Azure Virtual Machines
An Azure service that is used to provision Windows and Linux virtual machines.
10,337 questions
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Urgent: Need VM restarted - AVD desktop unavailable (KAVD-MUSTA-LG3)
I'm unable to connect to my Azure Virtual Desktop. The connection fails with: E_PROXY_ORCHESTRATION_LB_NO_SESSIONHOST_AVAILABLE - session host is unhealthy. I traced this to my session host VM, which shows Agent status: Not Ready in the portal. I have…
Azure Virtual Machines
asked 2026-08-29T13:01:43.23+00:00
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Mustafa Ali
0
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answered 2026-09-04T01:34:12.0166667+00:00
Vinodh247-1375
44,316
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Virtual Machine: MANA Driver Not Loading — Hypervisor Compatibility Issue
Problem description I am experiencing an issue with my Linux-based Azure Virtual Machine where the Microsoft Azure Network Adapter (MANA) driver is not loading, and the device is not detected by the operating system. This problem started around August…
Azure Virtual Machines
Azure Virtual Machines
An Azure service that is used to provision Windows and Linux virtual machines.
10,337 questions
asked 2026-09-03T18:19:56.4166667+00:00
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vignesh-2484
0
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answered 2026-09-03T19:07:35.6433333+00:00
Allan Solomon Mejia
7,585
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0 answers
Unable to create a billing support request. The wizard never reaches the ticket form
Charged despite active credit and Sponsorship I am unable to create a billing support request in the Azure portal and would like a moderator to help route this to a billing team. The issue: My subscription had Azure credit remaining and an active…
Azure Virtual Machines
Azure Virtual Machines
An Azure service that is used to provision Windows and Linux virtual machines.
10,337 questions
asked 2026-09-03T05:52:54.83+00:00
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omar bradai
0
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Benchmark Assessments practice lab question Can You Automate and Manage Custom, Scalable Azure VM -based Infrastructure Solutions? [Expert]
Benchmark Assessments practice lab question Can You Automate and Manage Custom, Scalable Azure VM -based Infrastructure Solutions? [Expert]
Azure Virtual Machines
Azure Virtual Machines
An Azure service that is used to provision Windows and Linux virtual machines.
10,337 questions
asked 2026-09-03T05:42:56.8733333+00:00
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Nelson Narayan
20
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asked 2026-09-03T05:42:56.8733333+00:00
Nelson Narayan
20
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1 answer
Azure Managed Run Commands stuck in Deleting and Pending on Windows Server 2008 R2 VM
We have an Azure Windows VM running Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter. The VM is Running and the Azure Guest Agent reports Ready (version 2.7.41491.1225). A completed managed Run Command is stuck in provisioningState=Deleting. A separate managed Run…
Azure Virtual Machines
Azure Virtual Machines
An Azure service that is used to provision Windows and Linux virtual machines.
10,337 questions
asked 2026-09-02T16:57:55.1833333+00:00
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Jason Setzer
0
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answered 2026-09-02T19:41:48.4366667+00:00
Allan Solomon Mejia
7,585
Reputation points
1 answer
Unable to create any VM in any Region
Tried all possible SKUs at multiple regions but its the same error message 7/8 Launching the VM (no NAT Gateway needed -- Standard public IP gives real outbound internet)... Consider upgrading security for your workloads using Azure Trusted Launch VMs.…
Azure Virtual Machines
Azure Virtual Machines
An Azure service that is used to provision Windows and Linux virtual machines.
10,337 questions
asked 2026-09-02T18:09:41.83+00:00
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Ramesh Ganapathy
0
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answered 2026-09-02T19:36:39.6833333+00:00
Allan Solomon Mejia
7,585
Reputation points
2 answers
Availability zones in US West
I am working on a design for a very large global company migrating to the cloud. Azure was the first choice and they would like to have their primary presence in Northern California. But I'm finding US West does not have any availability zones. This…
Azure Virtual Machines
Azure Virtual Machines
An Azure service that is used to provision Windows and Linux virtual machines.
