Restore Azure Virtual Machine from disk snapshot using the Azure Portal

Restore Azure VM from snapshot

To restore an Azure VM from a snapshot, you will need to create a new disk from the snapshot and then attach the new disk to a VM.

Create new disk from snapshot

In the Azure portal - select Disks

Create 

Create a managed disk

Resource group: your-resource-group
Disk name: new-disk-name
Source type: Snapshot
Source snapshot: snapshot-name
Change size: 128GB Standard SSD

Review and create

Create

Delete the old VM 

Stop and deallocate the old Virtual Machine

Delete the old Virtual machine

Delete the VM network interface, but do not delete the disk
Tick that you have read the warning

Delete

Create VM using new disk

Disks - select the new disk

Create VM

Create a virtual machine   

Resource group: resource-group-name
Virtual machine name: new-vm-name
Image: new-disk-name
Size: Standard D2s v3
Public inbound ports: None
License type: Windows client
Tick: I confirm I have an eligible Windows 10/11 license with multi-tenant hosting rights.

Click Next Disks

Disks - Standard SSD

Click Next Networking

Virtual network: select existing vnet
Subnet: select existing subnet
Public IP: none
NIC network security group: none

Review + create

Create

Clean up old disk resources   

Once the new VM is up and running, you should delete the old disk and any associated snapshots.

Troubleshooting issues when restoring an Azure VM

These articles might be helpful when restoring a VM from a disk snapshot or backup.

Azure VM - The remote computer that you are trying to connect to requires Network Level Authentication (NLA)

Azure VM - The trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain failed

Azure VM - Reset Windows local admin password using the Azure Portal