Restore Point Collections - Create Or Update

Service:: Compute

API Version:: 2025-04-01

The operation to create or update the restore point collection. Please refer to https://aka.ms/RestorePoints for more details. When updating a restore point collection, only tags may be modified.

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Compute/restorePointCollections/{restorePointCollectionName}?api-version=2025-04-01

URI Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type	Description
resourceGroupName	path	True	string minLength: 1 maxLength: 90	The name of the resource group. The name is case insensitive.
restorePointCollectionName	path	True	string	The name of the restore point collection.
subscriptionId	path	True	string minLength: 1	The ID of the target subscription.
api-version	query	True	string minLength: 1	The API version to use for this operation.

Request Body

Name	Required	Type	Description
___location	True	string	The geo-___location where the resource lives
properties.instantAccess		boolean	This property determines whether instant access snapshot is enabled for restore points created under this restore point collection for Premium SSD v2 or Ultra disk. Instant access snapshot for Premium SSD v2 or Ultra disk is instantaneously available for restoring disk with fast restore performance.
properties.source		RestorePointCollectionSourceProperties	The properties of the source resource that this restore point collection is created from.
tags		object	Resource tags.

Responses

Name	Type	Description
200 OK	RestorePointCollection	Resource 'RestorePointCollection' update operation succeeded
201 Created	RestorePointCollection	Resource 'RestorePointCollection' create operation succeeded
Other Status Codes	CloudError	An unexpected error response.

Security

azure_auth

Azure Active Directory OAuth2 Flow.

Type: oauth2
Flow: implicit
Authorization URL: https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/authorize

Scopes

Name	Description
user_impersonation	impersonate your user account

Examples

Create or update a restore point collection for cross region copy.

Create or update a restore point collection.

Create or update a restore point collection for cross region copy.

Sample request

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/restorePointCollections/myRpc?api-version=2025-04-01

{
  "___location": "norwayeast",
  "properties": {
    "source": {
      "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/restorePointCollections/sourceRpcName"
    }
  },
  "tags": {
    "myTag1": "tagValue1"
  }
}


import com.azure.resourcemanager.compute.fluent.models.RestorePointCollectionInner;
import com.azure.resourcemanager.compute.models.RestorePointCollectionSourceProperties;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * Samples for RestorePointCollections CreateOrUpdate.
 */
public final class Main {
    /*
     * x-ms-original-file:
     * specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2025-04-01/examples/
     * restorePointExamples/RestorePointCollection_CreateOrUpdate_ForCrossRegionCopy.json
     */
    /**
     * Sample code: Create or update a restore point collection for cross region copy.
     * 
     * @param azure The entry point for accessing resource management APIs in Azure.
     */
    public static void
        createOrUpdateARestorePointCollectionForCrossRegionCopy(com.azure.resourcemanager.AzureResourceManager azure) {
        azure.virtualMachines().manager().serviceClient().getRestorePointCollections().createOrUpdateWithResponse(
            "myResourceGroup", "myRpc",
            new RestorePointCollectionInner().withLocation("norwayeast").withTags(mapOf("myTag1", "tagValue1"))
                .withSource(new RestorePointCollectionSourceProperties().withId(
                    "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/restorePointCollections/sourceRpcName")),
            com.azure.core.util.Context.NONE);
    }

    // Use "Map.of" if available
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    private static <T> Map<String, T> mapOf(Object... inputs) {
        Map<String, T> map = new HashMap<>();
        for (int i = 0; i < inputs.length; i += 2) {
            String key = (String) inputs[i];
            T value = (T) inputs[i + 1];
            map.put(key, value);
        }
        return map;
    }
}

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from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential

from azure.mgmt.compute import ComputeManagementClient

"""
# PREREQUISITES
    pip install azure-identity
    pip install azure-mgmt-compute
# USAGE
    python restore_point_collection_create_or_update_for_cross_region_copy.py

    Before run the sample, please set the values of the client ID, tenant ID and client secret
    of the AAD application as environment variables: AZURE_CLIENT_ID, AZURE_TENANT_ID,
    AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET. For more info about how to get the value, please see:
    https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/develop/howto-create-service-principal-portal
"""


def main():
    client = ComputeManagementClient(
        credential=DefaultAzureCredential(),
        subscription_id="{subscription-id}",
    )

    response = client.restore_point_collections.create_or_update(
        resource_group_name="myResourceGroup",
        restore_point_collection_name="myRpc",
        parameters={
            "___location": "norwayeast",
            "properties": {
                "source": {
                    "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/restorePointCollections/sourceRpcName"
                }
            },
            "tags": {"myTag1": "tagValue1"},
        },
    )
    print(response)


# x-ms-original-file: specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2025-04-01/examples/restorePointExamples/RestorePointCollection_CreateOrUpdate_ForCrossRegionCopy.json
if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

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package armcompute_test

import (
	"context"
	"log"

	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore/to"
	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity"
	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/resourcemanager/compute/armcompute/v7"
)

// Generated from example definition: https://github.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/blob/fb90eb1bec64c6e8ad3e288a64c84cc18742a394/specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2025-04-01/examples/restorePointExamples/RestorePointCollection_CreateOrUpdate_ForCrossRegionCopy.json
func ExampleRestorePointCollectionsClient_CreateOrUpdate_createOrUpdateARestorePointCollectionForCrossRegionCopy() {
	cred, err := azidentity.NewDefaultAzureCredential(nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to obtain a credential: %v", err)
	}
	ctx := context.Background()
	clientFactory, err := armcompute.NewClientFactory("<subscription-id>", cred, nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to create client: %v", err)
	}
	res, err := clientFactory.NewRestorePointCollectionsClient().CreateOrUpdate(ctx, "myResourceGroup", "myRpc", armcompute.RestorePointCollection{
		Location: to.Ptr("norwayeast"),
		Tags: map[string]*string{
			"myTag1": to.Ptr("tagValue1"),
		},
		Properties: &armcompute.RestorePointCollectionProperties{
			Source: &armcompute.RestorePointCollectionSourceProperties{
				ID: to.Ptr("/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/restorePointCollections/sourceRpcName"),
			},
		},
	}, nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to finish the request: %v", err)
	}
	// You could use response here. We use blank identifier for just demo purposes.
	_ = res
	// If the HTTP response code is 200 as defined in example definition, your response structure would look as follows. Please pay attention that all the values in the output are fake values for just demo purposes.
	// res.RestorePointCollection = armcompute.RestorePointCollection{
	// 	Name: to.Ptr("myRpc"),
	// 	Type: to.Ptr("Microsoft.Compute/restorePointCollections"),
	// 	ID: to.Ptr("/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/restorePointCollections/myRpc"),
	// 	Location: to.Ptr("norwayeast"),
	// 	Tags: map[string]*string{
	// 		"myTag1": to.Ptr("tagValue1"),
	// 	},
	// 	Properties: &armcompute.RestorePointCollectionProperties{
	// 		ProvisioningState: to.Ptr("Succeeded"),
	// 		RestorePointCollectionID: to.Ptr("638f052b-a7c2-450c-89e7-6a3b8f1d6a7c"),
	// 		Source: &armcompute.RestorePointCollectionSourceProperties{
	// 			ID: to.Ptr("/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM"),
	// 			Location: to.Ptr("eastus"),
	// 		},
	// 	},
	// }
}

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const { ComputeManagementClient } = require("@azure/arm-compute");
const { DefaultAzureCredential } = require("@azure/identity");
require("dotenv/config");

/**
 * This sample demonstrates how to The operation to create or update the restore point collection. Please refer to https://aka.ms/RestorePoints for more details. When updating a restore point collection, only tags may be modified.
 *
 * @summary The operation to create or update the restore point collection. Please refer to https://aka.ms/RestorePoints for more details. When updating a restore point collection, only tags may be modified.
 * x-ms-original-file: specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2025-04-01/examples/restorePointExamples/RestorePointCollection_CreateOrUpdate_ForCrossRegionCopy.json
 */
async function createOrUpdateARestorePointCollectionForCrossRegionCopy() {
  const subscriptionId = process.env["COMPUTE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID"] || "{subscription-id}";
  const resourceGroupName = process.env["COMPUTE_RESOURCE_GROUP"] || "myResourceGroup";
  const restorePointCollectionName = "myRpc";
  const parameters = {
    ___location: "norwayeast",
    source: {
      id: "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/restorePointCollections/sourceRpcName",
    },
    tags: { myTag1: "tagValue1" },
  };
  const credential = new DefaultAzureCredential();
  const client = new ComputeManagementClient(credential, subscriptionId);
  const result = await client.restorePointCollections.createOrUpdate(
    resourceGroupName,
    restorePointCollectionName,
    parameters,
  );
  console.log(result);
}

To use the Azure SDK library in your project, see this documentation. To provide feedback on this code sample, open a GitHub issue

using Azure;
using Azure.ResourceManager;
using System;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Azure.Core;
using Azure.Identity;
using Azure.ResourceManager.Compute.Models;
using Azure.ResourceManager.Resources;
using Azure.ResourceManager.Compute;

// Generated from example definition: specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2025-04-01/examples/restorePointExamples/RestorePointCollection_CreateOrUpdate_ForCrossRegionCopy.json
// this example is just showing the usage of "RestorePointCollections_CreateOrUpdate" operation, for the dependent resources, they will have to be created separately.

