Let’s start off by building a basic Azure virtual machine and connect to it. As you can see I have my Azure subscription setup and I’ve accessed the portal via https://portal.azure.com.

Let’s select “New” to access the Azure Marketplace. Since we are interested in Azure virtual machines which is part of what Azure calls Compute, we will select Compute -> See all. As you can see there are tons of items here we can use to build virtual machines. The easiest way to find what you’re looking for is to type in the “Search Compute” box the item you’re looking for.

By the way, in the Azure portal each of these windows that slide out are called “Blades”, and as we open more blades, Microsoft calls this a “Journey.”