Virtual Machines - Generalize

POST https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVMName/generalize?api-version=2025-04-01

/**
 * Samples for VirtualMachines Generalize.
 */
public final class Main {
    /*
     * x-ms-original-file:
     * specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2025-04-01/examples/
     * virtualMachineExamples/VirtualMachine_Generalize.json
     */
    /**
     * Sample code: Generalize a Virtual Machine.
     * 
     * @param azure The entry point for accessing resource management APIs in Azure.
     */
    public static void generalizeAVirtualMachine(com.azure.resourcemanager.AzureResourceManager azure) {
        azure.virtualMachines().manager().serviceClient().getVirtualMachines().generalizeWithResponse("myResourceGroup",
            "myVMName", com.azure.core.util.Context.NONE);
    }
}

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from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential

from azure.mgmt.compute import ComputeManagementClient

"""
# PREREQUISITES
    pip install azure-identity
    pip install azure-mgmt-compute
# USAGE
    python virtual_machine_generalize.py

    Before run the sample, please set the values of the client ID, tenant ID and client secret
    of the AAD application as environment variables: AZURE_CLIENT_ID, AZURE_TENANT_ID,
    AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET. For more info about how to get the value, please see:
    https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/develop/howto-create-service-principal-portal
"""


def main():
    client = ComputeManagementClient(
        credential=DefaultAzureCredential(),
        subscription_id="{subscription-id}",
    )

    client.virtual_machines.generalize(
        resource_group_name="myResourceGroup",
        vm_name="myVMName",
    )


# x-ms-original-file: specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2025-04-01/examples/virtualMachineExamples/VirtualMachine_Generalize.json
if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

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package armcompute_test

import (
	"context"
	"log"

	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity"
	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/resourcemanager/compute/armcompute/v7"
)

// Generated from example definition: https://github.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/blob/7033e85e1f80ef5cd9ca664b538ed193a8fd815b/specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2025-04-01/examples/virtualMachineExamples/VirtualMachine_Generalize.json
func ExampleVirtualMachinesClient_Generalize() {
	cred, err := azidentity.NewDefaultAzureCredential(nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to obtain a credential: %v", err)
	}
	ctx := context.Background()
	clientFactory, err := armcompute.NewClientFactory("<subscription-id>", cred, nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to create client: %v", err)
	}
	_, err = clientFactory.NewVirtualMachinesClient().Generalize(ctx, "myResourceGroup", "myVMName", nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to finish the request: %v", err)
	}
}

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const { ComputeManagementClient } = require("@azure/arm-compute");
const { DefaultAzureCredential } = require("@azure/identity");
require("dotenv/config");

/**
 * This sample demonstrates how to Sets the OS state of the virtual machine to generalized. It is recommended to sysprep the virtual machine before performing this operation. For Windows, please refer to [Create a managed image of a generalized VM in Azure](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-machines/windows/capture-image-resource). For Linux, please refer to [How to create an image of a virtual machine or VHD](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-machines/linux/capture-image).
 *
 * @summary Sets the OS state of the virtual machine to generalized. It is recommended to sysprep the virtual machine before performing this operation. For Windows, please refer to [Create a managed image of a generalized VM in Azure](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-machines/windows/capture-image-resource). For Linux, please refer to [How to create an image of a virtual machine or VHD](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-machines/linux/capture-image).
 * x-ms-original-file: specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2025-04-01/examples/virtualMachineExamples/VirtualMachine_Generalize.json
 */
async function generalizeAVirtualMachine() {
  const subscriptionId = process.env["COMPUTE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID"] || "{subscription-id}";
  const resourceGroupName = process.env["COMPUTE_RESOURCE_GROUP"] || "myResourceGroup";
  const vmName = "myVMName";
  const credential = new DefaultAzureCredential();
  const client = new ComputeManagementClient(credential, subscriptionId);
  const result = await client.virtualMachines.generalize(resourceGroupName, vmName);
  console.log(result);
}

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using Azure;
using Azure.ResourceManager;
using System;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Xml;
using Azure.Core;
using Azure.Identity;
using Azure.ResourceManager.Compute.Models;
using Azure.ResourceManager.Compute;

// Generated from example definition: specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2025-04-01/examples/virtualMachineExamples/VirtualMachine_Generalize.json
// this example is just showing the usage of "VirtualMachines_Generalize" operation, for the dependent resources, they will have to be created separately.

// get your azure access token, for more details of how Azure SDK get your access token, please refer to https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/azure/sdk/authentication?tabs=command-line
TokenCredential cred = new DefaultAzureCredential();
// authenticate your client
ArmClient client = new ArmClient(cred);

// this example assumes you already have this VirtualMachineResource created on azure
// for more information of creating VirtualMachineResource, please refer to the document of VirtualMachineResource
string subscriptionId = "{subscription-id}";
string resourceGroupName = "myResourceGroup";
string vmName = "myVMName";
ResourceIdentifier virtualMachineResourceId = VirtualMachineResource.CreateResourceIdentifier(subscriptionId, resourceGroupName, vmName);
VirtualMachineResource virtualMachine = client.GetVirtualMachineResource(virtualMachineResourceId);

// invoke the operation
await virtualMachine.GeneralizeAsync();

Console.WriteLine("Succeeded");

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