// get your azure access token, for more details of how Azure SDK get your access token, please refer to https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/azure/sdk/authentication?tabs=command-line
TokenCredential cred = new DefaultAzureCredential();
// authenticate your client
ArmClient client = new ArmClient(cred);

// this example assumes you already have this ResourceGroupResource created on azure
// for more information of creating ResourceGroupResource, please refer to the document of ResourceGroupResource
string subscriptionId = "{subscription-id}";
string resourceGroupName = "myResourceGroup";
ResourceIdentifier resourceGroupResourceId = ResourceGroupResource.CreateResourceIdentifier(subscriptionId, resourceGroupName);
ResourceGroupResource resourceGroupResource = client.GetResourceGroupResource(resourceGroupResourceId);

// get the collection of this RestorePointGroupResource
RestorePointGroupCollection collection = resourceGroupResource.GetRestorePointGroups();

// invoke the operation
string restorePointGroupName = "myRpc";
RestorePointGroupData data = new RestorePointGroupData(new AzureLocation("norwayeast"))
{
    Source = new RestorePointGroupSource
    {
        Id = new ResourceIdentifier("/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/restorePointCollections/sourceRpcName"),
    },
    Tags =
    {
    ["myTag1"] = "tagValue1"
    },
};
ArmOperation<RestorePointGroupResource> lro = await collection.CreateOrUpdateAsync(WaitUntil.Completed, restorePointGroupName, data);
RestorePointGroupResource result = lro.Value;

// the variable result is a resource, you could call other operations on this instance as well
// but just for demo, we get its data from this resource instance
RestorePointGroupData resourceData = result.Data;
// for demo we just print out the id
Console.WriteLine($"Succeeded on id: {resourceData.Id}");

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Sample response

Status code:: 200

{
  "name": "myRpc",
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/restorePointCollections/myRpc",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/restorePointCollections",
  "___location": "norwayeast",
  "tags": {
    "myTag1": "tagValue1"
  },
  "properties": {
    "source": {
      "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
      "___location": "eastus"
    },
    "restorePointCollectionId": "638f052b-a7c2-450c-89e7-6a3b8f1d6a7c",
    "provisioningState": "Succeeded"
  }
}

Status code:: 201

{
  "name": "myRpc",
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/restorePointCollections/myRpc",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/restorePointCollections",
  "___location": "norwayeast",
  "tags": {
    "myTag1": "tagValue1"
  },
  "properties": {
    "source": {
      "id": "subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/restorePointCollections/sourceRpcName",
      "___location": "eastus"
    },
    "restorePointCollectionId": "638f052b-a7c2-450c-89e7-6a3b8f1d6a7c",
    "provisioningState": "Succeeded"
  }
}

Create or update a restore point collection.

Sample request

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/restorePointCollections/myRpc?api-version=2025-04-01

{
  "___location": "norwayeast",
  "properties": {
    "source": {
      "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM"
    },
    "instantAccess": true
  },
  "tags": {
    "myTag1": "tagValue1"
  }
}


import com.azure.resourcemanager.compute.fluent.models.RestorePointCollectionInner;
import com.azure.resourcemanager.compute.models.RestorePointCollectionSourceProperties;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * Samples for RestorePointCollections CreateOrUpdate.
 */
public final class Main {
    /*
     * x-ms-original-file:
     * specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2025-04-01/examples/
     * restorePointExamples/RestorePointCollection_CreateOrUpdate.json
     */
    /**
     * Sample code: Create or update a restore point collection.
     * 
     * @param azure The entry point for accessing resource management APIs in Azure.
     */
    public static void createOrUpdateARestorePointCollection(com.azure.resourcemanager.AzureResourceManager azure) {
        azure.virtualMachines().manager().serviceClient().getRestorePointCollections().createOrUpdateWithResponse(
            "myResourceGroup", "myRpc",
            new RestorePointCollectionInner().withLocation("norwayeast").withTags(mapOf("myTag1", "tagValue1"))
                .withSource(new RestorePointCollectionSourceProperties().withId(
                    "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM")),
            com.azure.core.util.Context.NONE);
    }

    // Use "Map.of" if available
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    private static <T> Map<String, T> mapOf(Object... inputs) {
        Map<String, T> map = new HashMap<>();
        for (int i = 0; i < inputs.length; i += 2) {
            String key = (String) inputs[i];
            T value = (T) inputs[i + 1];
            map.put(key, value);
        }
        return map;
    }
}

To use the Azure SDK library in your project, see this documentation. To provide feedback on this code sample, open a GitHub issue

from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential

from azure.mgmt.compute import ComputeManagementClient

"""
# PREREQUISITES
    pip install azure-identity
    pip install azure-mgmt-compute
# USAGE
    python restore_point_collection_create_or_update.py

    Before run the sample, please set the values of the client ID, tenant ID and client secret
    of the AAD application as environment variables: AZURE_CLIENT_ID, AZURE_TENANT_ID,
    AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET. For more info about how to get the value, please see:
    https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/develop/howto-create-service-principal-portal
"""


def main():
    client = ComputeManagementClient(
        credential=DefaultAzureCredential(),
        subscription_id="{subscription-id}",
    )

    response = client.restore_point_collections.create_or_update(
        resource_group_name="myResourceGroup",
        restore_point_collection_name="myRpc",
        parameters={
            "___location": "norwayeast",
            "properties": {
                "source": {
                    "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM"
                }
            },
            "tags": {"myTag1": "tagValue1"},
        },
    )
    print(response)


# x-ms-original-file: specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2025-04-01/examples/restorePointExamples/RestorePointCollection_CreateOrUpdate.json
if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

To use the Azure SDK library in your project, see this documentation. To provide feedback on this code sample, open a GitHub issue

package armcompute_test

import (
	"context"
	"log"

	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore/to"
	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity"
	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/resourcemanager/compute/armcompute/v7"
)

// Generated from example definition: https://github.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/blob/fb90eb1bec64c6e8ad3e288a64c84cc18742a394/specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2025-04-01/examples/restorePointExamples/RestorePointCollection_CreateOrUpdate.json
func ExampleRestorePointCollectionsClient_CreateOrUpdate_createOrUpdateARestorePointCollection() {
	cred, err := azidentity.NewDefaultAzureCredential(nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to obtain a credential: %v", err)
	}
	ctx := context.Background()
	clientFactory, err := armcompute.NewClientFactory("<subscription-id>", cred, nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to create client: %v", err)
	}
	res, err := clientFactory.NewRestorePointCollectionsClient().CreateOrUpdate(ctx, "myResourceGroup", "myRpc", armcompute.RestorePointCollection{
		Location: to.Ptr("norwayeast"),
		Tags: map[string]*string{
			"myTag1": to.Ptr("tagValue1"),
		},
		Properties: &armcompute.RestorePointCollectionProperties{
			Source: &armcompute.RestorePointCollectionSourceProperties{
				ID: to.Ptr("/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM"),
			},
		},
	}, nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to finish the request: %v", err)
	}
	// You could use response here. We use blank identifier for just demo purposes.
	_ = res
	// If the HTTP response code is 200 as defined in example definition, your response structure would look as follows. Please pay attention that all the values in the output are fake values for just demo purposes.
	// res.RestorePointCollection = armcompute.RestorePointCollection{
	// 	Name: to.Ptr("myRpc"),
	// 	Type: to.Ptr("Microsoft.Compute/restorePointCollections"),
	// 	ID: to.Ptr("/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/restorePointCollections/myRpc"),
	// 	Location: to.Ptr("norwayeast"),
	// 	Tags: map[string]*string{
	// 		"myTag1": to.Ptr("tagValue1"),
	// 	},
	// 	Properties: &armcompute.RestorePointCollectionProperties{
	// 		ProvisioningState: to.Ptr("Succeeded"),
	// 		RestorePointCollectionID: to.Ptr("638f052b-a7c2-450c-89e7-6a3b8f1d6a7c"),
	// 		Source: &armcompute.RestorePointCollectionSourceProperties{
	// 			ID: to.Ptr("/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM"),
	// 			Location: to.Ptr("eastus"),
	// 		},
	// 	},
	// }
}

To use the Azure SDK library in your project, see this documentation. To provide feedback on this code sample, open a GitHub issue

const { ComputeManagementClient } = require("@azure/arm-compute");
const { DefaultAzureCredential } = require("@azure/identity");
require("dotenv/config");

/**
 * This sample demonstrates how to The operation to create or update the restore point collection. Please refer to https://aka.ms/RestorePoints for more details. When updating a restore point collection, only tags may be modified.
 *
 * @summary The operation to create or update the restore point collection. Please refer to https://aka.ms/RestorePoints for more details. When updating a restore point collection, only tags may be modified.
 * x-ms-original-file: specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2025-04-01/examples/restorePointExamples/RestorePointCollection_CreateOrUpdate.json
 */
async function createOrUpdateARestorePointCollection() {
  const subscriptionId = process.env["COMPUTE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID"] || "{subscription-id}";
  const resourceGroupName = process.env["COMPUTE_RESOURCE_GROUP"] || "myResourceGroup";
  const restorePointCollectionName = "myRpc";
  const parameters = {
    ___location: "norwayeast",
    source: {
      id: "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
    },
    tags: { myTag1: "tagValue1" },
  };
  const credential = new DefaultAzureCredential();
  const client = new ComputeManagementClient(credential, subscriptionId);
  const result = await client.restorePointCollections.createOrUpdate(
    resourceGroupName,
    restorePointCollectionName,
    parameters,
  );
  console.log(result);
}

To use the Azure SDK library in your project, see this documentation. To provide feedback on this code sample, open a GitHub issue

using Azure;
using Azure.ResourceManager;
using System;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Azure.Core;
using Azure.Identity;
using Azure.ResourceManager.Compute.Models;
using Azure.ResourceManager.Resources;
using Azure.ResourceManager.Compute;

// Generated from example definition: specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2025-04-01/examples/restorePointExamples/RestorePointCollection_CreateOrUpdate.json
// this example is just showing the usage of "RestorePointCollections_CreateOrUpdate" operation, for the dependent resources, they will have to be created separately.

