

string

Standard_H16m

string

Standard_H16mr

string

Standard_H16r

string

Standard_H8

string

Standard_H8m

string

Standard_L16s

string

Standard_L32s

string

Standard_L4s

string

Standard_L8s

string

Standard_M128-32ms

string

Standard_M128-64ms

string

Standard_M128ms

string

Standard_M128s

string

Standard_M64-16ms

string

Standard_M64-32ms

string

Standard_M64ms

string

Standard_M64s

string

Standard_NC12

string

Standard_NC12s_v2

string

Standard_NC12s_v3

string

Standard_NC24

string

Standard_NC24r

string

Standard_NC24rs_v2

string

Standard_NC24rs_v3

string

Standard_NC24s_v2

string

Standard_NC24s_v3

string

Standard_NC6

string

Standard_NC6s_v2

string

Standard_NC6s_v3

string

Standard_ND12s

string

Standard_ND24rs

string

Standard_ND24s

string

Standard_ND6s

string

Standard_NV12

string

Standard_NV24

string

Standard_NV6

string

VMDiskSecurityProfile

Specifies the security profile for the managed disk.

Name Type Description
diskEncryptionSet

DiskEncryptionSetParameters

Specifies the customer managed disk encryption set resource id for the managed disk that is used for Customer Managed Key encrypted ConfidentialVM OS Disk and VMGuest blob.
securityEncryptionType

securityEncryptionTypes

Specifies the EncryptionType of the managed disk. It is set to DiskWithVMGuestState for encryption of the managed disk along with VMGuestState blob, VMGuestStateOnly for encryption of just the VMGuestState blob, and NonPersistedTPM for not persisting firmware state in the VMGuestState blob.. Note: It can be set for only Confidential VMs.

VMGalleryApplication

Specifies the gallery applications that should be made available to the VM/VMSS

Name Type Description
configurationReference

string

Optional, Specifies the uri to an azure blob that will replace the default configuration for the package if provided
enableAutomaticUpgrade

boolean

If set to true, when a new Gallery Application version is available in PIR/SIG, it will be automatically updated for the VM/VMSS
order

integer

Optional, Specifies the order in which the packages have to be installed
packageReferenceId

string

Specifies the GalleryApplicationVersion resource id on the form of /subscriptions/{SubscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{ResourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Compute/galleries/{galleryName}/applications/{application}/versions/{version}
tags

string

Optional, Specifies a passthrough value for more generic context.
treatFailureAsDeploymentFailure

boolean

Optional, If true, any failure for any operation in the VmApplication will fail the deployment

VMSizeProperties

Specifies the properties for customizing the size of the virtual machine. Minimum api-version: 2021-07-01. This feature is still in preview mode and is not supported for VirtualMachineScaleSet. Please follow the instructions in VM Customization for more details.

Name Type Description
vCPUsAvailable

integer

Specifies the number of vCPUs available for the VM. When this property is not specified in the request body the default behavior is to set it to the value of vCPUs available for that VM size exposed in api response of List all available virtual machine sizes in a region.
vCPUsPerCore

integer

Specifies the vCPU to physical core ratio. When this property is not specified in the request body the default behavior is set to the value of vCPUsPerCore for the VM Size exposed in api response of List all available virtual machine sizes in a region. Setting this property to 1 also means that hyper-threading is disabled.

WindowsConfiguration

Specifies Windows operating system settings on the virtual machine.

Name Type Description
additionalUnattendContent

AdditionalUnattendContent[]

Specifies additional base-64 encoded XML formatted information that can be included in the Unattend.xml file, which is used by Windows Setup.
enableAutomaticUpdates

boolean

Indicates whether Automatic Updates is enabled for the Windows virtual machine. Default value is true. For virtual machine scale sets, this property can be updated and updates will take effect on OS reprovisioning.
enableVMAgentPlatformUpdates

boolean

Indicates whether VMAgent Platform Updates are enabled for the Windows Virtual Machine.
patchSettings

PatchSettings

[Preview Feature] Specifies settings related to VM Guest Patching on Windows.
provisionVMAgent

boolean

Indicates whether virtual machine agent should be provisioned on the virtual machine. When this property is not specified in the request body, it is set to true by default. This will ensure that VM Agent is installed on the VM so that extensions can be added to the VM later.
timeZone

string

Specifies the time zone of the virtual machine. e.g. "Pacific Standard Time". Possible values can be TimeZoneInfo.Id value from time zones returned by TimeZoneInfo.GetSystemTimeZones.
winRM

WinRMConfiguration

Specifies the Windows Remote Management listeners. This enables remote Windows PowerShell.

WindowsPatchAssessmentMode

Specifies the mode of VM Guest patch assessment for the IaaS virtual machine.

Possible values are:

ImageDefault - You control the timing of patch assessments on a virtual machine.

AutomaticByPlatform - The platform will trigger periodic patch assessments. The property provisionVMAgent must be true.

Name Type Description
AutomaticByPlatform

string

ImageDefault

string

WindowsVMGuestPatchAutomaticByPlatformRebootSetting

Specifies the reboot setting for all AutomaticByPlatform patch installation operations.

Name Type Description
Always

string

IfRequired

string

Never

string

Unknown

string

WindowsVMGuestPatchAutomaticByPlatformSettings

Specifies additional settings for patch mode AutomaticByPlatform in VM Guest Patching on Windows.

Name Type Description
bypassPlatformSafetyChecksOnUserSchedule

boolean

Enables customer to schedule patching without accidental upgrades
rebootSetting

WindowsVMGuestPatchAutomaticByPlatformRebootSetting

Specifies the reboot setting for all AutomaticByPlatform patch installation operations.

WindowsVMGuestPatchMode

Specifies the mode of VM Guest Patching to IaaS virtual machine or virtual machines associated to virtual machine scale set with OrchestrationMode as Flexible.

Possible values are:

Manual - You control the application of patches to a virtual machine. You do this by applying patches manually inside the VM. In this mode, automatic updates are disabled; the property WindowsConfiguration.enableAutomaticUpdates must be false

AutomaticByOS - The virtual machine will automatically be updated by the OS. The property WindowsConfiguration.enableAutomaticUpdates must be true.

AutomaticByPlatform - the virtual machine will automatically updated by the platform. The properties provisionVMAgent and WindowsConfiguration.enableAutomaticUpdates must be true

Name Type Description
AutomaticByOS

string

AutomaticByPlatform

string

Manual

string

WinRMConfiguration

Specifies the Windows Remote Management listeners. This enables remote Windows PowerShell.

Name Type Description
listeners

WinRMListener[]

The list of Windows Remote Management listeners

WinRMListener

The list of Windows Remote Management listeners

Name Type Description
certificateUrl

string

This is the URL of a certificate that has been uploaded to Key Vault as a secret. For adding a secret to the Key Vault, see Add a key or secret to the key vault. In this case, your certificate needs to be the Base64 encoding of the following JSON Object which is encoded in UTF-8:

{
"data":"",
"dataType":"pfx",
"password":""
}
To install certificates on a virtual machine it is recommended to use the Azure Key Vault virtual machine extension for Linux or the Azure Key Vault virtual machine extension for Windows.
protocol

ProtocolTypes

Specifies the protocol of WinRM listener. Possible values are: http, https.