RDP to Azure VM: Easy Setup and Configuration

Introduction

Azure Virtual Machine (VM) has become a popular choice for businesses and developers because they offer flexible and scalable computing resources. One of the big potentials of Azure Virtual Machine is to allow remote access from anywhere in the world using internet. In this article, we will walk you through on how to connect to Azure VM using Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP).

Before connecting to Azure VM using RDP, we need to have Azure VM already created, you can refer to my previously posted article to know how to set up Azure VM https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/azure-cloud-virtualization-setting-up-your-first-vm/

We will follow the steps below to connect the Azure VM using RDP.

We can see DEMO-VM in the screenshot below, now to log in to DEMO-VM, click on the connect option highlighted in red.

After clicking on connect on DEMO-VM, it will land to the below page from where RDP file highlighted in red can be downloaded. RDP file can be used to login VM.

In the left navigation, you can configure security, backup, disaster recovery, and access control (IAM) features based on business criticality.

After clicking on RDP file, it will ask to enter window security credentials USER ID and PWD that we can see on below screenshot.

Now after entering login credentials, remote desktop connection established. It will open VM called DEMO-VM - Remote Desktop, that we can see on below screen shot. Now here we can install/deploy any software.

Conclusion

In the article today, we have learned on how to connecting to Azure Virtual Machine via RDP. As you can notice, Azure VM enhances productivity and flexibility since we can access from anywhere with good internet connection. Hope you’ve liked the article, please share your comments in the section below.