ecalder6 / azure-gaming

Cloud Gaming Made Easy

Cloud Gaming Made Easy

Update 1/11/2020

1. You no longer need to use ZeroTier VPN. Steam can now stream games from outside your LAN. When deploying your VM, leave the "Network ID" field empty.
2. The NV-series VMs deployed in this guide do not support Premium SSD. If you want Premium SSD, use NVv3-series. If you are feeling adventurous, you can try out the new NVv4-series with AMD MI25 and AMD EPYC 7V12(Rome). No idea if this works, but please let me know if it does :)

About

Effortlessly stream the latest games on Azure. This project automates the set-up process for cloud gaming on a Nvidia M60 GPU on Azure. The development of this project is heavily inspired by this excellent guide.

The automated setup first deploys an Azure NV6 virtual machine (VM) with a single Nvidia M60 GPU (1/2 of a M60 graphics card), configures the official Nvidia Driver Extension that installs the Nvidia driver on the VM, and finally deploys a Custom Script Extension to run the setup script. The setup script configures everything that's needed to run Steam games on the VM, such as configuring some Nvidia driver settings, setting up auto login for Windows, and eventually connecting to ZeroTier VPN.

Disclaimer

This software comes with no warranty of any kind. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK! This a personal project and is NOT endorsed by Microsoft. If you encounter an issue, please submit it on GitHub.

How Do I Stream Games?

Your Azure VM and your local machine are connected through Steam. You can stream games through this connection using Steam Remote Play.

You can optionally use ZeroTier VPN by specifying a network ID in the deployment parameters, for other scenarios such as using a third-party streaming software.

How Much Bandwidth Does It Take?

The bandwidth needed can vary drastically depending on your streaming host/client, game, and resolution. I recommend most people to limit their bandwidth to either 15 or 30 Mbits/sec. If you are streaming at higher than 1080P or just want to have the best possible experience, go with 50 Mbits/sec.

Pricing

To game on the cloud on Azure, you will have to pay for the virtual machine, outgoing data bandwidth from the VM, and managed disk (See Q & A for managed disk).

You can pick between 2 kinds of VM: Standard and Spot. A Spot VM is around 60% cheaper than a Standard VM. The downside is that a Spot VM can be shutdown at any time.

The calculators below are prepopulated with an estimated monthly price for playing 35 hours a month in West US 2 region. It assumes that you stream at an averge of around 30 Mbits/second (13.5 GBs an hour) and use one 128GB managed disk. You can divide the total by 35 to find the estimated cost per hour.

Azure also charges you for the number of transactions on managed disk. The calculator assumes 100k transactions a month (no idea how accurate this is).

• Price Calculator for Standard
• Price Calculator for Spot

Type	Bandwidth (Mbits/sec)	Monthly Data (GBs)	Monthly Price*	Hourly Price*
Standard	30	473	$95.11	$2.72
Standard	15	236	$74.49	$2.13
Spot	30	473	$68.16	$1.95
Spot	15	236	$47.54	$1.36

*As of 05/06/2018

Usage

I. Setup your local machine

1. Sign up for a Paid Azure subscription. You need a paid subscription as the free account does not grant you access to GPU VMs.
2. Have Steam ready and logged in. You can specify client streaming options in Steam's Settings > Remote Play > Advanced Client Options. Make sure to limit the bandwidth of your local steam client to 15 or 30 Mbits (50 if you don't mind the extra data cost).

You can also use Steam Link on a mobile device !

I.B (Optional) Setup ZeroTier VPN

For some scenarios other than Steam Remote Play

3. Sign up for an account on zero tier VPN and create a network. Make sure the network is set to public. Note down the network id.
4. Download and install zero tier VPN on your local machine. Join the network using the network ID noted in the previous step. Make sure your local machine connect to the network BEFORE the VM does!

