Has anyone here successfully created a working manageable Azure VM? I tried last night using all the default values via my web Portal. The machine got stuck in the "Provisioning timed out" stage and is not contactable, even via a ping. Web searches show countless people hitting this problem over and over until they go barking mad. Before I go mad like them, I thought I'd ask here. The repeated advice about removing the VHD and sysprepping it is gibberish.
I've tried rebooting the VM without luck. I deleted the VM, now I can't delete the Storage space with the VM because it says "containers have active image and/or disk artifacts", so I'm stuck in a catch-22 and I'm sick of wasting time on this. My experience and what I'm reading from others is stunningly disappointing for this product. Greg K
