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1. Log in to your Azure Portal.
2. Go to Images, and click Create to create an image from the .vhd package in the storage account.
3. Enter all the relevant fields. Select either Gen 1 or Gen 2 VM generation. In the Storage blob field, ensure that you navigate to and locate the .vhd file you uploaded to the storage account.
4. Click Review + Create to review the image before you create it.
   
   
   
   
5. Create a virtual machine using the image you created. In the Size field, ensure that you select the supported flavor, which is Standard_F4S.
   
   
6. In the Custom data field, ensure that you add the parameters that are specific to your host. You can download a YML file and customize your user data file. You can then copy the information and paste it here. For information on how to use the userdata file, see Appendix B: YML and JSON Templates..
   Note that when you enter the following schema in the Custom data field, ensure that you add a space before the keys you want to include for host_setup. In this case, you must include a space before jointoken, and then enter the join token value you obtained from the Cloud Services Portal. For information about how to obtain a join token, see Creating Join Tokens.
    



  
7. Optionally, you canresize the disk size above 64 GB. In the Disk tab of the Azure Portal, select the desired disk size from the OS disk size drop-down list.
   
   
   
8. Click Review + Create to launch the host.

9. To check the current status of the host, you can go to Manage > Hosts in the Cloud Services Portal. For more information about the host status, see Viewing Host Status.

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