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How to increase disk space in Azure

Written July 2020. Microsoft changes these admin screens often, so the screenshots below may not match what you see today. The sequence of steps is usually still correct — if something looks wrong, tell us and we'll update it.

1.       Login to Azure portal(portal.azure.com)

2. Now click on Virtual machines on left side and then select your VM whose Disk you want to resize

3. Now click on Stop button as we need to stop VM to resize the Disk

4. Now click on Disks then select which disk needs to be resized

5. Now click on Configuration then put the desired size then click on Save button

Expansion of VM’s Hard Disk from the VM itself.

1.      Once you have successfully expanded your Virtual Hard Disk, you will need to turn on your VM following the same process previously used to turn off your VM and log into the server.

2.      Open your Server Manager>Select Local Server>Click Tools and Select Computer Management.

3.      Open “Disk Manager” on your Virtual Machine. You will see your current C: Drive Partition and along with an Unallocated Partition with the amount of hard disk space that you created earlier.

4.      Right-click on the volume you want to extend (in this case C:\ Partition) and select “Extend Volume”. This will open up the Wizard screen for your extended volume and follow the on-screen instructions to complete the process.

Congratulations! You have just expanded the disk size successfully.

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