Azure Cloud Services are very information when it comes to producing error messages. Some of the common errors associated with Azure Virtual Image creation are listed below. You will find resolutions to these errors with detailed description and steps. It is important to point out that Azure Error message are descriptive and you will be able to understand root of your problem by examining error messages.

Error Message commonly reported when creating Azure VM via Azure PowerShell are:

• SSL certificate CN does not match the hostname
• Azure credentials not set up or have expired
• ProvisioningConfigurationSet was not found
• Endpoint named PowerShell has been defined
• The SSL certificate CN does not match the hostname
• Location or affinity group is not in the same location