10,337 questions
asked 2023-04-11T01:06:08.8033333+00:00
Barry Bahrami
26
Reputation points
commented 2026-09-02T17:14:39.08+00:00
spencer
31
Reputation points
2 answers
identify the possible blocking state while executing resizing and idle automation for virtual machine
Find all the possible blocking conditions that can stop or affect resizing and idle automation for VM, EC2, and Compute Engine. We have already completed the checks for: Delete protection Permission check Now, we need to identify any other possible…
Azure Virtual Machines
Azure Virtual Machines
An Azure service that is used to provision Windows and Linux virtual machines.
10,337 questions
asked 2026-09-02T06:32:29.21+00:00
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Sree Aravind M
40
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answered 2026-09-02T13:13:18.9366667+00:00
Jose Benjamin Solis Nolasco
12,026
Reputation points
Volunteer Moderator
2 answers
Azure VM Extension: Onboarding and Private Publishing
Problem description I am working on developing and publishing a custom Windows Azure VM Extension for internal security automation. This extension needs to support both the Azure VM extension framework (Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/extensions) and…
Azure Virtual Machines
Azure Virtual Machines
An Azure service that is used to provision Windows and Linux virtual machines.
10,337 questions
asked 2026-09-01T16:55:42.1633333+00:00
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Jay Dance
0
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commented 2026-09-01T17:42:35.68+00:00
Divyesh Govaerdhanan
11,725
Reputation points MVP
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Can't Create Virtual Machine (VM) On Free Account
Can't Create Virtual Machine (VM) On Free Account as Student
Azure Virtual Machines
Azure Virtual Machines
An Azure service that is used to provision Windows and Linux virtual machines.
10,337 questions
asked 2026-02-16T08:43:36.8233333+00:00
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Mohammed Siam
10
Reputation points
commented 2026-09-01T15:58:31.29+00:00
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Pierre McGrail
0
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2 answers
One of the answers was accepted by the question author.
Quota increase
My god, how hard it to allow me to increate the quota for B1 Uk-south? I am trying since this morning and it keeps erroring out, then when I try to create a support request it doesn't allow me either because it doesn't save the request information, can…
Azure Virtual Machines
Azure Virtual Machines
An Azure service that is used to provision Windows and Linux virtual machines.
10,337 questions
asked 2026-08-28T12:43:13.2433333+00:00
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Alfredo Mapelli
60
Reputation points
accepted 2026-08-31T16:38:17.6933333+00:00
Alfredo Mapelli
60
Reputation points
3 answers
Azure Subscription Blocked by UnusualActivity – Escalation Request when Provisioning Ubuntu VM
Description: While creating a virtual machine (Standard B2ls_v2, Ubuntu 24.04, region Germany West Central, the deployment failed preflight validation with: Code: CompromisedActivity Message: "Unusual activity detected with your subscription.…
Azure Virtual Machines
Azure Virtual Machines
An Azure service that is used to provision Windows and Linux virtual machines.
10,337 questions
asked 2026-08-30T19:55:04.9566667+00:00
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Lasal
0
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edited an answer 2026-08-31T16:18:46.6266667+00:00
Vinodh247-1375
44,316
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Cannot connect VM to login.workspace.bmw
Tracert does connect - but it times out when trying to access it.
Azure Virtual Machines
Azure Virtual Machines
An Azure service that is used to provision Windows and Linux virtual machines.
10,337 questions
asked 2026-08-31T15:50:06.09+00:00
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Farber Frederick, FG-AM-5
0
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commented 2026-08-31T16:04:38.51+00:00
Farber Frederick, FG-AM-5
0
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2 answers
URGENT: My Azure VM was deleted 9 hours ago by a complete stranger. Apparent security breach. My site is down. Logs remain. PLEASE HELP.
My Azure Windows virtual machine was deallocated and deleted approximately 9 hours ago by a complete stranger. I did not perform or authorize these actions. I discovered this after my website went down and the virtual machine disappeared from Azure. I…
Azure Virtual Machines
Azure Virtual Machines
An Azure service that is used to provision Windows and Linux virtual machines.
