How to create a Virtual Machine that is highly available.

Click on Virtual Machines from the Azure Services

Click on "Create"

Click on Azure Virtual Machine

Enter Resource Group name

Enter Virtual Machine Name

Select Availability zone, selecting more than one zone makes it highly available

Select Image

Create administrator account and enter username and password

*Select inbound ports
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Check Licensing

In the "Monitoring" Tab

*Disable Diagnostics *

It is advised to create a load balancer when high availability is required.

Click Review + Create

Check Validation

Click "Create"

Confirm Deployment

Click on "Go to Resource"

Click on "Connect"

Select Native RDP & Click "Select"**

Ensure all configurations are ticked green and configured

Download RDP File

Further installation settings will be required and you will be able to access your virtual machine.