II. Automatically Deploy Your Azure VM

Click on the button above and fill out the form. You'll need to fill in:

• Subscription: your paid subscription.
• Resource group: create a new one and name it anything you like.
• Location: pick the location closest to you. Note that not every location has the VM with M60 graphics card. Check this website for whether a region supports NV6 VM.
• Vm Name: the name for the VM.
• Admin username and password: the login credentials for the local user.
• Vm Type: Use Standard_NV6_Promo if possible to save money. Use Standard_NV12s_v3 if you want Premium SSD.
• Platform : The OS of the VM to deploy. Note that Windows 10 VMs requires you to own a volume license for it.
• Vm Storage Type: The type of storage for the VM. Standard_LRS for "Standard HDD", StandardSSD_LRS for "Standard SSD" or Premium_LRS for "Premium SSD".
• Vm Ip Type: The Public IP allocation method for the VM. Check here for Public IP Address pricing.
• Spot VM: Set to true if you want to deploy a Spot VM. Note that it is not compatible with the Promo series VMs.
• Script location: the location of the setup script. Use the default value.
• Windows Update: whether to update windows, which takes around an hour. Recommended to leave as false.
• Network ID: network ID of your zero tier VPN, or empty if you don't need ZeroTier.

For Standard VM, you could specify a time when the VM would automatically shut down and deallocate. Once it's deallocated, you do not have to pay for the VM. See Q & A for more. A list of timezones understood by Azure is available here

Note: your admin credentials will be stored in plain-text in the VM. See Q & A for more.

After filling these in, check on I agree the terms and click on purchase. A VM with a M60 GPU will be automatically deployed and configured for you. Note that the setup process will take around 15 minutes (1 hour + if you choose to update Windows).

You can monitor the progress of the deployment using the notification button (bell icon) on the top right. You can also check the status under Virtual Machine -> The VM Name -> Extensions -> one of the entries in the list. If you see an error or failure, submit an issue on GitHub along with what's in detailed status.

Wait until the deployment is successful and both extensions are finished before logging in.

III. Log into your VM

You can log into your VM using Remote Desktop Connection.

1. Go to Virtual machines in [Azure Portal](https://portal.azure.com/) and click on the VM name
2. Click on Connect and then Download RDP File (leave everything as default)
3. Open your RDP file. Click on "Don't ask me again" and Connect for RDP popup.
4. Enter the username and password you provided. Click on more choices -> "Use a different account" if you can't modify the username.
5. Click on "Don't ask me again" and "Yes" for certificate verification popup.

IV. Setup Steam

Steam is automatically installed on your VM. Launch it and log-in with your steam credentials. Once logged in, install your games through Steam on the VM. Unfortunately, Steam no longer allows interaction-free installation from local machine, requring you to do a bit of setup in the VM.

You could either install a game to your system drive (managed disk) or a temporary drive. The temporary drive has faster speeds, but you lose all your data after deallocating a VM. You will have to re-install your games every time you stop and start your VM if you choose to install on the temporary drive. See Q & A for more.

If you want to stream from the Steam Link mobile app, don't forget to pair your phone and the VM from the VM's Remote Play settings !

V. Game!

Close the remote desktop connection using the disconnect.lnk shortcut on the desktop and enjoy some cloud gaming!

If you don't use this shortcut, the VM gets locked and Steam Remote Play can not capture the game.

In Steam Remote Play, you can toggle streaming stats display with F6.

I Want to Manually Deploy My VM

You could manually deploy your VM through Azure portal, PowerShell, or Azure CLI.

1. Deploy a NV6 size VM through the azure portal(see this guide for instructions). Do not forget to add the Nvidia Driver Extension to the VM!

2. Remote desktop into your Azure VM instance.

3. Launch PowerShell (click on the Windows key in the bottom-left corner, type "powershell", and click on the app PowerShell).

4. Download https://github.com/ecalder6/azure-gaming/blob/master/setup.ps1. You could download this onto your local machine and paste it through remote desktop.

