The blog shows how to create a data disk and add it to the Virtual Machine.
a. Create a VM with the following project details below.
b. When development is complete, click go to resource.
c. Click Disks under Settings, you will see only OS disk, no data disk, click on “plus sign create and attach a new disk” to create data disk.
d. Enter disk name, choose standard SSD and size you want, click save.
e. You remotely connect to the Virtual Machine Project6VM to initialize the disk and make it usable, by inputting the Virtual Machine public IP and click connect, the desktop window appears after login.
f. Go to disk management of the newly open VM by right clicking this PC and select manage.
g. The new disk will be auto initialized as Disk2, but unallocated.
h. Format the disk2 by creating a new volume, to make it useable.
i. The capture below show the data disk is now ready for use.
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