How can I run an azure vm in my local pc?

Question

I need to run an azure vm in my local PC. Intuitively I did the following:

1) Downloaded the virtual machine's disk (VHD) using Azure Storage Explorer

2) Configured a new virtual machine in Virtual Box

3) Tried to add the VHD disk image downloaded from azure

4) Clicked Accept (later I discovered the disk was not set)

5) Started the VM

6) The VM started with a different disk image (the latest one I used)

When I start the machine, it automattically switches to the latests image that I opened (another VM)

VB does not show any error, it just changes to the former disk image and starts the vm as if I never configured the disk I downloaded from azure.

The VHD file is correct, I compared the size and checksum MD5 and they are correct.

What am I doing wrong?

EDIT:

The problem, as I discovered later, is that VirtualBox doesn't like the VHD disk image at all. I manually added it to the SATA controller but VB does not set it:

Answer 1

In order to use *.vhd Azure VM images on local pc you need to use Hyper-V instead of VirtualBox or VMWare.

But in order to use /enable Hyper-V in your pc, you must have a compatible version of the Windows 10.

refer this link: Windows 10 Hyper-V System Requirements

If you have a compatible Windows 10 Operating System, activate Hyper-V using following commands,

• Open an elevated command prompt. (Administrator mode)

• Use DISM command,

  dism.exe /Online /Enable-Feature:Microsoft-Hyper-V /All

• add VT-x role to Hyper-V

  bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype auto

• "Restart" the PC.

Note that after enabling VT-x role to Hyper-V you are no longer able to use any kind of 3rd party Virtual service, or even emulators such as VMWare, VirtualBox, Genymotion, Bluestacks etc... So make sure you disable the VT-x role after you finish your Hyper-V scenarios. Otherwise BSODs will occur.

To disable VT-x from Hyper-V and enable it to other Virtual Services (VMWare, VirtualBox, etc...)

• Open an elevated command prompt. (Administrator mode)

  bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype off

• "Restart" the PC.

To disable Hyper-V role from PC,

• Open an elevated command prompt. (Administrator mode)

• Use DISM command,

  dism.exe /Online /Disable-Feature:Microsoft-Hyper-V-All

• "Restart" the PC.

Answer 2

I was able to start the image using Hyper-V instead of VirtualBox. It seems VB doesn't like the file format from Azure.

A drawback is that Virtual Box support for 64bits is disabled when Hyper-V is enabled.

Answer 3

According to your screenshot, I guess you have not select the right VHD. We download the VHD to local, the name should be xxxx.vhd, not .vdi.

Create new virtual machine with VHD, like this:

Here a article about run Microsoft VHD file on VirtualBox, please refer to it.

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Update:
MS recommend to use Hyper-v to run Azure VM image, maybe we can use Hyper-v to run your image.