Create a Windows virtual machine in the Azure portal

Sign in to the Azure portal at https://portal.azure.com.
Enter virtual machines in the search.
Under Services, select Virtual machines.
In the Virtual machines page, select Create and then Virtual machine. The Create a virtual machine page opens.
In the Basics tab, under Project details, make sure the correct subscription is selected and then choose to Create new resource group. Enter myResourceGroup for the name.
Under Instance details, enter myVM for the Virtual machine name and choose Windows Server 2019 Datacenter – Gen2 for the Image. Leave the other defaults.
Under Administrator account, provide a username, such as azureuser and a password. The password must be at least 12 characters long and meet the defined complexity requirements.
Under Inbound port rules, choose Allow selected ports and then select RDP (3389) and HTTP (80) from the drop-down.
Leave the remaining defaults and then select the Review + create button at the bottom of the page.
After validation runs, select the Create button at the bottom of the page.
After deployment is complete, select Go to resource.
On the overview page for your virtual machine, select the Connect > RDP.
In the Connect with RDP page, keep the default options to connect by IP address, over port 3389, and click Download RDP file.
Open the downloaded RDP file and click Connect when prompted.
In the Windows Security window, select More choices and then Use a different account. Type the username as localhost\username, enter the password you created for the virtual machine, and then click OK.
You may receive a certificate warning during the sign-in process. Click Yes or Continue to create the connection.
To see your VM in action, install the IIS web server. Open a PowerShell prompt on the VM and run the following command:
```
Install-WindowsFeature -name Web-Server -IncludeManagementTools
```
In the portal, select the VM and in the overview of the VM, hover over the IP address to show Copy to clipboard. Copy the IP address and paste it into a browser tab. The default IIS welcome page will open, and should look like this: