How to Reset Built-In Admin Password on Azure Virtual Machine

               Reset Built-In Admin Password on Azure Virtual Machine


We got to a scenario , where we forgot our Administrator password for Azure virtual machine and their is no other account to login now.

No Idea on how to proceed ! :-o 

Are we stumped ? No after some research we got to find a solution which made us to reset Azure VM Built-In Admin Password.

First Step is you need to have a power shell, with Windows Azure Power Shell Module installed.

Below Link shows how to Install Azure Power Shell modules

http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/install-configure-powershell/

So get ready , once the power shell is installed follow the below steps:

1. Open the Azure power shell , by running it as Administrator.
2. Now type Get-Module Azure
3. Then you need to connect to Azure account, so open Windows PowerShell ISE and run the following commands
   Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned
   Import-Module Azure
   Add-AzureAccount
4. Now type you username and password of Azure Administrator \ CO-administrator account.
5. Type below command to get list of your Azure subscriptions if you have many.
   Get-AzureSubscription | Format-Table –Property SubscriptionName
6. Run the following command by entering your subscription name.
   $subscription = “ENTER YOUR SUBSCRIPTION NAME HERE”
   Select-AzureSubscription –Default $subscription
7. Now you need to enter below command , to get a prompt for credentials to which you would like to reset the built-in administrator account of a virtual machine.
   $adminCredentials = Get-Credential -Message "Enter new Admin credentials"
8. Last but now least, run the following snippet to get the account reset.
   (Get-AzureVM) |
   Where-Object -Property Status -EQ "ReadyRole" |
   Select-Object -Property Name, ServiceName |
   Out-GridView -Title "Select a VM …" -PassThru |
   ForEach-Object {
       $VM = Get-AzureVM -Name $_.Name -ServiceName $_.ServiceName
       If ($VM.VM.ProvisionGuestAgent) {
           Set-AzureVMAccessExtension -VM $VM `
               -UserName $adminCredentials.UserName `
               -Password $adminCredentials.GetNetworkCredential().Password `
               -ReferenceName "VMAccessAgent" |
           Update-AzureVM
           Restart-AzureVM -ServiceName $VM.ServiceName -Name $VM.Name
       } else {
           Write-Output "$($VM.Name): VM Agent Not Installed"
       }
   }

Done, try login to your Azure Virtual Machine now. 

Success ? Great .

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