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> [!NOTE]
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> Serial Console is compatible with a managed boot diagnostics storage account.
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## Prerequisites
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## Prerequisites to access the Azure Serial Console
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* Your VM or virtual machine scale set instance must use the resource management deployment model. Classic deployments aren't supported.
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To access the Serial Console on your VM or virtual machine scale set instance, you will need the following:
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* Your account that uses serial console must have the [Virtual Machine Contributor role](/azure/role-based-access-control/built-in-roles#virtual-machine-contributor) for the VM and the [boot diagnostics](boot-diagnostics.md) storage account
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- Boot diagnostics must be enabled for the VM
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- A user account that uses password authentication must exist within the VM. You can create a password-based user with the [reset password](/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/vmaccess#reset-password) function of the VM access extension. Select **Reset password** from the **Help** section.
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- The Azure account accessing Serial Console must have [Virtual Machine Contributor role](/azure/role-based-access-control/built-in-roles#virtual-machine-contributor) for both the VM and the [boot diagnostics](boot-diagnostics.md) storage account
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- Classic deployments aren't supported. Your VM or virtual machine scale set instance must use the Azure Resource Manager deployment model.
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- Serial Console is not supported when the storage account has **Allow storage account key access** disabled.
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* Your VM or virtual machine scale set instance must have a password-based user. You can create one with the [reset password](/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/vmaccess#reset-password) function of the VM access extension. Select **Reset password** from the **Help** section.
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* The VM for virtual machine scale set instance must have [boot diagnostics](boot-diagnostics.md) enabled.
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:::image type="content" source="media/serial-console-windows/diagnostics-settings.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the Boot diagnostics option under the Diagnostics settings.":::
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> [!IMPORTANT]
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> Serial Console is now compatible with [managed boot diagnostics storage accounts](boot-diagnostics.md) and custom storage account firewalls.
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## Enable Serial Console functionality for Windows Server
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