// get your azure access token, for more details of how Azure SDK get your access token, please refer to https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/azure/sdk/authentication?tabs=command-line
TokenCredential cred = new DefaultAzureCredential();
// authenticate your client
ArmClient client = new ArmClient(cred);

// this example assumes you already have this ResourceGroupResource created on azure
// for more information of creating ResourceGroupResource, please refer to the document of ResourceGroupResource
string subscriptionId = "{subscription-id}";
string resourceGroupName = "myResourceGroup";
ResourceIdentifier resourceGroupResourceId = ResourceGroupResource.CreateResourceIdentifier(subscriptionId, resourceGroupName);
ResourceGroupResource resourceGroupResource = client.GetResourceGroupResource(resourceGroupResourceId);

// get the collection of this RestorePointGroupResource
RestorePointGroupCollection collection = resourceGroupResource.GetRestorePointGroups();

// invoke the operation
string restorePointGroupName = "myRpc";
RestorePointGroupData data = new RestorePointGroupData(new AzureLocation("norwayeast"))
{
    Source = new RestorePointGroupSource
    {
        Id = new ResourceIdentifier("/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM"),
    },
    Tags =
    {
    ["myTag1"] = "tagValue1"
    },
};
ArmOperation<RestorePointGroupResource> lro = await collection.CreateOrUpdateAsync(WaitUntil.Completed, restorePointGroupName, data);
RestorePointGroupResource result = lro.Value;

// the variable result is a resource, you could call other operations on this instance as well
// but just for demo, we get its data from this resource instance
RestorePointGroupData resourceData = result.Data;
// for demo we just print out the id
Console.WriteLine($"Succeeded on id: {resourceData.Id}");

To use the Azure SDK library in your project, see this documentation. To provide feedback on this code sample, open a GitHub issue

Sample response

Status code:: 200

{
  "name": "myRpc",
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/restorePointCollections/myRpc",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/restorePointCollections",
  "___location": "norwayeast",
  "tags": {
    "myTag1": "tagValue1"
  },
  "properties": {
    "source": {
      "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
      "___location": "eastus"
    },
    "instantAccess": true,
    "restorePointCollectionId": "638f052b-a7c2-450c-89e7-6a3b8f1d6a7c",
    "provisioningState": "Succeeded"
  }
}

Status code:: 201

{
  "name": "myRpc",
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/restorePointCollections/myRpc",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/restorePointCollections",
  "___location": "norwayeast",
  "tags": {
    "myTag1": "tagValue1"
  },
  "properties": {
    "source": {
      "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
      "___location": "eastus"
    },
    "instantAccess": true,
    "restorePointCollectionId": "638f052b-a7c2-450c-89e7-6a3b8f1d6a7c",
    "provisioningState": "Succeeded"
  }
}

Definitions

Name	Description
AdditionalUnattendContent	Specifies additional XML formatted information that can be included in the Unattend.xml file, which is used by Windows Setup. Contents are defined by setting name, component name, and the pass in which the content is applied.
ApiEntityReference	The API entity reference.
ApiError	Api error.
ApiErrorBase	Api error base.
BootDiagnostics	Boot Diagnostics is a debugging feature which allows you to view Console Output and Screenshot to diagnose VM status. You can easily view the output of your console log. Azure also enables you to see a screenshot of the VM from the hypervisor.
CachingTypes	Specifies the caching requirements. Possible values are: None, ReadOnly, ReadWrite. The default values are: None for Standard storage. ReadOnly for Premium storage
CloudError	An error response from the Compute service.
ComponentNames
ConsistencyModeTypes	ConsistencyMode of the RestorePoint. Can be specified in the input while creating a restore point. For now, only CrashConsistent is accepted as a valid input. Please refer to https://aka.ms/RestorePoints for more details.
createdByType	The type of identity that created the resource.
DiagnosticsProfile	Specifies the boot diagnostic settings state. Minimum api-version: 2015-06-15.
DiskControllerTypes	Specifies the disk controller type configured for the VM and VirtualMachineScaleSet. This property is only supported for virtual machines whose operating system disk and VM sku supports Generation 2 (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/generation-2), please check the HyperVGenerations capability returned as part of VM sku capabilities in the response of Microsoft.Compute SKUs api for the region contains V2 (https://docs.microsoft.com/rest/api/compute/resourceskus/list). For more information about Disk Controller Types supported please refer to https://aka.ms/azure-diskcontrollertypes.
DiskEncryptionSetParameters	Describes the parameter of customer managed disk encryption set resource id that can be specified for disk. Note: The disk encryption set resource id can only be specified for managed disk. Please refer https://aka.ms/mdssewithcmkoverview for more details.
DiskEncryptionSettings	Describes a Encryption Settings for a Disk
DiskRestorePointAttributes	Disk Restore Point details.
DiskRestorePointInstanceView	The instance view of a disk restore point.
DiskRestorePointReplicationStatus	The instance view of a disk restore point.
EncryptionIdentity	Specifies the Managed Identity used by ADE to get access token for keyvault operations.
HardwareProfile	Specifies the hardware settings for the virtual machine.
HostEndpointSettings	Specifies particular host endpoint settings.
HyperVGenerationTypes	Specifies the HyperVGeneration Type
InnerError	Inner error details.
InstanceViewStatus	Instance view status.
KeyVaultKeyReference	Describes a reference to Key Vault Key
KeyVaultSecretReference	Describes a reference to Key Vault Secret
LinuxConfiguration	Specifies the Linux operating system settings on the virtual machine. For a list of supported Linux distributions, see Linux on Azure-Endorsed Distributions.
LinuxPatchAssessmentMode	Specifies the mode of VM Guest Patch Assessment for the IaaS virtual machine. Possible values are: ImageDefault - You control the timing of patch assessments on a virtual machine. AutomaticByPlatform - The platform will trigger periodic patch assessments. The property provisionVMAgent must be true.
LinuxPatchSettings	Specifies settings related to VM Guest Patching on Linux.
LinuxVMGuestPatchAutomaticByPlatformRebootSetting	Specifies the reboot setting for all AutomaticByPlatform patch installation operations.
LinuxVMGuestPatchAutomaticByPlatformSettings	Specifies additional settings to be applied when patch mode AutomaticByPlatform is selected in Linux patch settings.
LinuxVMGuestPatchMode	Specifies the mode of VM Guest Patching to IaaS virtual machine or virtual machines associated to virtual machine scale set with OrchestrationMode as Flexible. Possible values are: ImageDefault - The virtual machine's default patching configuration is used. AutomaticByPlatform - The virtual machine will be automatically updated by the platform. The property provisionVMAgent must be true
ManagedDiskParameters	The parameters of a managed disk.
Mode	Specifies the mode that ProxyAgent will execute on if the feature is enabled. ProxyAgent will start to audit or monitor but not enforce access control over requests to host endpoints in Audit mode, while in Enforce mode it will enforce access control. The default value is Enforce mode.
Modes	Specifies the execution mode. In Audit mode, the system acts as if it is enforcing the access control policy, including emitting access denial entries in the logs but it does not actually deny any requests to host endpoints. In Enforce mode, the system will enforce the access control and it is the recommended mode of operation.
OperatingSystemType	Gets the Operating System type.
OSProfile	Specifies the operating system settings for the virtual machine. Some of the settings cannot be changed once VM is provisioned.
PassNames
PatchSettings	Specifies settings related to VM Guest Patching on Windows.
ProtocolTypes	Specifies the protocol of WinRM listener. Possible values are: http, https.
ProxyAgentSettings	Specifies ProxyAgent settings for the virtual machine or virtual machine scale set. Minimum api-version: 2023-09-01.
RestorePoint	Restore Point details.
RestorePointCollection	Create or update Restore Point collection parameters.
RestorePointCollectionSourceProperties	The properties of the source resource that this restore point collection is created from.
RestorePointEncryption	Encryption at rest settings for disk restore point. It is an optional property that can be specified in the input while creating a restore point.
RestorePointEncryptionType	The type of key used to encrypt the data of the disk restore point.
RestorePointInstanceView	The instance view of a restore point.
RestorePointSourceMetadata	Describes the properties of the Virtual Machine for which the restore point was created. The properties provided are a subset and the snapshot of the overall Virtual Machine properties captured at the time of the restore point creation.
RestorePointSourceVMDataDisk	Describes a data disk.
RestorePointSourceVMOSDisk	Describes an Operating System disk.
RestorePointSourceVMStorageProfile	Describes the storage profile.
SecurityEncryptionTypes	Specifies the EncryptionType of the managed disk. It is set to DiskWithVMGuestState for encryption of the managed disk along with VMGuestState blob, VMGuestStateOnly for encryption of just the VMGuestState blob, and NonPersistedTPM for not persisting firmware state in the VMGuestState blob.. Note: It can be set for only Confidential VMs.
SecurityProfile	Specifies the Security profile settings for the virtual machine or virtual machine scale set.
SecurityTypes	Specifies the SecurityType of the virtual machine. It has to be set to any specified value to enable UefiSettings. The default behavior is: UefiSettings will not be enabled unless this property is set.
SettingNames	Specifies the name of the setting to which the content applies. Possible values are: FirstLogonCommands and AutoLogon.
SnapshotAccessState	The state of snapshot which determines the access availability of the snapshot.
SshConfiguration	SSH configuration for Linux based VMs running on Azure
SshPublicKey	Contains information about SSH certificate public key and the path on the Linux VM where the public key is placed.
StatusLevelTypes	The level code.
StorageAccountTypes	Specifies the storage account type for the managed disk. Managed OS disk storage account type can only be set when you create the scale set. NOTE: UltraSSD_LRS can only be used with data disks. It cannot be used with OS Disk. Standard_LRS uses Standard HDD. StandardSSD_LRS uses Standard SSD. Premium_LRS uses Premium SSD. UltraSSD_LRS uses Ultra disk. Premium_ZRS uses Premium SSD zone redundant storage. StandardSSD_ZRS uses Standard SSD zone redundant storage. For more information regarding disks supported for Windows Virtual Machines, refer to https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-machines/windows/disks-types and, for Linux Virtual Machines, refer to https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-machines/linux/disks-types
SubResource
systemData	Metadata pertaining to creation and last modification of the resource.
UefiSettings	Specifies the security settings like secure boot and vTPM used while creating the virtual machine. Minimum api-version: 2020-12-01.
VaultCertificate	Describes a single certificate reference in a Key Vault, and where the certificate should reside on the VM.
VaultSecretGroup	Describes a set of certificates which are all in the same Key Vault.
VirtualMachineSizeTypes	Specifies the size of the virtual machine. The enum data type is currently deprecated and will be removed by December 23rd 2023. The recommended way to get the list of available sizes is using these APIs: List all available virtual machine sizes in an availability set, List all available virtual machine sizes in a region, List all available virtual machine sizes for resizing. For more information about virtual machine sizes, see Sizes for virtual machines. The available VM sizes depend on region and availability set.
VMDiskSecurityProfile	Specifies the security profile settings for the managed disk. Note: It can only be set for Confidential VMs.
VMSizeProperties	Specifies VM Size Property settings on the virtual machine.
WindowsConfiguration	Specifies Windows operating system settings on the virtual machine.
WindowsPatchAssessmentMode	Specifies the mode of VM Guest patch assessment for the IaaS virtual machine. Possible values are: ImageDefault - You control the timing of patch assessments on a virtual machine. AutomaticByPlatform - The platform will trigger periodic patch assessments. The property provisionVMAgent must be true.
WindowsVMGuestPatchAutomaticByPlatformRebootSetting	Specifies the reboot setting for all AutomaticByPlatform patch installation operations.
WindowsVMGuestPatchAutomaticByPlatformSettings	Specifies additional settings to be applied when patch mode AutomaticByPlatform is selected in Windows patch settings.
WindowsVMGuestPatchMode	Specifies the mode of VM Guest Patching to IaaS virtual machine or virtual machines associated to virtual machine scale set with OrchestrationMode as Flexible. Possible values are: Manual - You control the application of patches to a virtual machine. You do this by applying patches manually inside the VM. In this mode, automatic updates are disabled; the property WindowsConfiguration.enableAutomaticUpdates must be false AutomaticByOS - The virtual machine will automatically be updated by the OS. The property WindowsConfiguration.enableAutomaticUpdates must be true. AutomaticByPlatform - the virtual machine will automatically updated by the platform. The properties provisionVMAgent and WindowsConfiguration.enableAutomaticUpdates must be true
WinRMConfiguration	Describes Windows Remote Management configuration of the VM
WinRMListener	Describes Protocol and thumbprint of Windows Remote Management listener

AdditionalUnattendContent

Object

Specifies additional XML formatted information that can be included in the Unattend.xml file, which is used by Windows Setup. Contents are defined by setting name, component name, and the pass in which the content is applied.

Name	Type	Description
componentName	ComponentNames	The component name. Currently, the only allowable value is Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup.
content	string	Specifies the XML formatted content that is added to the unattend.xml file for the specified path and component. The XML must be less than 4KB and must include the root element for the setting or feature that is being inserted.
passName	PassNames	The pass name. Currently, the only allowable value is OobeSystem.
settingName	SettingNames	Specifies the name of the setting to which the content applies. Possible values are: FirstLogonCommands and AutoLogon.

ApiEntityReference

Object

The API entity reference.

Name	Type	Description
id	string	The ARM resource id in the form of /subscriptions/{SubscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{ResourceGroupName}/...

ApiError

Object

Api error.

Name	Type	Description
code	string	The error code.
details	ApiErrorBase[]	The Api error details
innererror	InnerError	The Api inner error
message	string	The error message.
target	string	The target of the particular error.

ApiErrorBase

Object

Api error base.

Name	Type	Description
code	string	The error code.
message	string	The error message.
target	string	The target of the particular error.

BootDiagnostics

Object

Boot Diagnostics is a debugging feature which allows you to view Console Output and Screenshot to diagnose VM status. You can easily view the output of your console log. Azure also enables you to see a screenshot of the VM from the hypervisor.

Name	Type	Description
enabled	boolean	Whether boot diagnostics should be enabled on the Virtual Machine.
storageUri	string	Uri of the storage account to use for placing the console output and screenshot. If storageUri is not specified while enabling boot diagnostics, managed storage will be used.

CachingTypes

Enumeration

Specifies the caching requirements. Possible values are: None, ReadOnly, ReadWrite. The default values are: None for Standard storage. ReadOnly for Premium storage

Value	Description
None
ReadOnly
ReadWrite

CloudError

Object

An error response from the Compute service.

Name	Type	Description
error	ApiError	Api error.

ComponentNames

Enumeration

Value	Description
Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup

ConsistencyModeTypes

Enumeration

ConsistencyMode of the RestorePoint. Can be specified in the input while creating a restore point. For now, only CrashConsistent is accepted as a valid input. Please refer to https://aka.ms/RestorePoints for more details.

Value	Description
CrashConsistent
FileSystemConsistent
ApplicationConsistent

createdByType

Enumeration

The type of identity that created the resource.

Value	Description
User
Application
ManagedIdentity
Key

DiagnosticsProfile

Object

Specifies the boot diagnostic settings state. Minimum api-version: 2015-06-15.

Name	Type	Description
bootDiagnostics	BootDiagnostics	Boot Diagnostics is a debugging feature which allows you to view Console Output and Screenshot to diagnose VM status. NOTE: If storageUri is being specified then ensure that the storage account is in the same region and subscription as the VM. You can easily view the output of your console log. Azure also enables you to see a screenshot of the VM from the hypervisor.

DiskControllerTypes

Enumeration

Specifies the disk controller type configured for the VM and VirtualMachineScaleSet. This property is only supported for virtual machines whose operating system disk and VM sku supports Generation 2 (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/generation-2), please check the HyperVGenerations capability returned as part of VM sku capabilities in the response of Microsoft.Compute SKUs api for the region contains V2 (https://docs.microsoft.com/rest/api/compute/resourceskus/list). For more information about Disk Controller Types supported please refer to https://aka.ms/azure-diskcontrollertypes.

Value	Description
SCSI
NVMe

DiskEncryptionSetParameters

Object

Describes the parameter of customer managed disk encryption set resource id that can be specified for disk. Note: The disk encryption set resource id can only be specified for managed disk. Please refer https://aka.ms/mdssewithcmkoverview for more details.

Name	Type	Description
id	string	Resource Id

DiskEncryptionSettings

Object

Describes a Encryption Settings for a Disk

Name	Type	Description
diskEncryptionKey	KeyVaultSecretReference	Specifies the ___location of the disk encryption key, which is a Key Vault Secret.
enabled	boolean	Specifies whether disk encryption should be enabled on the virtual machine.
keyEncryptionKey	KeyVaultKeyReference	Specifies the ___location of the key encryption key in Key Vault.

DiskRestorePointAttributes

Object

Disk Restore Point details.

Name	Type	Description
encryption	RestorePointEncryption	Encryption at rest settings for disk restore point. It is an optional property that can be specified in the input while creating a restore point.
id	string	Resource Id
sourceDiskRestorePoint	ApiEntityReference	Resource Id of the source disk restore point.

DiskRestorePointInstanceView

Object

The instance view of a disk restore point.

Name	Type	Description
id	string	Disk restore point Id.
replicationStatus	DiskRestorePointReplicationStatus	The disk restore point replication status information.
snapshotAccessState	SnapshotAccessState	The state of snapshot which determines the access availability of the snapshot.

DiskRestorePointReplicationStatus

Object

The instance view of a disk restore point.

Name	Type	Description
completionPercent	integer (int32)	Replication completion percentage.
status	InstanceViewStatus	The resource status information.

EncryptionIdentity

Object

Specifies the Managed Identity used by ADE to get access token for keyvault operations.

