Azure tutorial, choosing a machine

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     "\n",
     "...where you'll go and activate your 25 monthly credit for 1 year on Azure by clicking on Activate...and you'll be greated with a request for credit card info. Please study everything in detail - your credit card should not be charged for this offer unless you explicitly remove the spending limit. Check this in detail. We're not responsible if you spend your own money on Azure.\n",
     "\n",
+    "If you're fine with proceeding, after you input your data, agree to the usage agreement, and click on Purchase.\n",
+    "\n",
     "![](../img/azure_tutorial/4.png)\n",
     "\n",
     "After entering your data, you'll have to wait a bit until Microsoft Azure gets ready...grab some fresh air. When the setup is finally done, click on **Start managing my service >** and in a moment you should be seeing Microsoft Azure dashboard:\n",
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     "\n",
     "## Virtual machine setup\n",
     "\n",
+    "Ok, now we have set up MS Azure, now we can build a virtual machine...\n",
     "\n",
     "### Choosing a machine\n",
     "\n",
+    "Click on the **green + sign**, then **Compute**, and select **Ubuntu Server 16.04 LTS** as shown here:\n",
+    "\n",
+    "![](../img/azure_tutorial/6.png)\n",
+    "\n",
+    "You are also free to experiment with Windows Server 2012 if you wish, and remotely connect to it, but we won't do that in this tutorial.\n",
+    "\n",
+    "On the following screen, select **Resource Manager** as deployment model and click on **Create**\n",
+    "\n",
+    "![](../img/azure_tutorial/7.png)\n",
+    "\n",
+    "On the following screen, configure basic settings:\n",
+    "name of the virtual machine (e.g. stat-nlp-book)\n",
+    "disk type (HDDs are cheaper)\n",
+    "user name (remember this, we'll refer to this as USER_NAME)\n",
+    "authentication type (**password** is easier, but go with **SSH public key** if you know what you're doing)\n",
+    "set your password\n",
+    "create a new resource group and name it (e.g. ucl-stuff)\n",
+    "set location to 'West Central US' (this will reduce the total price of the machine and leave more cash for you to use. You're also free to chose another location)\n",
+    "create new resource group and name it (e.g. ucl-stuff). Set location to 'West Central US' (this will reduce the total price of the machine and leave more cash on your account)\n",
+    "\n",
+    "\n",
+    "![](../img/azure_tutorial/8.png)\n",
+    "\n",
+    "\n",
     "### Setting up the firewall\n",
     "\n",
     "### Installing stat-nlp-book\n",