Azure Appliance
Download the Azure Cloud, appliance Image from the PBI Management Portal

To upload the Appliance Image onto the Azure Portal, follow these steps:
Go to https://portal.azure.com/.
Navigate to Storage Accounts.
Select your storage account: .
Click on Storage browser.
Go to Blob containers and select .
Click on Upload and choose the file you downloaded in step 1 to upload it.
Make sure you verify that the upload is complete before moving on!

To create an image, navigate to Images → Create, and then apply the following configurations:
Resource group: Select or create the desired resource group.
Image name: Enter a unique name for the image.
Storage blob: Browse and select the uploaded file that you want to use for the image.
OS type: Select "Linux" from the options available.
VM Generation: Choose "Gen 1" for the VM generation.
Once you have configured everything, proceed to create the image.

Wait until the disk deployment is complete. Then, navigate to Virtual Machines → Create, and apply the following configurations:
Use the same Resource group as in step 3.
Assign a name to your VM.
For the Image, go to See all images → My images and select the image you’ve created.
Set the Size to Standard SSD, 8 CPUs, and 32 GiB memory.
For Public inbound ports, allow HTTP (80).



Click Next: Disks and apply the following configurations:
OS Disk type: Standard SSD.
Image Default: 8Gb
Then, click Next: Networking and select:
Virtual network: swa-dev-network-vnet.
Public IP: None
Subnet: swa-dev-network-vm-subnet.

Click on "Review + Create," then proceed by clicking "Create."
After that, download the private key, create the resource, and then return to the VM creation process.

Wait until the VM is deployed.
Once it's ready, click “Go to resource” or navigate to the Virtual Machines section to find your VM.
After locating it, check for the VM's private IP address. Open a new browser tab and enter the IP address to access the VM.
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