diff --git a/Build.md b/Build.md
index 3942f65..c4033d1 100644
--- a/Build.md
+++ b/Build.md
@@ -43,3 +43,7 @@ gcloud config set project $GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT
 ## AWS
 
 Expect that `aws` is installed locally.  A ssh-key named 'learner' is required to access the account.
+
+## Azure
+
+Expect that `az` is installed and configured locally.  It will utilize your ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub key.
diff --git a/scripts/aws-create.sh b/scripts/aws-create.sh
index 43e7941..a107e92 100755
--- a/scripts/aws-create.sh
+++ b/scripts/aws-create.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 # Options
 BRANCH="${1:-aws-dev}" # checkout branch $1
 
-# Static Config - update aws-*.sh files
+# Provider Config - update aws-*.sh files.
+
+# Static Config - update *.sh files
 NAME=learner
 VM=essentials
 PROJECT=CLASS-Essentials
diff --git a/scripts/azure-create.sh b/scripts/azure-create.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..8d5ee42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/azure-create.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Options
+BRANCH="${1:-azure-dev}" # checkout branch $1
+
+# Provider Config - update *-azure.sh files.
+LOCATION=centralus
+
+# Static Config - update *.sh files
+NAME=learner
+VM=essentials
+PROJECT=CLASS-Essentials
+GITHUB=github.internet2.edu
+REPO="git@${GITHUB}:CLASS/${PROJECT}.git"
+
+echo "=== azure-create.sh $PROJECT $BRANCH"
+RESOURCE_GROUP=$VM
+
+echo "+++ creating resource group $RESOURCE_GROUP"
+az group create --resource-group $RESOURCE_GROUP --location $LOCATION
+
+echo "+++ creating VM $VM"
+# Ubuntu is "Canonical:0001-com-ubuntu-server-focal:20_04-lts:latest"
+az vm create --resource-group $RESOURCE_GROUP --name $VM \
+    --image Canonical:0001-com-ubuntu-server-focal:20_04-lts:latest \
+    --size Standard_D4_v4 \
+    --storage-sku Standard_LRS \
+    --public-ip-sku Standard \
+    --admin-username $NAME
+
+IP=$(az vm show --name essentials --resource-group essentials -d --query publicIps -otsv)
+
+echo "+++ wait for boot and cloud-init ${VM} ${IP}"
+ssh-keygen -R $IP
+while ! ssh $NAME@$IP sudo cloud-init status --wait ; do
+    sleep 1
+done
+
+echo "+++ configuring VM"
+ssh -A $NAME@$VM <<EOF
+sudo apt-get update
+sudo apt-get install --yes git python3-pip python3-venv bash-completion
+ssh-keyscan ${GITHUB} > .ssh/known_hosts
+git config --global color.ui auto
+git config --global push.default simple
+git config --global pull.ff only
+git config --global user.name "$(git config user.name)"
+git config --global user.email "$(git config user.name)"
+git clone --branch $BRANCH $REPO
+EOF
+
+echo "+++ configure ~/.ssh/$VM.config"
+cat > ~/.ssh/$VM.config <<EOF
+Host essentials
+    HostName $IP
+    CheckHostIP=no
+    ForwardAgent=yes
+    User=$NAME
+EOF
+
+echo "+++ starting Jypter"
+ssh $NAME@$IP -t -L 8080:localhost:8080 -L 8081:localhost:8081 "cd $PROJECT ; ./scripts/jupyter-lab.sh"
+
+echo "+++ ssh command"
+echo "ssh $NAME@$IP"
diff --git a/scripts/azure-delete.sh b/scripts/azure-delete.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..2f2a0c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/azure-delete.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Provider Config - update *-azure.sh files.
+
+# Static Config - update *.sh files
+VM=essentials
+
+RESOURCE_GROUP=$VM
+az vm delete --resource-group $RESOURCE_GROUP --name $VM --yes
+#az group delete --resource-group $RESOURCE_GROUP --yes
diff --git a/scripts/gcp-create.sh b/scripts/gcp-create.sh
index f1cc80a..917f53a 100755
--- a/scripts/gcp-create.sh
+++ b/scripts/gcp-create.sh
@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@
 # Options
 BRANCH="${1:-gcp-dev}" # checkout branch $1
 
-# Static Config - update gcp-*.sh files
+# Provider Config - update gcp-*.sh files.
+ZONE=us-west2-c
+
+# Static Config - update *.sh files
 NAME=learner
 VM=essentials
-ZONE=us-west2-c
 PROJECT=CLASS-Essentials
 GITHUB=github.internet2.edu
 REPO="git@${GITHUB}:CLASS/${PROJECT}.git"
@@ -25,7 +27,8 @@ done
 echo "+++ configuring VM"
 
 gcloud compute ssh --zone=$ZONE $NAME@$VM --ssh-flag='-A' <<EOF
-sudo apt install --yes git python3-pip python3-venv bash-completion
+sudo apt-get update
+sudo apt-get install --yes git python3-pip python3-venv bash-completion
 ssh-keyscan ${GITHUB} > .ssh/known_hosts
 git config --global color.ui auto
 git config --global push.default simple