Name	Type	Description
userAssignedIdentityResourceId	string	Specifies ARM Resource ID of one of the user identities associated with the VM.

HardwareProfile

Object

Specifies the hardware settings for the virtual machine.

Name	Type	Description
vmSize	VirtualMachineSizeTypes	Specifies the size of the virtual machine. The enum data type is currently deprecated and will be removed by December 23rd 2023. The recommended way to get the list of available sizes is using these APIs: List all available virtual machine sizes in an availability set, List all available virtual machine sizes in a region, List all available virtual machine sizes for resizing. For more information about virtual machine sizes, see Sizes for virtual machines. The available VM sizes depend on region and availability set.
vmSizeProperties	VMSizeProperties	Specifies the properties for customizing the size of the virtual machine. Minimum api-version: 2021-07-01. This feature is still in preview mode and is not supported for VirtualMachineScaleSet. Please follow the instructions in VM Customization for more details.

HostEndpointSettings

Object

Specifies particular host endpoint settings.

Name	Type	Description
inVMAccessControlProfileReferenceId	string	Specifies the InVMAccessControlProfileVersion resource id in the format of /subscriptions/{SubscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{ResourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Compute/galleries/{galleryName}/inVMAccessControlProfiles/{profile}/versions/{version}
mode	Modes	Specifies the execution mode. In Audit mode, the system acts as if it is enforcing the access control policy, including emitting access denial entries in the logs but it does not actually deny any requests to host endpoints. In Enforce mode, the system will enforce the access control and it is the recommended mode of operation.

HyperVGenerationTypes

Enumeration

Specifies the HyperVGeneration Type

Value	Description
V1
V2

InnerError

Object

Inner error details.

Name	Type	Description
errordetail	string	The internal error message or exception dump.
exceptiontype	string	The exception type.

InstanceViewStatus

Object

Instance view status.

Name	Type	Description
code	string	The status code.
displayStatus	string	The short localizable label for the status.
level	StatusLevelTypes	The level code.
message	string	The detailed status message, including for alerts and error messages.
time	string (date-time)	The time of the status.

KeyVaultKeyReference

Object

Describes a reference to Key Vault Key

Name	Type	Description
keyUrl	string	The URL referencing a key encryption key in Key Vault.
sourceVault	SubResource	The relative URL of the Key Vault containing the key.

KeyVaultSecretReference

Object

Describes a reference to Key Vault Secret

Name	Type	Description
secretUrl	string	The URL referencing a secret in a Key Vault.
sourceVault	SubResource	The relative URL of the Key Vault containing the secret.

LinuxConfiguration

Object

Specifies the Linux operating system settings on the virtual machine. For a list of supported Linux distributions, see Linux on Azure-Endorsed Distributions.

Name	Type	Description
disablePasswordAuthentication	boolean	Specifies whether password authentication should be disabled.
enableVMAgentPlatformUpdates	boolean	Indicates whether VMAgent Platform Updates is enabled for the Linux virtual machine. Default value is false.
patchSettings	LinuxPatchSettings	[Preview Feature] Specifies settings related to VM Guest Patching on Linux.
provisionVMAgent	boolean	Indicates whether virtual machine agent should be provisioned on the virtual machine. When this property is not specified in the request body, default behavior is to set it to true. This will ensure that VM Agent is installed on the VM so that extensions can be added to the VM later.
ssh	SshConfiguration	Specifies the ssh key configuration for a Linux OS.

LinuxPatchAssessmentMode

Enumeration

Specifies the mode of VM Guest Patch Assessment for the IaaS virtual machine.

Possible values are:

ImageDefault - You control the timing of patch assessments on a virtual machine.

AutomaticByPlatform - The platform will trigger periodic patch assessments. The property provisionVMAgent must be true.

Value	Description
ImageDefault
AutomaticByPlatform

LinuxPatchSettings

Object

Specifies settings related to VM Guest Patching on Linux.

Name	Type	Description
assessmentMode	LinuxPatchAssessmentMode	Specifies the mode of VM Guest Patch Assessment for the IaaS virtual machine. Possible values are: ImageDefault - You control the timing of patch assessments on a virtual machine. AutomaticByPlatform - The platform will trigger periodic patch assessments. The property provisionVMAgent must be true.
automaticByPlatformSettings	LinuxVMGuestPatchAutomaticByPlatformSettings	Specifies additional settings for patch mode AutomaticByPlatform in VM Guest Patching on Linux.
patchMode	LinuxVMGuestPatchMode	Specifies the mode of VM Guest Patching to IaaS virtual machine or virtual machines associated to virtual machine scale set with OrchestrationMode as Flexible. Possible values are: ImageDefault - The virtual machine's default patching configuration is used. AutomaticByPlatform - The virtual machine will be automatically updated by the platform. The property provisionVMAgent must be true

LinuxVMGuestPatchAutomaticByPlatformRebootSetting

Enumeration

Specifies the reboot setting for all AutomaticByPlatform patch installation operations.

Value	Description
Unknown
IfRequired
Never
Always

LinuxVMGuestPatchAutomaticByPlatformSettings

Object

Specifies additional settings to be applied when patch mode AutomaticByPlatform is selected in Linux patch settings.

Name	Type	Description
bypassPlatformSafetyChecksOnUserSchedule	boolean	Enables customer to schedule patching without accidental upgrades
rebootSetting	LinuxVMGuestPatchAutomaticByPlatformRebootSetting	Specifies the reboot setting for all AutomaticByPlatform patch installation operations.

LinuxVMGuestPatchMode

Enumeration

Specifies the mode of VM Guest Patching to IaaS virtual machine or virtual machines associated to virtual machine scale set with OrchestrationMode as Flexible.

Possible values are:

ImageDefault - The virtual machine's default patching configuration is used.

AutomaticByPlatform - The virtual machine will be automatically updated by the platform. The property provisionVMAgent must be true

Value	Description
ImageDefault
AutomaticByPlatform

ManagedDiskParameters

Object

The parameters of a managed disk.

Name	Type	Description
diskEncryptionSet	DiskEncryptionSetParameters	Specifies the customer managed disk encryption set resource id for the managed disk.
id	string	Resource Id
securityProfile	VMDiskSecurityProfile	Specifies the security profile for the managed disk.
storageAccountType	StorageAccountTypes	Specifies the storage account type for the managed disk. NOTE: UltraSSD_LRS can only be used with data disks, it cannot be used with OS Disk.

Mode

Enumeration

Specifies the mode that ProxyAgent will execute on if the feature is enabled. ProxyAgent will start to audit or monitor but not enforce access control over requests to host endpoints in Audit mode, while in Enforce mode it will enforce access control. The default value is Enforce mode.

Value	Description
Audit
Enforce

Modes

Enumeration

Specifies the execution mode. In Audit mode, the system acts as if it is enforcing the access control policy, including emitting access denial entries in the logs but it does not actually deny any requests to host endpoints. In Enforce mode, the system will enforce the access control and it is the recommended mode of operation.

Value	Description
Audit
Enforce
Disabled

OperatingSystemType

Enumeration

Gets the Operating System type.

Value	Description
Windows
Linux

OSProfile

Object

Specifies the operating system settings for the virtual machine. Some of the settings cannot be changed once VM is provisioned.

Name	Type	Description
adminPassword	string (password)	Specifies the password of the administrator account. Minimum-length (Windows): 8 characters Minimum-length (Linux): 6 characters Max-length (Windows): 123 characters Max-length (Linux): 72 characters Complexity requirements: 3 out of 4 conditions below need to be fulfilled Has lower characters Has upper characters Has a digit Has a special character (Regex match [\W_]) Disallowed values: "abc@123", "P@$$w0rd", "P@ssw0rd", "P@ssword123", "Pa$$word", "pass@word1", "Password!", "Password1", "Password22", "iloveyou!" For resetting the password, see How to reset the Remote Desktop service or its login password in a Windows VM For resetting root password, see Manage users, SSH, and check or repair disks on Azure Linux VMs using the VMAccess Extension
adminUsername	string	Specifies the name of the administrator account. This property cannot be updated after the VM is created. Windows-only restriction: Cannot end in "." Disallowed values: "administrator", "admin", "user", "user1", "test", "user2", "test1", "user3", "admin1", "1", "123", "a", "actuser", "adm", "admin2", "aspnet", "backup", "console", "david", "guest", "john", "owner", "root", "server", "sql", "support", "support_388945a0", "sys", "test2", "test3", "user4", "user5". Minimum-length (Linux): 1 character Max-length (Linux): 64 characters Max-length (Windows): 20 characters.
allowExtensionOperations	boolean	Specifies whether extension operations should be allowed on the virtual machine. This may only be set to False when no extensions are present on the virtual machine.
computerName	string	Specifies the host OS name of the virtual machine. This name cannot be updated after the VM is created. Max-length (Windows): 15 characters. Max-length (Linux): 64 characters. For naming conventions and restrictions see Azure infrastructure services implementation guidelines.
customData	string	Specifies a base-64 encoded string of custom data. The base-64 encoded string is decoded to a binary array that is saved as a file on the Virtual Machine. The maximum length of the binary array is 65535 bytes. Note: Do not pass any secrets or passwords in customData property. This property cannot be updated after the VM is created. The property 'customData' is passed to the VM to be saved as a file, for more information see Custom Data on Azure VMs. For using cloud-init for your Linux VM, see Using cloud-init to customize a Linux VM during creation.
linuxConfiguration	LinuxConfiguration	Specifies the Linux operating system settings on the virtual machine. For a list of supported Linux distributions, see Linux on Azure-Endorsed Distributions.
requireGuestProvisionSignal	boolean	Optional property which must either be set to True or omitted.
secrets	VaultSecretGroup[]	Specifies set of certificates that should be installed onto the virtual machine. To install certificates on a virtual machine it is recommended to use the Azure Key Vault virtual machine extension for Linux or the Azure Key Vault virtual machine extension for Windows.
windowsConfiguration	WindowsConfiguration	Specifies Windows operating system settings on the virtual machine.

