Azure virtual machines (VMs) can be created through the Azure portal. The Azure portal is a browser-based user interface to create VMs and their associated resources. In this quickstart you'll use the Azure portal to deploy a Windows virtual machine, create a key vault for the storage of encryption keys, and encrypt the VM.
If you don't have an Azure subscription, create a free account before you begin.
Under Administrator account, select Password. Enter a user name and a password.
Warning
The "Disks" tab features an "Encryption Type" field under Disk options. This field is used to specify encryption options for Managed Disks + CMK, not for Azure Disk Encryption.
To avoid confusion, we suggest you skip the Disks tab entirely while completing this tutorial.
Select the "Management" tab and verify that you have a Diagnostics Storage Account. If you have no storage accounts, select "Create New", give your new account a name, and select "Ok"
On the Create a virtual machine page, you can see the details about the VM you're about to create. When you're ready, select Create.
It will take a few minutes for your VM to be deployed. When the deployment is finished, move on to the next section.
Encrypt the virtual machine
When the VM deployment is complete, select Go to resource.
On the left-hand sidebar, select Disks.
On the top bar, select Additional Settings .
Under Encryption settings > Disks to encrypt, select OS and data disks.
Under Encryption settings, choose Select a key vault and key for encryption.
On the Select key from Azure Key Vault screen, select Create New.
To the left of Key vault and key, select Click to select a key.
On the Select key from Azure Key Vault, under the Key Vault field, select Create new.
On the Create key vault screen, ensure that the Resource Group is myResourceGroup, and give your key vault a name. Every key vault across Azure must have a unique name.
On the Access Policies tab, check the Azure Disk Encryption for volume encryption box.
Select Review + create.
After the key vault has passed validation, select Create. You will return to the Select key from Azure Key Vault screen.
Leave the Key field blank and choose Select.
At the top of the encryption screen, select Save. A popup will warn you that the VM will reboot. Select Yes.
Clean up resources
When no longer needed, you can delete the resource group, virtual machine, and all related resources. To do so, select the resource group for the virtual machine, select Delete, then confirm the name of the resource group to delete.
Next steps
In this quickstart, you created a Key Vault that was enabled for encryption keys, created a virtual machine, and enabled the virtual machine for encryption.
Under Encryption settings > Disks to encrypt, select OS and data disks. Under Encryption settings, choose Select a key vault and key for encryption. On the Select key from Azure Key Vault screen, select Create New. To the left of Key vault and key, select Click to select a key.
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Verify with the Azure CLI by using the az vm encryption show command. Verify with Azure PowerShell by using the Get-AzVmDiskEncryptionStatus cmdlet. Select the VM, then click on Disks under the Settings heading to verify encryption status in the portal. In the chart under Encryption, you'll see if it's enabled.
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If your organization's policy allows you to encrypt content at rest with an Azure-managed key, then no action is needed - the content is encrypted by default. For managed disks, the content inside storage is encrypted by default with Server-side encryption with platform-managed key.
Go to Backup center and select +Backup from the Overview tab.
On the Start: Configure Backup blade, select Azure Virtual machines as the Datasource type and select the vault you have created. Then select Continue.
Assign a Backup policy. The default policy backs up the VM once a day.
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