I’ve only just started, but it seems that you need to create your own VM image and upload it to Azure. I already have VirtualBox installed, so I didn’t want to have to start using an alternative just for Azure.
Luckily, included with VirtualBox is the ‘VBoxManage’ command-line. This allows you to manage VirtualBox from the command-line (i.e. start, stop VMs) but it also has a very useful switch: clonehd
This switch creates a copy of the VirtualBox HDD file and allows the copy to be of a different format. In my case I need VHD. The complete command-line for this is:
VBoxManage clonehd <source .vdi> <destination .vhd> --format vhd
You’ll then end up with a cloned HDD image file of your VM. This is also the correct method, by the way, of backing up a VM. If you just copy & paste the file you’ll end up in a GUID nightmare!
For more information about VBoxManage clonehd and other VBoxManage command-lines, see the VirtualBox Manual online here.
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