Jan 27, 2026 · Serial Console in the Azure portal provides access to a text-based console for virtual machines (VMs) and virtual machine scale set instances running either Linux or Windows.

Aug 23, 2025 · A simple and effective guide to address access and connection issues to an Azure VM using Azure Serial Console.

These can be included either as stand-alone text files, human-readable headers or in the appropriate machine-readable metadata fields within text or binary files as long as those fields can be easily …

Apr 11, 2018 · This post will show you how to access an Azure Windows or Linux virtual machine console using serial access when you can no longer log in using RDP or SSH over the network.

Jan 27, 2026 · Serial Console in the Azure portal provides access to a text-based console for virtual machines (VMs) and virtual machine scale set instances running either Linux or Windows.

Dec 17, 2024 · The az serial-console command is an indispensable tool for those tasked with managing virtual machines on Azure. By providing direct access to the serial console, it allows for in-depth …

Nov 20, 2025 · The serial console can only be accessed by using the Azure portal and is allowed only for those users who have an access role of Contributor or higher to the VM or virtual machine scale …

Mar 13, 2019 · Azure VM now have serial console access via Azure portal. It is not depending on the virtual machine’s network or operating system state. This is ideal for recover machines/data, modify …

Feb 3, 2026 · This guide shows how to configure Linux distributions to expose the GRUB menu and kernel boot logs over the VM’s serial port on Azure, fixing cases where migrated images or some …

Just like any other resource, the Azure Serial Console can be enabled and disabled. Serial Console is enabled by default for all subscriptions in global Azure. Currently, disabling Serial Console will …