5. Navigate to the directory containing setup.ps1 in PowerShell and execute

powershell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -File setup.ps1 -network {zero_tier_network_id} -admin_username {username_set_in_portal} -admin_password {password_set_in_portal} -manual_install

If you want to update windows, append

-windows_update

6. After some time, the script will restart your VM, at which point your remote desktop session will end.
7. You can then remote desktop into your VM again a few minutes later. (1+ hour if you want to update Windows)
8. Follow Setup Steam from above.

Stopping a VM

After you are done with a gaming session, I recommend you stop (deallocate) the VM using the Azure portal. When it's stopped (deallocated), you don't have to pay for the VM. If you shut it down from Windows, you will still have to pay. Below are the steps for stopping a VM in portal:

1. Login to Azure portal
2. On the left-hand side, click on All resources
3. Click on the VM you've created.
4. Click on Stop on the top.

To start the VM, follow the steps above except that you click on start.

Removing a VM

If you no longer wish to game on Azure, you could remove everything by:

1. Login to Azure portal
2. On the left-hand side, click on Resource Groups.
3. Click on the resource group you've created.
4. Click on delete resource group on the top.

Updating Nvidia Driver

Go to Install NVIDIA GPU drivers on N-series VMs running Windows to install the latest driver. Select Nvidia GRID driver for Windows Server 2016 for the NV series VM.

Contribution

Contributions are welcome! Please submit an issue and a PR for your change.

Future work items

• Explore the feasibility of image and snapshot
• Encrypt credentials for auto-login (achieved in Autologon)

Q & A

• What's the difference between a managed disk and a temporary drive?

  A managed disk is a persisted virtual disk drive that costs a few dollars a month. A temporary drive (called temporary storage in the VM) is an actual disk drive that sits on the computer that hosts your VM. Temporary drive is free of charge and is much faster than a managed disk. However, data on temporary drive are not persisted and will be wiped when the VM is deallocated.

  There are 3 types of managed disk, Standard HDD, Standard SSD and Premium SSD. The Standard disks have speeds similar to a typical hard drive, Standard SSD being more consistent than Standard HDD.

• What if the game is too big for C:? I don't want to reinstall it every time I restart the VM.

  You can create a new managed disk and attach it to your VM. See this documentation for more.

• How secure are my credentials?

  Your admin username and password you provide in the Azure portal form will be stored as plain text in 3 instances:

  1. While the script is executing, they will be stored as plain-text in memory.
  2. To facilitate auto-login for the VM, the credentials will be stored as plain-text in registry.

  You are safe if no malicious third-party can access the memory or disk on your VM. Now since the only way to remote desktop into your VM is through the admin account, the credentials should be safe. Still, you should NOT reuse the admin username and password anywhere else.

• Do I have to pay for my VM once it's shutdown?

  It's depends on how you shut down your VM. You don't pay for the VM ONLY when it's deallocated. Stopping the VM through the portal or the auto-shutdown setting for standard VM should also deallocate the VM. Shutting down from Windows would not deallocate it. Still, it’s always a good idea to double check your VM status.

• Steam on my local machine does not have the option to stream from VM?

  • Make sure steam is installed and running on the VM.
  • Restart Steam on your local machine
  • If using ZeroTier Central, make sure that both your machine and the VM are connected under the members tab.

• Steam Remote Play closes instantly after the splash screen ? Can't stream games because the screen is locked on the VM ?

  Double click on disconnect.lnk on the VM desktop to close the remote desktop connection.

• Double clicking on disconnect.lnk does nothing?

  Right-click on disconnect.lnk and click Properties. In Target, change the "1" to "2":

  C:\Windows\System32\tscon.exe 2 /dest:console

• Should I install the audio driver update for Steam?

  By default, Steam won't stream any game before you install its audio driver on the VM. Steam installs it automatically without action on your part. Alternatively, you could launch steam with "-skipstreamingdrivers".

• My Spot VM was deallocated. How do I get it back?

  To add back a Spot VM, go to your VM in Azure Portal, and press Start. There is no guarantee that the allocation will succeed.

• My question is not listed

  Submit an issue on GitHub.

azure-gaming's Issues

Can't create D3D device error

Hi. I try to run CS:GO with Steam and got an error with D3D. Look at the attachment.