PassNames

Enumeration

Value	Description
OobeSystem

PatchSettings

Object

Specifies settings related to VM Guest Patching on Windows.

Name	Type	Description
assessmentMode	WindowsPatchAssessmentMode	Specifies the mode of VM Guest patch assessment for the IaaS virtual machine. Possible values are: ImageDefault - You control the timing of patch assessments on a virtual machine. AutomaticByPlatform - The platform will trigger periodic patch assessments. The property provisionVMAgent must be true.
automaticByPlatformSettings	WindowsVMGuestPatchAutomaticByPlatformSettings	Specifies additional settings for patch mode AutomaticByPlatform in VM Guest Patching on Windows.
enableHotpatching	boolean	Enables customers to patch their Azure VMs without requiring a reboot. For enableHotpatching, the 'provisionVMAgent' must be set to true and 'patchMode' must be set to 'AutomaticByPlatform'.
patchMode	WindowsVMGuestPatchMode	Specifies the mode of VM Guest Patching to IaaS virtual machine or virtual machines associated to virtual machine scale set with OrchestrationMode as Flexible. Possible values are: Manual - You control the application of patches to a virtual machine. You do this by applying patches manually inside the VM. In this mode, automatic updates are disabled; the property WindowsConfiguration.enableAutomaticUpdates must be false AutomaticByOS - The virtual machine will automatically be updated by the OS. The property WindowsConfiguration.enableAutomaticUpdates must be true. AutomaticByPlatform - the virtual machine will automatically updated by the platform. The properties provisionVMAgent and WindowsConfiguration.enableAutomaticUpdates must be true

ProtocolTypes

Enumeration

Specifies the protocol of WinRM listener. Possible values are: http, https.

Value	Description
Http
Https

ProxyAgentSettings

Object

Specifies ProxyAgent settings for the virtual machine or virtual machine scale set. Minimum api-version: 2023-09-01.

Name	Type	Description
addProxyAgentExtension	boolean	Specify whether to implicitly install the ProxyAgent Extension. This option is currently applicable only for Linux Os.
enabled	boolean	Specifies whether ProxyAgent feature should be enabled on the virtual machine or virtual machine scale set.
imds	HostEndpointSettings	Specifies the IMDS endpoint settings while creating the virtual machine or virtual machine scale set. Minimum api-version: 2024-03-01.
keyIncarnationId	integer (int32)	Increase the value of this property allows users to reset the key used for securing communication channel between guest and host.
mode	Mode	Specifies the mode that ProxyAgent will execute on. Warning: this property has been deprecated, please specify 'mode' under particular hostendpoint setting.
wireServer	HostEndpointSettings	Specifies the Wire Server endpoint settings while creating the virtual machine or virtual machine scale set. Minimum api-version: 2024-03-01.

RestorePoint

Object

Restore Point details.

Name	Type	Description
id	string	Fully qualified resource ID for the resource. Ex - /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/{resourceProviderNamespace}/{resourceType}/{resourceName}
name	string	The name of the resource
properties.consistencyMode	ConsistencyModeTypes	ConsistencyMode of the RestorePoint. Can be specified in the input while creating a restore point. For now, only CrashConsistent is accepted as a valid input. Please refer to https://aka.ms/RestorePoints for more details.
properties.excludeDisks	ApiEntityReference[]	List of disk resource ids that the customer wishes to exclude from the restore point. If no disks are specified, all disks will be included.
properties.instanceView	RestorePointInstanceView	The restore point instance view.
properties.instantAccessDurationMinutes	integer (int32)	This property determines the time in minutes the snapshot is retained as instant access for restoring Premium SSD v2 or Ultra disk with fast restore performance in this restore point.
properties.provisioningState	string	Gets the provisioning state of the restore point.
properties.sourceMetadata	RestorePointSourceMetadata	Gets the details of the VM captured at the time of the restore point creation.
properties.sourceRestorePoint	ApiEntityReference	Resource Id of the source restore point from which a copy needs to be created.
properties.timeCreated	string (date-time)	Gets the creation time of the restore point.
systemData	systemData	Azure Resource Manager metadata containing createdBy and modifiedBy information.
type	string	The type of the resource. E.g. "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines" or "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts"

RestorePointCollection

Object

Create or update Restore Point collection parameters.

Name	Type	Description
id	string	Fully qualified resource ID for the resource. Ex - /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/{resourceProviderNamespace}/{resourceType}/{resourceName}
___location	string	The geo-___location where the resource lives
name	string	The name of the resource
properties.instantAccess	boolean	This property determines whether instant access snapshot is enabled for restore points created under this restore point collection for Premium SSD v2 or Ultra disk. Instant access snapshot for Premium SSD v2 or Ultra disk is instantaneously available for restoring disk with fast restore performance.
properties.provisioningState	string	The provisioning state of the restore point collection.
properties.restorePointCollectionId	string	The unique id of the restore point collection.
properties.restorePoints	RestorePoint[]	A list containing all restore points created under this restore point collection.
properties.source	RestorePointCollectionSourceProperties	The properties of the source resource that this restore point collection is created from.
systemData	systemData	Azure Resource Manager metadata containing createdBy and modifiedBy information.
tags	object	Resource tags.
type	string	The type of the resource. E.g. "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines" or "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts"

RestorePointCollectionSourceProperties

Object

The properties of the source resource that this restore point collection is created from.

Name	Type	Description
id	string	Resource Id of the source resource used to create this restore point collection
___location	string	Location of the source resource used to create this restore point collection.

RestorePointEncryption

Object

Encryption at rest settings for disk restore point. It is an optional property that can be specified in the input while creating a restore point.

Name	Type	Description
diskEncryptionSet	DiskEncryptionSetParameters	Describes the parameter of customer managed disk encryption set resource id that can be specified for disk. Note: The disk encryption set resource id can only be specified for managed disk. Please refer https://aka.ms/mdssewithcmkoverview for more details.
type	RestorePointEncryptionType	The type of key used to encrypt the data of the disk restore point.

RestorePointEncryptionType

Enumeration

The type of key used to encrypt the data of the disk restore point.

Value	Description
EncryptionAtRestWithPlatformKey	Disk Restore Point is encrypted at rest with Platform managed key.
EncryptionAtRestWithCustomerKey	Disk Restore Point is encrypted at rest with Customer managed key that can be changed and revoked by a customer.
EncryptionAtRestWithPlatformAndCustomerKeys	Disk Restore Point is encrypted at rest with 2 layers of encryption. One of the keys is Customer managed and the other key is Platform managed.

RestorePointInstanceView

Object

The instance view of a restore point.

Name	Type	Description
diskRestorePoints	DiskRestorePointInstanceView[]	The disk restore points information.
statuses	InstanceViewStatus[]	The resource status information.

RestorePointSourceMetadata

Object

Describes the properties of the Virtual Machine for which the restore point was created. The properties provided are a subset and the snapshot of the overall Virtual Machine properties captured at the time of the restore point creation.

Name	Type	Description
diagnosticsProfile	DiagnosticsProfile	Gets the diagnostics profile.
hardwareProfile	HardwareProfile	Gets the hardware profile.
hyperVGeneration	HyperVGenerationTypes	HyperVGeneration of the source VM for which restore point is captured.
licenseType	string	Gets the license type, which is for bring your own license scenario.
___location	string	Location of the VM from which the restore point was created.
osProfile	OSProfile	Gets the OS profile.
securityProfile	SecurityProfile	Gets the security profile.
storageProfile	RestorePointSourceVMStorageProfile	Gets the storage profile.
userData	string	UserData associated with the source VM for which restore point is captured, which is a base-64 encoded value.
vmId	string	Gets the virtual machine unique id.

RestorePointSourceVMDataDisk

Object

Describes a data disk.

Name	Type	Description
caching	CachingTypes	Gets the caching type.
diskRestorePoint	DiskRestorePointAttributes	Contains Disk Restore Point properties.
diskSizeGB	integer (int32)	Gets the initial disk size in GB for blank data disks, and the new desired size for existing OS and Data disks.
lun	integer (int32)	Gets the logical unit number.
managedDisk	ManagedDiskParameters	Contains the managed disk details.
name	string	Gets the disk name.
writeAcceleratorEnabled	boolean	Shows true if the disk is write-accelerator enabled.

RestorePointSourceVMOSDisk

Object

Describes an Operating System disk.

Name	Type	Description
caching	CachingTypes	Gets the caching type.
diskRestorePoint	DiskRestorePointAttributes	Contains Disk Restore Point properties.
diskSizeGB	integer (int32)	Gets the disk size in GB.
encryptionSettings	DiskEncryptionSettings	Gets the disk encryption settings.
managedDisk	ManagedDiskParameters	Gets the managed disk details
name	string	Gets the disk name.
osType	OperatingSystemType	Gets the Operating System type.
writeAcceleratorEnabled	boolean	Shows true if the disk is write-accelerator enabled.

