devtest-lab-create-custom-image-from-vm-using-portal.md

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Create a custom image from a VM

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Step-by-step instructions

You can create a custom image from a provisioned VM, and afterwards use that custom image to create identical VMs. The following steps illustrate how to create a custom image from a VM:

1. Sign in to the Azure portal.

2. Select More services, and then select DevTest Labs from the list.

3. From the list of labs, select the desired lab.

4. On the lab's blade, select My virtual machines.

5. On the My virtual machines blade, select the VM from which you want to create the custom image.

6. On the VM's blade, select Create custom image (VHD).

   

7. On the Create image blade, enter a name and description for your custom image. This information is displayed in the list of bases when you create a VM.

   

8. Select whether sysprep was run on the VM. If the sysprep was not run on the VM, specify whether you want sysprep run when a VM is created from this custom image.

9. Select OK when finished to create the custom image.

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Related blog posts

• Custom images or formulas?
• Copying Custom Images between Azure DevTest Labs

##Next steps

• Add a VM to your lab