DEMO: Creating and Attaching a Data Disk

Difficulty: Intermediate
Duration: 3 minutes and 50 seconds
Students: 214
Rating: 4.5/5

This lesson covers disks, snapshots, and images in Azure. We'll explore the benefits of managed disks and the types of encryption you can use with them, before moving on to look at the different disk types that are available in Microsoft Azure. A guided demo from the Azure portal will show you how to add a data disk to an Azure VM.

We'll then dive into snapshots and images, where you'll learn about disk snapshots, custom images, and the differences between them. We’ll wrap things up with a few demos, where you'll get to see how to restore a VM from a snapshot and how to create a VM from a generalized image.

Learning Objectives

  • Learn about the benefits of managed disks, the different disks available in Azure, and how to add a disk to an Azure VM
  • Learn about snapshots and images and their characteristics
  • Restore a VM from a Snapshot
  • Create a VM from a Generalized Image

Intended Audience

This lesson is intended for those who wish to learn about disks, snapshots, and images in Microsoft Azure.

Prerequisites

To get the most out of this lesson, you should have some basic knowledge of working with Azure.

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