We keep the captured images in the compute gallery and below are the steps to create a compute gallery:

• Search for "Azure Compute Galleries" in the Azure portal and click on Create.

• Fill the required tabs

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  Go to the VM image you want to replicate and click on capture.

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  Fill in the required tabs highlighted below.

• Ensure you click yes to share the image with the Azure gallery that has been created.

• Note: I chose Specialized under "Operating system state" so that I won't require log in credentials while trying to access the VM

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  Create new VM image definition as shown below

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• Use the below template for the version number.

• it is important to create a replica of the image in another zone and also specify the number of replica

• Note: While creating the image, the VM will stop during this process and you will need to enable it after the process has ended.

• Click on start to enable the VM and it will start running.

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