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The Windows 7 image is available in Microsoft Azure and you can create a Windows 7 VM in Azure.
The steps to create a Windows 7 VM in Azure are easy and similar to that of Windows 10. You can also create Azure Virtual Machine using the Cloud Shell in Azure portal. However, I prefer creating a new VM from the Azure portal over the cloud shell method.
Create a Windows 7 VM in Azure Portal
1. You can try the following steps to create a Windows 7 VM in Azure:
- Sign in to the Azure portal at https://portal.azure.com.
- Click Create a resource then select Virtual Machine.
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2. On the Create a virtual machine window, select the following.
- Subscription – Select your Azure subscription.
- Resource Group – Select the Azure resource group for Windows 7 VM or you can create a new one.
- Virtual Machine Name – Specify the VM name. This will be the computer name after you image VM with Windows 7.
- Region – Select the region.
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3. Availability options: Selecting multiple zones will create one VM per zone.
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4. Image – Select the drop-down and select Windows 7 as image. If you don’t see the Windows 7 option, then select See all images.
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5. On the Marketplace window, type Windows 7 as the search term and press Enter key. From the results, select Windows 7 and now select Windows 7 edition. I am going to select Windows 7 Pro – Gen2 here.
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6. Size: You can custom VM size to increase or reduce RAM and CPU for the VM.
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7. Select VM Size as you need, depending on RAM, CPU and Cost.
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8. After you select Windows 7 edition, you should specify the Administrator account details. You cannot use Administrator as username, so specify another name for Administrator.
Since you’re going to use this Windows 7 VM for your work, you have to confirm if you have an eligible Windows 7 license with multi-tenant hosting. Check that box to confirm the license and click Disk.
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9. Select OS disk type: You can select Premium SSD, Stardard SSD or Standard HDD.
Premium SSD | Standard SSD | Standard HDD | |
---|---|---|---|
Disk type | SSD | SSD | HDD |
Scenario | Production and performance sensitive workloads | Web servers, lightly used enterprise applications and dev/test | Backup, non-critical, infrequent access |
Max disk size | 32,767 GiB | 32,767 GiB | 32,767 GiB |
Max throughput | 900 MB/s | 750 MB/s | 500 MB/s |
Max IOPS | 20,000 | 6,000 | 2,000 |
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10. Network configuration: By default, an IP public will created with the VM.
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11. Management: Disable auto-shutdown feature by uncheck the checkbox.
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12. Once you see Validation passed, create the Windows 7 virtual machine by selecting button.
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13. The Windows 7 Virtual Machine is now being created. You see the status as deployment is in progress. Wait for a few minutes while the VM is created.
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14. Your Deployment is complete – Congratulations, you have successfully created Windows 7 VM in Azure. From the same screen, you can download deployment details. Select Go to Resource.
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Connect to Windows 7 VM in Azure using RDP
15. Once you create a Windows 7 VM in Azure, you can connect to the virtual machine and access it via RDP (3389) using IP Public. On the Windows 7 resource window, select Connect then select RDP.
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16. You should now see the public IP address of your Windows 7 VM and port number (by default 3389). To connect to your virtual machine via RDP select Download RDP File.
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17. Open downloaded file then connect to your Windows 7 VM using the credential that you’ve created in previous step.
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Finally, your Windows 7 VM is ready in minutes.
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