How to use an inbound port when it has gone missing from Azure Cloud select inbound ports menu?

Question

See below, I had created a virtual machine and it failed to save or something so I went to create a new virtual machine and RDP is no longer available in the inbound port menu.

Does anyone know why this port is unavailable now? I looked at virtual networks and looked through All Services view but I don't see anywhere where I can "free up" or unlock the RDP port.

Under Virtual Machines I have no virtual machines so I'd love to know if anyone has any ideas.

You’re not accidentally creating a Linux VM by any chance the second time? — Greg W, Aug 20 '20 at 04:56
@GregW No sir. I was very focused on Windows. I guess that might be something to watch out for though! — chrips, Aug 25 '20 at 00:03
It'd certainly explain why RDP wasn't shown but not in your case this time. — Greg W, Aug 25 '20 at 00:05
@GregW I guess I should reproduce the problem because whatever I encountered was very confusing. — chrips, Aug 27 '20 at 01:21

chrips · Answer 1 · 2020-08-20T03:24:09.217

Click the hamburger button in the top left and Go to Virtual Networks view and click "+ Add".
On "Basics", "Create new" Resource group:

Under IP Addresses, make sure to select the subnet as shown. I have a default and you should too unless it was deleted previously:

Thats it for the virtual network, just select defaults for the rest and don't forget to click "Create" at the end.
Now you should see that you have a new virtual network with the Resource group and Name that you specified:

Now go create a new VM using your new Resource group. This will include your new virtual network for you. RDP should be available when you look at the inbound parts drop-down menu.

How to use an inbound port when it has gone missing from Azure Cloud select inbound ports menu?

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