Virtual machine serial console now in Preview

Microsoft have now released the ability for you to have serial console access to your Azure virtual machines. To use this function, you will need to have at minimum contributor rights to the VM and boot diagnostics must be enabled.  The serial connection is to the COM1 serial port of the machine and give you access to your Virtual Machine.

Obviously you won’t need to access the serial console that often, its main usages are for:

  • Fixing Iptables and Windows Firewall Rules
  • Recovering the File System
  • RDP configuration issues
  • Modifying the Bootloader

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