Add/remove NICs post creation to Azure VMs

Add/remove NICs post creation on Azure VM

John Savill

July 28, 2017

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Add/remove NICs post creation to Azure VMs

Q. Can I add/remove NICs from an Azure VM post creation?

A. Yes. Per article https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/multiple-nics it is possible to add and remove NICs from a VM. The process is as follows:

  1. Deallocate the VM (i.e. stop-azurermvm or stop from the Azure portal)

  2. Add or remove the NIC using Add-AzureRmVMNetworkInterface or Remove-AzureRmVMNetworkInterface

  3. Start the VM

Note that the number of NICs supported depends on the VM size.

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