10,337 questions
asked 2026-08-28T19:37:43.8233333+00:00
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Robert Heckes
0
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answered 2026-08-31T15:14:48.5866667+00:00
SUNOJ KUMAR YELURU
18,736
Reputation points MVP
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2 answers
Linux VM repeatedly becomes unreachable — SSH handshake never starts, reboot doesn't recover, only redeploy/deallocate does
A single Linux VM in East US has become unreachable twice in two weeks with the same symptoms, and I can't determine the cause from the data available to me. Symptom SSH connects at the TCP layer but the server never sends its version banner, so the…
Azure Virtual Machines
Azure Virtual Machines
An Azure service that is used to provision Windows and Linux virtual machines.
10,337 questions
asked 2026-08-30T19:43:35.4566667+00:00
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Gary Unterbrink
0
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answered 2026-08-31T14:42:13.0266667+00:00
SUNOJ KUMAR YELURU
18,736
Reputation points MVP
Volunteer Moderator
2 answers
Unable to create any compute instance any regions :
Hi Team - Please help me with creating compute instance rathinkumardas@Rathins-MacBook-Air 01_single_vm % az rest \ --method get \ --url "https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/<My_Redacted_Subscription_ID>?api-version=2022-12-01"…
Azure Virtual Machines
Azure Virtual Machines
An Azure service that is used to provision Windows and Linux virtual machines.
10,337 questions
asked 2026-08-28T17:33:25.86+00:00
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Rathin Das
0
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answered 2026-08-31T13:24:03.75+00:00
Allan Solomon Mejia
7,585
Reputation points
1 answer
One of the answers was accepted by the question author.
Unable to Create Any VM on Azure Free Trial - NotAvailableForSubscription Error
Hi Azure community, I recently created an Azure Free Trial account, but I am unable to create any Virtual Machine. Whenever I try to create a VM, I receive the following error: “This size is currently unavailable in [location] for this subscription:…
Azure Virtual Machines
Azure Virtual Machines
An Azure service that is used to provision Windows and Linux virtual machines.
10,337 questions
asked 2026-08-30T16:51:10.6166667+00:00
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mulubrihan sintayehu
20
Reputation points
commented 2026-08-31T11:30:36.87+00:00
Andreas Baumgarten
132.8K
Reputation points MVP
Volunteer Moderator
1 answer
On Azure Windows VM, temporary D drive has CollectGuestLogsTemp folder and VMAgentLogs.zip auto‑generated.
On Azure Windows VM, temporary D drive has CollectGuestLogsTemp folder and VMAgentLogs.zip auto‑generated. Questions: What triggers automatic CollectGuestLogs execution on Windows Azure VM agent? Why output logs go to ephemeral D temporary storage…
Azure Virtual Machines
Azure Virtual Machines
An Azure service that is used to provision Windows and Linux virtual machines.
10,337 questions
asked 2026-08-14T04:36:38.7466667+00:00
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Manager One
0
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answered 2026-08-31T00:06:05.03+00:00
Jose Benjamin Solis Nolasco
12,026
Reputation points
Volunteer Moderator
2 answers
The Virtual Machine is in a Failed State
The "ProvisioningState/failed/BadRequest" error on your virtual machine typically indicates that there was an issue with the provisioning process due to a bad request. This could be caused by incorrect configurations or parameters that do not…
Azure Virtual Machines
Azure Virtual Machines
An Azure service that is used to provision Windows and Linux virtual machines.
10,337 questions
asked 2026-08-28T17:38:34.3366667+00:00
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Jonty
0
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answered 2026-08-29T07:10:53.3933333+00:00
kagiyama yutaka
5,165
Reputation points
123 answers
Windows VMs won't start because the GuestAgent extension can't be found
Hi, I have a bunch of Windows Server 2019 VMs and they were working fine just yesterday, but this morning none of them can be started. Provisioning state becomes "failed" and the error message is "No version found in the artifact…
Windows for business | Windows Server | User experience | Other
20,440 questions
Azure Virtual Machines
Azure Virtual Machines
An Azure service that is used to provision Windows and Linux virtual machines.
10,337 questions
asked 2021-10-13T07:13:46.46+00:00
Sergey Borovoy
541
Reputation points
commented 2026-08-28T13:17:51.97+00:00
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Carry Hopper
0
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