Azure VMs Virtual Network inter-communication

Question

I\'m new to Azure (strike 1) and totally suck at networking (strike 2).

Nevertheless, I\'ve got two VMs up and running in the same virtual network; one will act as a

Answer 1

If your VMs are inside a Virtual Network in Azure, then you have to make sure two things.

1. Required Port is enabled.
2. Firewall is disabled on the server.

I was trying to connect to one VM where SQL Server DB was installed, from another VM. I Had to enable 1433 port in the VM where SQL was installed. For this you need to add an MSSQL endpoint to the VM on the azure management portal. After that i disabled windows firewall. Then i was able to connect to the VM from another.