Uploading the VHD image

Upload the agent image file with the .vhd extension to Azure.

To upload the VHD image file:

1. Extract the contents of the Azure zipped image.

    Extracting the Azure zipped VHD image requires at least 11 GB of disk space.

2. In the Azure Portal, select the storage account described in Creating an Azure storage account.

   

3. On the storage settings page, in the sidebar menu, select Data storage > Containers.

4. On the Containers page, click + Container.

5. Enter a name for the new container and click Create.

6. On the Containers page, select the new container to display the container details.

   

7. On the container details page, click Upload.

8. Select the agent image file with the .vhd extension and wait while the file uploads.