What do I need to do next?

Steam game showing display adapter "microsoft basic display adapter"

Hi @ecalder6 ,
first of all thank you for this guide!

I created the VM myself, instead of using your script, but implemented all the steps anyways.
Whenever I start Total War Warhammer 2 in steam via remote play, the display adapter is showing as "microsoft basic display adapter" and not as nvidia.
Any idea why and how to solve that?

No RDP port set

I wasn't able to connect with remote desktop. On closer inspection it doesn't look like port 3389 is set in the NAT incoming settings.

GPU driver is not installed

The new GRID driver is extracted but not installed.

Deployment Content: Invalid Content Link

Hi,

I'm getting the following error when trying to use the custom deployment template:

Unable to download deployment content from 'https://gallery.azure.com/artifact/20161101/microsoft.nvidia-gpu-driver-windows-arm.1.1.0/Artifacts/MainTemplate.json'. The tracking Id is '626c9eb4-58b6-472f-bd0d-242c98f19122'. Please see https://aka.ms/arm-deploy for usage details. (Code: InvalidContentLink)

Is there an outdated link that needs refresh?

Thanks!

Linux client

I spent an hour or two futzing around before I was able to connect via RDP.

• rdesktop-vrdp didn't work (I've heard that project's defunct)
• xfreerdp didn't work
• remmina worked

It's possible that xfreerdp could work, but remmina seemed to work right out of the box whereas even after an hour of googling I couldn't find xfreerdp settings that worked, unfortunately.

Adding a recommendation to the readme for other linux users might be helpful.

Thanks for this, by the way! Aside from a fistful of issues with azure, windows in general, etc. this was super easy to get started with!

I found a way to save greatly save costs/automate deallocation of the gaming VM after being idle for certain amount of minutes. Looking for somebody to help me collaborate and integrate this feature into the setup script.

The solution I have tested is going to work like this once it is implemented:

1. Setup script downloads and installs the Azure CLI MSI-file
2. runs the command "az login" for first time authentication (it opens a browser window where you need to login with your Azure account).
3. Import/create a Task Scheduler task in Windows that checks for idle usage in XX minutes, after which, runs a batch file containing the command to deallocate the VM (I opt in to make the task usable for every VM created from the updated script and after testing is complete)
4. Download a batch file onto the VM that runs the following command to Azure CLI:

start "" az vm deallocate --name CloudGaming --resource-group ResourceGroup1
(Of course, we will have to adjust the command/script into fitting a naming standard that uses the same name for the virtual machine and resource group, otherwise it won't work for all installations.) Although, I'm open to other solutions if there might be privacy concerns or other.
Bonus: I put this batch file on the Desktop, so I also can manually run it anytime.

Reply if you want to help bring this feature into reality.

DX11 feature level 10.0 is required to run the engine error when starting a game

Every time I try to start a game on the VM I get this error dialog.

• I've already updated the NVIDIA Tesla M60 driver
• I made sure that the Microsoft Hyper-V Video display adapter is enabled.

Here is the relevant display information from dxdiag:

------------------
System Information
------------------
      Time of this report: 6/15/2018, 21:07:13
             Machine name: CloudGaming
               Machine Id: {C8DE2750-4210-4448-9D7B-6345C6C25CC4}
         Operating System: Windows Server 2016 Datacenter 64-bit (10.0, Build 14393) (14393.rs1_release_1.180402-1758)
                 Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
      System Manufacturer: Microsoft Corporation
             System Model: Virtual Machine
                     BIOS: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2690 v3 @ 2.60GHz
                Processor: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2690 v3 @ 2.60GHz (6 CPUs), ~2.6GHz
                   Memory: 57344MB RAM
      Available OS Memory: 57344MB RAM
                Page File: 1959MB used, 63575MB available
              Windows Dir: C:\Windows
          DirectX Version: DirectX 12
      DX Setup Parameters: Not found
         User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
       System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
          DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
                 Miracast: Not Available
Microsoft Graphics Hybrid: Not Supported
           DxDiag Version: 10.00.14393.0000 64bit Unicode

------------
DxDiag Notes
------------
      Display Tab 1: No problems found.
        Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
          Input Tab: No problems found.

