A custom virtual machine simply means a virtual machine that you create using a Featured app from the Marketplace because it does much of the work for you. Yet, you can still make configuration choices that include the following items:
- Connecting the virtual machine to a virtual network.
- Installing the Azure Virtual Machine Agent and Azure Virtual Machine Extensions, such as for antimalware.
- Adding the virtual machine to existing cloud services.
- Adding the virtual machine to an existing Storage account.
- Adding the virtual machine to an availability set.
Important
If you want your virtual machine to use a virtual network, make sure that you specify the virtual network when you create the virtual machine.
- Two benefits of using a virtual network are connecting directly to the virtual machine and to set up cross-premises connections.
- A virtual machine can be configured to join a virtual network only when you create the virtual machine. For details on virtual networks, see Azure Virtual Network overview.