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title: "Assigning a Static Private IP to a VM in Azure"
slug: "assigning-a-static-private-ip-to-a-vm-in-azure"
updated: 2024-07-16T13:09:44Z
published: 2024-07-16T13:09:44Z
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# Assigning a Static Private IP to a VM in Azure

### Use Case:

Occasionally, an application necessitates a fixed IP address to hold a license, or a customer wants to enforce access through an IP address. In such cases, customers may find it necessary to assign a static IP to a Workspot Desktops. By default, Workspot desktops have a dynamic IP address assigned.

### Steps to assign a Static Private IP address to a VM:

- Login to the Azure portal [https://portal.Azure.com](https://portal.azure.com/).
- Locate the NIC of the resource that requires Static IP. Please make sure the resource is in the stopped state.
- Select IP Configurations under settings.
- Click on “ipv4config”, on the right “Edit IP Configuration” page to static IP address.

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- After these changes have been made, click Save to apply the new configuration.