(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Boot Diagnostics for Virtual Machines v2

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Today’s (Cloud) Tip…

You can now get read-only boot diagnostics for your v2 virtual machines without needing to engage support. 

For Linux Virtual Machines, you can easily view the output of your console log from the Portal:

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However, for both Windows and Linux Virtual Machines, Azure also enables you to see a screenshot of the VM from the hypervisor:

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For all the details, and to learn how to set up the diagnostics check out the announcement on the Azure Blog.