RestorePointSourceVMStorageProfile

Object

Describes the storage profile.

Name	Type	Description
dataDisks	RestorePointSourceVMDataDisk[]	Gets the data disks of the VM captured at the time of the restore point creation.
diskControllerType	DiskControllerTypes	Gets the disk controller type of the VM captured at the time of the restore point creation.
osDisk	RestorePointSourceVMOSDisk	Gets the OS disk of the VM captured at the time of the restore point creation.

SecurityEncryptionTypes

Enumeration

Specifies the EncryptionType of the managed disk. It is set to DiskWithVMGuestState for encryption of the managed disk along with VMGuestState blob, VMGuestStateOnly for encryption of just the VMGuestState blob, and NonPersistedTPM for not persisting firmware state in the VMGuestState blob.. Note: It can be set for only Confidential VMs.

Value	Description
VMGuestStateOnly
DiskWithVMGuestState
NonPersistedTPM

SecurityProfile

Object

Specifies the Security profile settings for the virtual machine or virtual machine scale set.

Name	Type	Description
encryptionAtHost	boolean	This property can be used by user in the request to enable or disable the Host Encryption for the virtual machine or virtual machine scale set. This will enable the encryption for all the disks including Resource/Temp disk at host itself. The default behavior is: The Encryption at host will be disabled unless this property is set to true for the resource.
encryptionIdentity	EncryptionIdentity	Specifies the Managed Identity used by ADE to get access token for keyvault operations.
proxyAgentSettings	ProxyAgentSettings	Specifies ProxyAgent settings while creating the virtual machine. Minimum api-version: 2023-09-01.
securityType	SecurityTypes	Specifies the SecurityType of the virtual machine. It has to be set to any specified value to enable UefiSettings. The default behavior is: UefiSettings will not be enabled unless this property is set.
uefiSettings	UefiSettings	Specifies the security settings like secure boot and vTPM used while creating the virtual machine. Minimum api-version: 2020-12-01.

SecurityTypes

Enumeration

Specifies the SecurityType of the virtual machine. It has to be set to any specified value to enable UefiSettings. The default behavior is: UefiSettings will not be enabled unless this property is set.

Value	Description
TrustedLaunch
ConfidentialVM

SettingNames

Enumeration

Specifies the name of the setting to which the content applies. Possible values are: FirstLogonCommands and AutoLogon.

Value	Description
AutoLogon
FirstLogonCommands

SnapshotAccessState

Enumeration

The state of snapshot which determines the access availability of the snapshot.

Value	Description
Unknown	Default value.
Pending	The snapshot cannot be used for restore, copy or download to offline.
Available	The snapshot can be used for restore, copy to different region, and download to offline.
InstantAccess	The snapshot can be used for restoring disks with fast performance but cannot be copied or downloaded.
AvailableWithInstantAccess	The snapshot can be used for restoring disks with fast performance, copied and downloaded.

SshConfiguration

Object

SSH configuration for Linux based VMs running on Azure

Name	Type	Description
publicKeys	SshPublicKey[]	The list of SSH public keys used to authenticate with linux based VMs.

SshPublicKey

Object

Contains information about SSH certificate public key and the path on the Linux VM where the public key is placed.

Name	Type	Description
keyData	string	SSH public key certificate used to authenticate with the VM through ssh. The key needs to be at least 2048-bit and in ssh-rsa format. For creating ssh keys, see [Create SSH keys on Linux and Mac for Linux VMs in Azure]https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-machines/linux/create-ssh-keys-detailed).
path	string	Specifies the full path on the created VM where ssh public key is stored. If the file already exists, the specified key is appended to the file. Example: /home/user/.ssh/authorized_keys

StatusLevelTypes

Enumeration

The level code.

Value	Description
Info
Warning
Error

StorageAccountTypes

Enumeration

Specifies the storage account type for the managed disk. Managed OS disk storage account type can only be set when you create the scale set. NOTE: UltraSSD_LRS can only be used with data disks. It cannot be used with OS Disk. Standard_LRS uses Standard HDD. StandardSSD_LRS uses Standard SSD. Premium_LRS uses Premium SSD. UltraSSD_LRS uses Ultra disk. Premium_ZRS uses Premium SSD zone redundant storage. StandardSSD_ZRS uses Standard SSD zone redundant storage. For more information regarding disks supported for Windows Virtual Machines, refer to https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-machines/windows/disks-types and, for Linux Virtual Machines, refer to https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-machines/linux/disks-types

Value	Description
Standard_LRS
Premium_LRS
StandardSSD_LRS
UltraSSD_LRS
Premium_ZRS
StandardSSD_ZRS
PremiumV2_LRS

SubResource

Object

Name	Type	Description
id	string	Resource Id

systemData

Object

Metadata pertaining to creation and last modification of the resource.

Name	Type	Description
createdAt	string (date-time)	The timestamp of resource creation (UTC).
createdBy	string	The identity that created the resource.
createdByType	createdByType	The type of identity that created the resource.
lastModifiedAt	string (date-time)	The timestamp of resource last modification (UTC)
lastModifiedBy	string	The identity that last modified the resource.
lastModifiedByType	createdByType	The type of identity that last modified the resource.

UefiSettings

Object

Specifies the security settings like secure boot and vTPM used while creating the virtual machine. Minimum api-version: 2020-12-01.

Name	Type	Description
secureBootEnabled	boolean	Specifies whether secure boot should be enabled on the virtual machine. Minimum api-version: 2020-12-01.
vTpmEnabled	boolean	Specifies whether vTPM should be enabled on the virtual machine. Minimum api-version: 2020-12-01.

VaultCertificate

Object

Describes a single certificate reference in a Key Vault, and where the certificate should reside on the VM.

Name	Type	Description
certificateStore	string	For Windows VMs, specifies the certificate store on the Virtual Machine to which the certificate should be added. The specified certificate store is implicitly in the LocalMachine account. For Linux VMs, the certificate file is placed under the /var/lib/waagent directory, with the file name <UppercaseThumbprint>.crt for the X509 certificate file and <UppercaseThumbprint>.prv for private key. Both of these files are .pem formatted.
certificateUrl	string	This is the URL of a certificate that has been uploaded to Key Vault as a secret. For adding a secret to the Key Vault, see Add a key or secret to the key vault. In this case, your certificate needs to be It is the Base64 encoding of the following JSON Object which is encoded in UTF-8: { "data":"<Base64-encoded-certificate>", "dataType":"pfx", "password":"<pfx-file-password>" } To install certificates on a virtual machine it is recommended to use the Azure Key Vault virtual machine extension for Linux or the Azure Key Vault virtual machine extension for Windows.

VaultSecretGroup

Object

Describes a set of certificates which are all in the same Key Vault.

Name	Type	Description
sourceVault	SubResource	The relative URL of the Key Vault containing all of the certificates in VaultCertificates.
vaultCertificates	VaultCertificate[]	The list of key vault references in SourceVault which contain certificates.

VirtualMachineSizeTypes

Enumeration

Specifies the size of the virtual machine. The enum data type is currently deprecated and will be removed by December 23rd 2023. The recommended way to get the list of available sizes is using these APIs: List all available virtual machine sizes in an availability set, List all available virtual machine sizes in a region, List all available virtual machine sizes for resizing. For more information about virtual machine sizes, see Sizes for virtual machines. The available VM sizes depend on region and availability set.