--------------------
DirectX Debug Levels
--------------------
Direct3D:    0/4 (retail)
DirectDraw:  0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (retail)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (retail)
DirectPlay:  0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow:  0/6 (retail)

---------------
Display Devices
---------------
          Card name: Unknown
       Manufacturer: Unknown
          Chip type: Unknown
           DAC type: Unknown
        Device Type: n/a
         Device Key: Unknown
      Device Status: Unknown
Device Problem Code: Unknown
Driver Problem Code: Unknown
     Display Memory: Unknown
   Dedicated Memory: n/a
      Shared Memory: n/a
       Current Mode: 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (32Hz)
        Driver Name: Unknown
Driver File Version: Unknown (Unknown)
     Driver Version: Unknown
        DDI Version: 9Ex
     Feature Levels: Unknown
       Driver Model: Unknown
Graphics Preemption: Unknown
 Compute Preemption: Unknown
           Miracast: Unknown
Hybrid Graphics GPU: Unknown
     Power P-states: Unknown
  Driver Attributes: Final Retail
   Driver Date/Size: 6/15/2018 20:37:35 12:00:00 AM, 0 bytes
        WHQL Logo'd: n/a
    WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
  Device Identifier: {D7B71AF4-43CC-11CF-F061-3918AFC2C735}
          Vendor ID: Unknown
          Device ID: Unknown
          SubSys ID: Unknown
        Revision ID: Unknown
 Driver Strong Name: Unknown
     Rank Of Driver: Unknown
        Video Accel: Unknown
        DXVA2 Modes: Unknown
      Deinterlace Caps: n/a
       D3D9 Overlay: Not Supported
            DXVA-HD: Not Supported
       DDraw Status: Not Available
         D3D Status: Enabled
         AGP Status: Not Available
           MPO Caps: Unknown
        MPO Stretch: Unknown
    MPO Media Hints: Unknown
        MPO Formats: Unknown

VM from template - nvidia driver not properly installed

Yesterday I deployed NV6 directly from the template link - single VM, standard (not spot), after coming up there was Steam and zerotier properly installed however there was no disconnect shortcut on desktop. So I made it myself but even after changing 2 to 1 or vice versa so that it disconnected me when clicking it, steamlink connection showed microsoft driver and everything was slow. also the custom extension in portal showed some error messages related to nvidia driver. Looks like it was expected in some 2nd level path on C: but it was actually deeply nested in like 5 folders. Anyway I rerun it in same way (with silent noreboot flags) then rebooted and it didn't help. So I run some stuff semi-randomly from setup and setup2 (like e.g. disable hyperv driver) rebooted again and now it finally works great.

So just a report that it failed out of box for me yesterday. Maybe current nvidia driver is extracted into wrong location/has different folder structure than expected?

Oh, one more thing, there was no NSG set for the VM networking so the RDP port was open to whole world without any hint anywhere in portal. So might be better to include NSG in the template just so that people see more clearly the rdp port is open to whole world and may secure it properly or even disable it completely when using zerotier.

BTW I was using this like year ago with low priority VM scaleset and it worked great but now with spot instances this is so unstable I went for normal VM now. Actually I didn't use it few months and the scaleset was somehow automatically converted by MS from low priority VM to spot instance version with policy set as delete(!). So yesterday I started it for the first time after months and was playing some game and it suddenly disconnected an I only managed to see 'deleting' in portal and whole vm was gone! Only then I noticed the policy of course. I also had other non-steam games there so lost many save games progress this way :-(

Anyway thanks for this, I am using steamlink from raspberry pi with this and enjoy absolutely quiet high quality gaming :-) Well sometimes I die because of sudden lag spike but it is not that bad.

This Script can't work

This Script is not working in azure hope you will fix it soon!

