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title: "How to Change a NIC for a VM in Azure"
slug: "how-to-change-a-nic-for-a-vm-in-azure"
updated: 2024-07-16T13:09:23Z
published: 2024-07-16T13:09:23Z
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# How to Change a NIC for a VM in Azure

- Login to Azure Portal [https://portal.azure.com](https://portal.azure.com/).
- Locate and stop the a VM that is having an NIC issue.

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- Click on Networking > Click Network Interface link.

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- Take the screenshot of the old NIC for reference to create the new NIC.

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- Now go to Azure Home search Network Interface and click on Create.
- Fill in all the details below referring to the above old NIC screenshot.

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/ad9153e1-c8de-4f56-94f2-b717a1fc3a68/Images/Documentation/79e89f46-30d1-4c71-9bb1-b73b7ae516d2.png)

- Goto New NIC > Click on Network Security group and select the group referring to the old NIC screenshot.

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- Go back to VM > Networking > Attach network interface.

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- Select the new NIC from the drop-down menu and click ok.

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/ad9153e1-c8de-4f56-94f2-b717a1fc3a68/Images/Documentation/3cc188d1-b8e5-4993-9806-9598523eaf6c.png)

- Now click on Detach network interface select the old NIC to remove and click ok.

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/ad9153e1-c8de-4f56-94f2-b717a1fc3a68/Images/Documentation/ea477eb8-5194-4022-89ea-5e6d2a424844.png)![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/ad9153e1-c8de-4f56-94f2-b717a1fc3a68/Images/Documentation/52776fd9-7f85-4c43-996f-35531de24121.png)

- Now start the VM and check boot diagnostics. The network should be available now.

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/ad9153e1-c8de-4f56-94f2-b717a1fc3a68/Images/Documentation/37b8c802-670a-4e24-b640-cb34703c820a.png)