{"id":451,"date":"2015-05-26T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-27T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ml2solutions.com\/blog\/?p=451"},"modified":"2021-05-02T17:09:18","modified_gmt":"2021-05-03T00:09:18","slug":"convert-azure-a-series-vm-to-d-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ml2solutions.com\/azure\/convert-azure-a-series-vm-to-d-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Convert Azure A series VM to D series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I wanted to convert a Azure A series VM to a D series but there wasn\u2019t a way to do it in the configuration settings.&nbsp; So, I did some Internet searching and found the following steps:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stop the VM<\/li>\n<li>Delete the VM including the domain name but don\u2019t delete the disk.<\/li>\n<li>Create a new D series VM<\/li>\n<ul>\n<li>Use the old portal<\/li>\n<li>Click New \u201c+\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Select Compute \u2013&gt; Virtual Machine \u2013&gt; From Gallery<\/li>\n<li>Select My Disks<\/li>\n<li>Select appropriate disk<\/li>\n<li>Virtual Machine Name \u2013 mgw-minecraft<\/li>\n<li>Tier \u2013 Standard<\/li>\n<li>Size \u2013 D1<\/li>\n<li>Cloud Server \u2013 create a new cloud service<\/li>\n<li>Cloud Service DNS Name \u2013 mgw-minecraft<\/li>\n<li>Finish<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After provisioning and starting was done, I downloaded the new RDP file and make my preferred setting changes.&nbsp; I connected and looked at the Event Viewer.<\/p>\n<p>Everything looked good so I created the endpoint.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here are some links from my research:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/social.msdn.microsoft.com\/Forums\/azure\/en-US\/c8bbd7dc-f6a2-4c5c-b47e-195a41f19abc\/how-do-i-recreate-a-vm-using-existing-vhd-after-deleting-it?forum=WAVirtualMachinesforWindows\">How do I re-create a VM using existing VHD after deleting it<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/questions\/27185330\/upgrading-from-a-series-to-d-series-azure-virtual-machine\">Upgrading from A-series to D-series Azure virtual machine<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I wanted to convert a Azure A series VM to a D series but there wasn\u2019t a way to do it in the configuration settings.&nbsp; So, I did some Internet [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[90],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Convert Azure A series VM to D series - ML2 Solutions<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Convert Azure A series VM to D series I wanted to convert a Azure A series VM to a D series but there wasn\u2019t a way to do it in the configuration settings.&nbsp; 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