Link to VBCable should be updated

Hi there, I've noticed the old link to the audio driver (http://vbaudio.jcedeveloppement.com/Download_CABLE/VBCABLE_Driver_Pack43.zip) doesn't work anymore, which means sound won't work on newly installed machines (or I couldn't get it to work :) ).

Googling a bit, it looks like the link below is a good alternative:
https://download.vb-audio.com/Download_CABLE/VBCABLE_Driver_Pack43.zip

Does it work with NC6 instead of NV6 VMs?

They're about half the cost, but are also GPU VMs. Have you tried using NC6?

Deployment for Standard is failing with conflict

Deploying with the standard configuration and all recommended settings (no windows update) is failing with the following error:

{
    "status": "Failed",
    "error": {
        "code": "ResourceDeploymentFailure",
        "message": "The resource operation completed with terminal provisioning state 'Failed'.",
        "details": [
            {
                "code": "VMExtensionProvisioningError",
                "message": "VM has reported a failure when processing extension 'SetupWithoutWindowsUpdate'. Error message: \"Finished executing command\"\r\n\r\nMore information on troubleshooting is available at https://aka.ms/VMExtensionCSEWindowsTroubleshoot "
            }
        ]
    }
}

Multiple attempts reproduce the same error.

Contact info?

Eric, may I contact you with a question? This has to do with basic tutorials for the Azure devops

How about changing to Windows 10?

I propose change to Windows 10:

{"imageReference": {
    "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsDesktop",
    "offer": "Windows-10",
    "sku": "rs4-pro",
    "version": "latest"
}}

evictionPolicy?

Hi
After deleting VM I've lost whole setup. What do you think to change "evictionPolicy" to "deallocate"?

SetupWithoutWindowsUpdate Failed

Deployment failed: CloudGaming/SetupWithoutWindowsUpdate

Tried with Update and without it, still not working. Location: North Europe -Standard_NV6_Promo

{
"status": "Failed",
"error": {
"code": "VMExtensionProvisioningError",
"message": "VM has reported a failure when processing extension 'SetupWithoutWindowsUpdate'. Error message: "Command execution finished, but failed because it returned a non-zero exit code of: '1'. Command execution may have been interrupted by a VM restart"\r\n\r\nMore information on troubleshooting is available at https://aka.ms/VMExtensionCSEWindowsTroubleshoot "
}
}

Standard_NV6_Promo instead of default

Hi,

I have successfully deployed my gaming PC on Azure thanks to script here.
One thing I noticed is in my region (Japan east) Standard_NV6 is not available but Promo version is available. So I replaced VM size to Standard_NV6_Promo and the script worked.

It is great if the script detects either one of two or if you can update README.

Thanks.

Better performance when using direct connection with Steam Streaming

Steam Remote Play requires specific ports open:

Streaming uses UDP ports 27031 and 27036 and TCP ports 27036 and 27037. Please make sure Steam can listen on these ports in your firewall software.

When the ports are open on both the VM (Windows Defender Firewall) and Azure (Network Security Group) the overall streaming performance is much better, since direct connection is made between your PC and remote bypassing Valve's proxy.

Why dont play directly on the VM?

Hi,

Thanks a lot for this repository I was able to set up a VM in no time. I just have one simple question. Why is it better to stream the game instead of using the RDP? Does it reduce the lag?

Best regards,

David

Steam streaming client blackscreens and hangs or crashes

First of all - thanks for all the efforts in getting this automated!

I can deploy and connect to an NV VM fine. I can download and install Steam, and the Battle.Net client and can start World of Warcraft, and even interact with it a bit over RDP.

However, when I try to stream the screen just goes black, and the streaming client either returns after a few seconds or hangs. I can hear game music playing in the first instance. Steam mention this specifically: https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=3629-RIAV-1617#blackscreen.

I've updated the latest NVidia drivers but: the download page warns that a restart would be required. I assume if I want to do that then I'll need a managed disk? Attempting it anyway (without restarting the VM) doesn't improve things.

