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1. Open and log into Microsoft Azure Portal

2. In the top search box, search for “Virtual Machines”. Under Services, click on Virtual Machines.

3. In the Virtual machines section, click on Create > Azure virtual machine from the tool bar.

4. In the Create a virtual machine wizard go through the steps using the suggested options below:

   1. Basics Tab

      1. Subscription: Arts Subscription

      2. Resource Group: Arts-ACO-WVD (or create a new resource group if needed)

      3. Virtual machine name: <insert vm name here> (should use the following format vm-arts-avd-unique name/description)

      4. Region: East US

      5. Availability Options: Leave as default option (No infrastructure redundancy required)

      6. Security Type: Standard

      7. Image: Click on See all images

         1. Search for Windows 11

         2. Click on Select under Windows 11 and find Windows 11 Enterprise multi-session with the most current version(i.e. 22H2)

      8. VM Architecture: x64

      9. Run with Azure Spot discount: Leave unchecked

      10. Size: Standard_D2as_v4 – 2 vcpus, 8 GiB memory^{(Should be the default option, but depends on specs needed and use)}

      11. Administrator Account:

          1. Username: acoadmin [it is possible the userid is artsadmin as well]

          2. Password: <default ACOAdmin PW>

          3. Confirm Password: <default ACOAdmin PW>

      12. Public inbound ports: None.

      13. I confirm I have an eligible Windows 10/11 license with multi-tenant hosting rights: Check the box.

      14. Click Next.

   2. Disks Tab

      1. OS disk type: Premium SSD (Locally-redundant storage)

      2. Delete with VM: Check

      3. Leave the rest of the settings as default and click on Next.

   3. Networking Tab

      1. Virtual network: Arts-ACO-WVD-Network/Arts-ACO-WVD-vnet

      2. Subnet: Arts-ACO-WVD-subnet(10.16.6.128/26)

      3. Public IP: None

      4. NIC network security group: Basic

      5. Public inbound ports: none

      6. Delete NIC when VM is deleted: Check

      7. Enable accelerated networking: Check

      8. Place the machine behind an existing load balancing solution? Leave unchecked

      9. Click Next.

   4. Management Tab

      1. Leave all settings as they are.

   5. Monitoring Tab

      1. Leave all settings as they are.

   6. Advanced Tab

      1. Leave all settings as they are.

   7. Tags Tab

      1. Set the following tags:

         1. Created On: Set the current date

         2. Created By: Put who created the VM

         3. Owner: ACO

         4. Click Next.

   8. Review + Create Tab

      1. Check over the settings and ensure everything is set correctly. Correct any errors if there are any.

      2. Click Create.

   9. Wait for the deployment to complete.

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