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 - ['installation/google.md', 'Installation', 'Google Cloud Platform']

 - ['installation/gentoolinux.md', 'Installation', 'Gentoo']

 - ['installation/softlayer.md', 'Installation', 'IBM Softlayer']

+- ['installation/azure.md', 'Installation', 'Microsoft Azure']

 - ['installation/rackspace.md', 'Installation', 'Rackspace Cloud']

 - ['installation/rhel.md', 'Installation', 'Red Hat Enterprise Linux']

 - ['installation/oracle.md', 'Installation', 'Oracle Linux']

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+page_title: Installation on Microsoft Azure Platform

+page_description: Instructions for creating a Docker-ready virtual machine on Microsoft Azure cloud platform.

+page_keywords: Docker, Docker documentation, installation, azure, microsoft

+

+# Microsoft Azure

+

+

+## Creating a Docker host machine on Azure

+

+Please check out to the following detailed tutorials on [Microsoft Azure][0]

+website to find out different ways to create a Docker-ready Linux virtual

+machines on Azure:

+

+* [Docker Virtual Machine Extensions on Azure][1]

+    * [How to use the Docker VM Extension from Azure Cross-Platform Interface][2]

+    * [How to use the Docker VM Extension with the Azure Portal][3] 

+* [Using Docker Machine with Azure][4]

+

+## What next?

+

+Continue with the [User Guide](/userguide/).

+

+[0]: http://azure.microsoft.com/

+[1]: http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/virtual-machines-docker-vm-extension/

+[2]: http://azure.microsoft.com/documentation/articles/virtual-machines-docker-with-xplat-cli/

+[3]: http://azure.microsoft.com/documentation/articles/virtual-machines-docker-with-portal/

+[4]: http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/virtual-machines-docker-machine/

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