The same Steam resource suggests a couple of other options, including testing and adjusting MTU settings. I'll be attempting those soon but thought I'd raise this as an issue here in case it'd been seen and there was an obvious solution.

EDIT: I misunderstood the managed OS disk point. MTU settings are at what Steam recommend.

Error, I think it stops on windows update step

Hello, can you help me ? I did almost leave everything as default, using spot vm true, NV12_v3, windows update set as true, even setting as false keeps getting error

here is the log
{
"code": "VMExtensionProvisioningError",
"message": "VM has reported a failure when processing extension 'SetupWithWindowsUpdate'. Error message: "Command execution finished, but failed because it returned a non-zero exit code of: '1'. The command had an error output of: 'New-Object : Exception calling ".ctor" with "3" argument(s): "End of Central Directory record could not be found."\r\nAt \r\nC:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules\Microsoft.PowerShell.Archive\Microsoft.PowerShell.Archive.psm1:934 \r\nchar:23\r\n+ ... ...' For more information, check the instance view by executing Get-AzVmssVm or Get-AzVm (https://aka.ms/GetAzVm). These commands can be executed using CloudShell (https://aka.ms/CloudShell). Command execution may have been interrupted by a VM restart"\r\n\r\nMore information on troubleshooting is available at https://aka.ms/VMExtensionCSEWindowsTroubleshoot "
}

Connect/Disconnect Issue

Hello, I already sent you an email but I will post it here anyway.

I also have a macbook pro with low specs, and for gaming its not ideal, the game I am trying to stream is Cities Skylines, which I guess should use less CPU/GPU/Network than a FPS game like overwatch.

I created the VM with the Azure button, the VPN is setup and both machines are joined.

1. I supposed that the VM is already configured with everything from your guide, except the Steam Server settings., so I read your guide but I only applied the Steam Host Settings.
2. I applied the steam client settings.

when I click on Connect, the game starts and I can see a game splash screen, then it disconnects immediately.

Not sure what I am missing here.

Thanks

How about installing Origin also?

I found how to install origin silently:
http://support.gizmopowered.net/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/View/58/17/how-to-silent-install-ea-origin-to-non-default-directory

Screen resizes

If you have "Dynamic resizing" on on your RDP client (where the resolution is adjusted to match the rdp client size), the resolution gets swapped back a few seconds after you disconnect. If you disconnect and immediately start a game, I got a steam link disconnect after a few seconds.

Waiting for 20s before starting the game with steamlink seemed to work fine, it may be worth a note.

Deployment Failed

{
  "code": "DeploymentFailed",
  "message": "At least one resource deployment operation failed. Please list deployment operations for details. Please see https://aka.ms/arm-debug for usage details.",
  "details": [
    {
      "code": "BadRequest",
      "message": "{\r\n  \"error\": {\r\n    \"code\": \"InvalidIso8601Time\",\r\n    \"message\": \"The provided time  does not follow the ISO 8601 standard.\"\r\n  }\r\n}"
    }
  ]
}

Disk and OS question

Great set of tools BTW. This is my third build with some internet provided instructions and this one seems to be working well. Although I can't get steam clients to see each other.

I had 2 quick Qs:
1.Why did you choose the standard HDD instead of the SSD?
2.Why did you choose to use windows server instead of Windows10 image?

Thanks

NV and NVv3 sizes not available

I'ven encountered the issue that NV and NVv3 sizes were not available in any region during validation process. NV is going to get retired in 2023 but is this already done in some regions? It also does not explain why NVv3 series is not availabe as well. Any ideas why this is and what alternatives may be?

I cant find my peer PC on both side at Home streaming

I cant find the both PC in home stream.I can ping from cloud pc ip to my local pc .

Tried creating a VM with NVv4-series, and it works great! Except that I can't get audio functioning properly.

Anyone else have audio issues?

I made sure to enable the "Play audio on Host" setting but it has not resolved the issue. Would be very grateful if anyone found a solution.

In case it is relevant. Audio does seem to work if I'm simply using remote desktop, but of course the streaming performance is worse.