Value	Description
Basic_A0
Basic_A1
Basic_A2
Basic_A3
Basic_A4
Standard_A0
Standard_A1
Standard_A2
Standard_A3
Standard_A4
Standard_A5
Standard_A6
Standard_A7
Standard_A8
Standard_A9
Standard_A10
Standard_A11
Standard_A1_v2
Standard_A2_v2
Standard_A4_v2
Standard_A8_v2
Standard_A2m_v2
Standard_A4m_v2
Standard_A8m_v2
Standard_B1s
Standard_B1ms
Standard_B2s
Standard_B2ms
Standard_B4ms
Standard_B8ms
Standard_D1
Standard_D2
Standard_D3
Standard_D4
Standard_D11
Standard_D12
Standard_D13
Standard_D14
Standard_D1_v2
Standard_D2_v2
Standard_D3_v2
Standard_D4_v2
Standard_D5_v2
Standard_D2_v3
Standard_D4_v3
Standard_D8_v3
Standard_D16_v3
Standard_D32_v3
Standard_D64_v3
Standard_D2s_v3
Standard_D4s_v3
Standard_D8s_v3
Standard_D16s_v3
Standard_D32s_v3
Standard_D64s_v3
Standard_D11_v2
Standard_D12_v2
Standard_D13_v2
Standard_D14_v2
Standard_D15_v2
Standard_DS1
Standard_DS2
Standard_DS3
Standard_DS4
Standard_DS11
Standard_DS12
Standard_DS13
Standard_DS14
Standard_DS1_v2
Standard_DS2_v2
Standard_DS3_v2
Standard_DS4_v2
Standard_DS5_v2
Standard_DS11_v2
Standard_DS12_v2
Standard_DS13_v2
Standard_DS14_v2
Standard_DS15_v2
Standard_DS13-4_v2
Standard_DS13-2_v2
Standard_DS14-8_v2
Standard_DS14-4_v2
Standard_E2_v3
Standard_E4_v3
Standard_E8_v3
Standard_E16_v3
Standard_E32_v3
Standard_E64_v3
Standard_E2s_v3
Standard_E4s_v3
Standard_E8s_v3
Standard_E16s_v3
Standard_E32s_v3
Standard_E64s_v3
Standard_E32-16_v3
Standard_E32-8s_v3
Standard_E64-32s_v3
Standard_E64-16s_v3
Standard_F1
Standard_F2
Standard_F4
Standard_F8
Standard_F16
Standard_F1s
Standard_F2s
Standard_F4s
Standard_F8s
Standard_F16s
Standard_F2s_v2
Standard_F4s_v2
Standard_F8s_v2
Standard_F16s_v2
Standard_F32s_v2
Standard_F64s_v2
Standard_F72s_v2
Standard_G1
Standard_G2
Standard_G3
Standard_G4
Standard_G5
Standard_GS1
Standard_GS2
Standard_GS3
Standard_GS4
Standard_GS5
Standard_GS4-8
Standard_GS4-4
Standard_GS5-16
Standard_GS5-8
Standard_H8
Standard_H16
Standard_H8m
Standard_H16m
Standard_H16r
Standard_H16mr
Standard_L4s
Standard_L8s
Standard_L16s
Standard_L32s
Standard_M64s
Standard_M64ms
Standard_M128s
Standard_M128ms
Standard_M64-32ms
Standard_M64-16ms
Standard_M128-64ms
Standard_M128-32ms
Standard_NC6
Standard_NC12
Standard_NC24
Standard_NC24r
Standard_NC6s_v2
Standard_NC12s_v2
Standard_NC24s_v2
Standard_NC24rs_v2
Standard_NC6s_v3
Standard_NC12s_v3
Standard_NC24s_v3
Standard_NC24rs_v3
Standard_ND6s
Standard_ND12s
Standard_ND24s
Standard_ND24rs
Standard_NV6
Standard_NV12
Standard_NV24

VMDiskSecurityProfile

Object

Specifies the security profile settings for the managed disk. Note: It can only be set for Confidential VMs.

Name	Type	Description
diskEncryptionSet	DiskEncryptionSetParameters	Specifies the customer managed disk encryption set resource id for the managed disk that is used for Customer Managed Key encrypted ConfidentialVM OS Disk and VMGuest blob.
securityEncryptionType	SecurityEncryptionTypes	Specifies the EncryptionType of the managed disk. It is set to DiskWithVMGuestState for encryption of the managed disk along with VMGuestState blob, VMGuestStateOnly for encryption of just the VMGuestState blob, and NonPersistedTPM for not persisting firmware state in the VMGuestState blob.. Note: It can be set for only Confidential VMs.

VMSizeProperties

Object

Specifies VM Size Property settings on the virtual machine.

Name	Type	Description
vCPUsAvailable	integer (int32)	Specifies the number of vCPUs available for the VM. When this property is not specified in the request body the default behavior is to set it to the value of vCPUs available for that VM size exposed in api response of List all available virtual machine sizes in a region.
vCPUsPerCore	integer (int32)	Specifies the vCPU to physical core ratio. When this property is not specified in the request body the default behavior is set to the value of vCPUsPerCore for the VM Size exposed in api response of List all available virtual machine sizes in a region. Setting this property to 1 also means that hyper-threading is disabled.

WindowsConfiguration

Object

Specifies Windows operating system settings on the virtual machine.

Name	Type	Description
additionalUnattendContent	AdditionalUnattendContent[]	Specifies additional base-64 encoded XML formatted information that can be included in the Unattend.xml file, which is used by Windows Setup.
enableAutomaticUpdates	boolean	Indicates whether Automatic Updates is enabled for the Windows virtual machine. Default value is true. For virtual machine scale sets, this property can be updated and updates will take effect on OS reprovisioning.
enableVMAgentPlatformUpdates	boolean	Indicates whether VMAgent Platform Updates are enabled for the Windows Virtual Machine.
patchSettings	PatchSettings	[Preview Feature] Specifies settings related to VM Guest Patching on Windows.
provisionVMAgent	boolean	Indicates whether virtual machine agent should be provisioned on the virtual machine. When this property is not specified in the request body, it is set to true by default. This will ensure that VM Agent is installed on the VM so that extensions can be added to the VM later.
timeZone	string	Specifies the time zone of the virtual machine. e.g. "Pacific Standard Time". Possible values can be TimeZoneInfo.Id value from time zones returned by TimeZoneInfo.GetSystemTimeZones.
winRM	WinRMConfiguration	Specifies the Windows Remote Management listeners. This enables remote Windows PowerShell.

WindowsPatchAssessmentMode

Enumeration

Specifies the mode of VM Guest patch assessment for the IaaS virtual machine.

Possible values are:

ImageDefault - You control the timing of patch assessments on a virtual machine.

AutomaticByPlatform - The platform will trigger periodic patch assessments. The property provisionVMAgent must be true.

Value	Description
ImageDefault
AutomaticByPlatform

WindowsVMGuestPatchAutomaticByPlatformRebootSetting

Enumeration

Specifies the reboot setting for all AutomaticByPlatform patch installation operations.

Value	Description
Unknown
IfRequired
Never
Always

WindowsVMGuestPatchAutomaticByPlatformSettings

Object

Specifies additional settings to be applied when patch mode AutomaticByPlatform is selected in Windows patch settings.

Name	Type	Description
bypassPlatformSafetyChecksOnUserSchedule	boolean	Enables customer to schedule patching without accidental upgrades
rebootSetting	WindowsVMGuestPatchAutomaticByPlatformRebootSetting	Specifies the reboot setting for all AutomaticByPlatform patch installation operations.

WindowsVMGuestPatchMode

Enumeration

Specifies the mode of VM Guest Patching to IaaS virtual machine or virtual machines associated to virtual machine scale set with OrchestrationMode as Flexible.

Possible values are:

Manual - You control the application of patches to a virtual machine. You do this by applying patches manually inside the VM. In this mode, automatic updates are disabled; the property WindowsConfiguration.enableAutomaticUpdates must be false

AutomaticByOS - The virtual machine will automatically be updated by the OS. The property WindowsConfiguration.enableAutomaticUpdates must be true.

AutomaticByPlatform - the virtual machine will automatically updated by the platform. The properties provisionVMAgent and WindowsConfiguration.enableAutomaticUpdates must be true

Value	Description
Manual
AutomaticByOS
AutomaticByPlatform

WinRMConfiguration

Object

Describes Windows Remote Management configuration of the VM

Name	Type	Description
listeners	WinRMListener[]	The list of Windows Remote Management listeners

WinRMListener

Object

Describes Protocol and thumbprint of Windows Remote Management listener

Name	Type	Description
certificateUrl	string	This is the URL of a certificate that has been uploaded to Key Vault as a secret. For adding a secret to the Key Vault, see Add a key or secret to the key vault. In this case, your certificate needs to be the Base64 encoding of the following JSON Object which is encoded in UTF-8: { "data":"<Base64-encoded-certificate>", "dataType":"pfx", "password":"<pfx-file-password>" } To install certificates on a virtual machine it is recommended to use the Azure Key Vault virtual machine extension for Linux or the Azure Key Vault virtual machine extension for Windows.
protocol	ProtocolTypes	Specifies the protocol of WinRM listener. Possible values are: http, https.

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Restore Point Collections - Create Or Update

URI Parameters

Request Body

Responses

Security

azure_auth

Scopes

Examples

Create or update a restore point collection for cross region copy.

Sample request

Sample response

Create or update a restore point collection.

Sample request

Sample response

Definitions

AdditionalUnattendContent

ApiEntityReference

ApiError

ApiErrorBase

BootDiagnostics

CachingTypes

CloudError

ComponentNames

ConsistencyModeTypes

createdByType

DiagnosticsProfile

DiskControllerTypes

DiskEncryptionSetParameters

DiskEncryptionSettings

DiskRestorePointAttributes

DiskRestorePointInstanceView

DiskRestorePointReplicationStatus

EncryptionIdentity

HardwareProfile

HostEndpointSettings

HyperVGenerationTypes

InnerError

InstanceViewStatus

KeyVaultKeyReference

KeyVaultSecretReference

LinuxConfiguration

LinuxPatchAssessmentMode

LinuxPatchSettings

LinuxVMGuestPatchAutomaticByPlatformRebootSetting

LinuxVMGuestPatchAutomaticByPlatformSettings

LinuxVMGuestPatchMode

ManagedDiskParameters

Mode

Modes

OperatingSystemType

OSProfile

PassNames

PatchSettings

ProtocolTypes

ProxyAgentSettings

RestorePoint

RestorePointCollection

RestorePointCollectionSourceProperties

RestorePointEncryption

RestorePointEncryptionType

RestorePointInstanceView

RestorePointSourceMetadata

RestorePointSourceVMDataDisk

RestorePointSourceVMOSDisk

RestorePointSourceVMStorageProfile

SecurityEncryptionTypes

SecurityProfile

SecurityTypes

SettingNames

SnapshotAccessState

SshConfiguration

SshPublicKey

StatusLevelTypes

StorageAccountTypes

SubResource

systemData

UefiSettings

VaultCertificate

VaultSecretGroup