How do I deploy an Azure SQL VM?

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How do I deploy an Azure SQL VM?

Steven K. Mariner 0

I am trying to start up a Windows 2022 VM with Developer's Edition SQL 2022. It's a menu option, so it seems this should be pretty straightforward.

It fails with MSSQL Service failing to start -- every time.

I am largely taking defaults -- main thing I'm changing is to make it visible from public IP, and to permit SQL Logins.

The error message is unhelpful, google and Co-Pilot direct me to do things but links take me to more pages telling me to register the IASS something-something but the links never actually take me to a page where that can be done.

Notably, it does not give me access to any long which might help a mere mortal grasp what is actually failing.

This seems like I'm likely missing something pretty basic -- but in taking mostly defaults, I should think it would only choose options that actually work. And it fails. Every time.

I just want a VM with SQL on it. I am at a loss to explain why this is failing.

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2025-08-19T19:11:39.09+00:00

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2025-08-20T06:10:43.3333333+00:00

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2025-08-21T05:51:08.1666667+00:00

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Saraswathi Devadula 13,330 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2025-08-19T19:11:39.09+00:00

Hello Steven K. Mariner
I kindly request you to please share the details requested in the private message for further investigation.
Saraswathi Devadula 13,330 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2025-08-20T06:10:43.3333333+00:00

Hello Steven K. Mariner
We noticed we haven't received a response from you regarding the last update. If you've found a resolution, we’d greatly appreciate it if you could share it with the community, as it might benefit others. If not, please let us know, and we’ll provide further details and do our best to assist you.
Saraswathi Devadula 13,330 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2025-08-21T05:51:08.1666667+00:00

Hello Steven K. Mariner We noticed we haven't received a response from you regarding the last update. If you've found a resolution, we’d greatly appreciate it if you could share it with the community, as it might benefit others. If not, please let us know, and we’ll provide further details and do our best to assist you.

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Steven K. Mariner 0

Interesting. Instructions provided only after the failure indicated I should select the A2 instead of B1 VM template.

A-Series isn't available anymore, but after looking over the capabilities, I selected the B2ms template -- and it worked.

So apparently it is recommending a VM which cannot run the software selected to run upon it.

Brilliant. Just brilliant.

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