Create an image of a VM in the portal
- Go to the Azure portal, then search for and select Virtual machines.
- Select your VM from the list.
- On the page for the VM, on the upper menu, select Capture.
The Create an image page appears. - For Resource group, either select Create new and enter a name, or select a resource group to use from the drop-down list. If you want to use an existing gallery, select the resource group for the gallery you want to use.
- To create the image in a gallery, select Yes, share it to a gallery as an image version.
- If you want to delete the source VM after the image has been created, select Automatically delete this virtual machine after creating the image. This is not recommended.
- For Gallery details, select the gallery or create a new gallery by selecting Create new.
- In Operating system state select Specialized.
- Select an image definition or select create new and provide a name and information for a new Image definition.
- Enter an image version number. If this is the first version of this image, type 1.0.0.
- If you want this version to be included when you specify latest for the image version, then leave Exclude from latest unchecked.
- Select an End of life date. This date can be used to track when older images need to be retired.
- Under Replication, select a default replica count and then select any additional regions where you would like your image replicated.
- When you are done, select Review + create.
- After validation passes, select Create to create the image.
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