Click ‘Networking’ then click on the ‘Network Interface’.ġ1. Click on ‘Configuration’ and set the option to for ‘Assignment’ to ‘Static’.ġ0. Click ‘Networking’ from the center menu panel and click on ‘Public IP’.ĩ. Select ‘Create New’ and create a new ‘Resource group’ and ‘backup policy’.Ĩ. If the VM error become corrupt or something goes seriously wrong after a windows update this will enable you to roll the VM back to a working version within a few minutes. Here you will configure a daily backup of the VM. Scroll down the middle menu panel and click on ‘Backup’. Once complete click on ‘Go to resource’.ħ. Wait for the VM deployment to complete, sometimes this can take a few mintues. Check over the options and click ‘Create’.Ħ. Set the username and password which will be used to access the Windows Server VM.ĥ. Scroll down the options and continue configuring the basic options.Ĥ. Set the details as shown, Click ‘Create new’ to set a new resource group and set the Region to your location. First things first sign into Azure and create an account if necessary and click on ‘Virtual machines’ from the left hand menu.ģ. Configure controller to start as a service.ġ.Install and configure controller software.Deploy a Virtual Machine (VM) into Azure.The steps are broken down into the following sections: Follow it exactly paying attention to all the notes in each step. And to ensure you avoid the mistakes I made made the following steps give a detailed step by step guide. If you love the great value Ubiquity products offer but want centralised cloud management like you get with Meraki products then Unifi wifi points, firewalls and switches combined with a cloud controller hosted in Azure make for a killer solution especially for the MSP’s out there looking to manage a large number of sites and devices.Ĭonfiguring a cloud controller in Azure is a fairly straight forward process but to ensure you have a successful deployment. Welcome to my in depth guide to setting up a Unifi cloud controller in Azure. Posted By in Hardware, Product Testing, Software, Windows Server | 21 comments

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