Option 2 – Azure-hosted sandbox

If you want to use a container hosted on a virtual machine in Azure, perform the following steps:

  1. If you have not already done so, you can sign up for an Azure subscription at https://azure.microsoft.com and start with a free account.
  2. Now that we have an Azure subscription, we need to create a virtual machine within that subscription. This virtual machine will host a Business Central environment inside a Docker container. To make this easy, there is an Azure Resource Manager (ARM) template available for you to use.

You can access the template at https://aka.ms/getbc. Make sure to use your Azure subscription login credentials.The template contains a lot of options, but for our purposes, we're going to focus ...

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