Merge pull request #233181 from JustPies/jprefresh-4-3

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Author: Stacyrch140

articles/virtual-machines/windows/quick-create-template.md

@@ -1,25 +1,25 @@
 ---
 title: 'Quickstart: Use a Resource Manager template to create a Windows VM'
-description: In this quickstart, you learn how to use a Resource Manager template to create a Windows virtual machine
+description: Learn how to use a Resource Manager template to create, deploy and clean up a Windows virtual machine.
 author: cynthn
 ms.service: virtual-machines
 ms.collection: windows
 ms.topic: quickstart
 ms.workload: infrastructure
-ms.date: 06/04/2020
+ms.date: 04/03/2023
 ms.author: cynthn
 ms.custom: subject-armqs, mode-arm
 ---
 
 # Quickstart: Create a Windows virtual machine using a template
 
-**Applies to:** :heavy_check_mark: Windows VMs 
+**Applies to:** :heavy_check_mark: Windows VMs
 
 This quickstart shows you how to use an Azure Resource Manager template to deploy a Windows virtual machine (VM) in Azure.
 
 [!INCLUDE [About Azure Resource Manager](../../../includes/resource-manager-quickstart-introduction.md)]
 
-If your environment meets the prerequisites and you're familiar with using templates, select the **Deploy to Azure** button. The template will open in the Azure portal.
+If your environment meets the prerequisites and you're familiar with using templates, select the **Deploy to Azure** button. The template opens in the Azure portal.
 
 [![Deploy to Azure](../../media/template-deployments/deploy-to-azure.svg)](https://portal.azure.com/#create/Microsoft.Template/uri/https%3a%2f%2fraw.githubusercontent.com%2fAzure%2fazure-quickstart-templates%2fmaster%2fquickstarts%2fmicrosoft.compute%2fvm-simple-windows%2fazuredeploy.json)
 
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ The template used in this quickstart is from [Azure Quickstart Templates](https:
 
 :::code language="json" source="~/quickstart-templates/quickstarts/microsoft.compute/vm-simple-windows/azuredeploy.json":::
 
-
 Several resources are defined in the template:
 
 - [**Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/subnets**](/azure/templates/Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/subnets): create a subnet.
@@ -44,8 +43,6 @@ Several resources are defined in the template:
 - [**Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces**](/azure/templates/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces): create a NIC.
 - [**Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines**](/azure/templates/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines): create a virtual machine.
 
-
-
 ## Deploy the template
 
 1. Select the following image to sign in to Azure and open a template. The template creates a key vault and a secret.
@@ -55,37 +52,33 @@ Several resources are defined in the template:
 1. Select or enter the following values. Use the default values, when available.
 
     - **Subscription**: select an Azure subscription.
-    - **Resource group**: select an existing resource group from the drop-down, or select **Create new**, enter a unique name for the resource group, and then click **OK**.
-    - **Location**: select a location.  For example, **Central US**.
+    - **Resource group**: select an existing resource group from the drop-down, or select **Create new**, enter a unique name for the resource group, and then select **OK**.
+    - **Region**: select a region. For example, **Central US**.
     - **Admin username**: provide a username, such as *azureuser*.
     - **Admin password**: provide a password to use for the admin account. The password must be at least 12 characters long and meet the [defined complexity requirements](faq.yml#what-are-the-password-requirements-when-creating-a-vm-).
     - **DNS label prefix**: enter a unique identifier to use as part of the DNS label.
-    - **Windows OS version**: select which version of Windows you want to run on the VM.
+    - **OS version**: select which OS version you want to run on the VM.
     - **VM size**: select the [size](../sizes.md) to use for the VM.
     - **Location**: the default is the same location as the resource group, if it already exists.
 1. Select **Review + create**. After validation completes, select **Create** to create and deploy the VM.
 
-
 The Azure portal is used to deploy the template. In addition to the Azure portal, you can also use the Azure PowerShell, Azure CLI, and REST API. To learn other deployment methods, see [Deploy templates](../../azure-resource-manager/templates/deploy-powershell.md).
 
 ## Review deployed resources
 
-You can use the Azure portal to check on the VM and other resource that were created. After the deployment is finished, select **Go to resource group** to see the VM and other resources.
-
+You can use the Azure portal to check on the VM and other resource that were created. After the deployment is finished, select **Resource groups** to see the VM and other resources.
 
 ## Clean up resources
 
 When no longer needed, delete the resource group, which deletes the VM and all of the resources in the resource group.
 
 1. Select the **Resource group**.
-1. On the page for the resource group, select **Delete**.
+1. On the page for the resource group, select **Delete resource group**.
 1. When prompted, type the name of the resource group and then select **Delete**.
 
-
 ## Next steps
 
-In this quickstart, you deployed a simple virtual machine using a resource manager template. To learn more about Azure virtual machines, continue to the tutorial for Linux VMs.
-
+In this quickstart, you deployed a simple virtual machine using a Resource Manager template. To learn more about Azure virtual machines, continue to the tutorial for managing VMs.
 
 > [!div class="nextstepaction"]
 > [Azure Windows virtual machine tutorials](./tutorial-manage-vm.md)