Azure MFA – How to Integrate with Windows 10 Login

You need to check which image you used, as it sounds like you used a Windows Server Core image, which has no GUI. It is perfectly possible to have a 2016 Azure VM with a desktop from a gallery image, I have many of them, you just need to select the right image. Right now on the gallery there are three 2016 images:

• Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 4
• Windows Server Nano 2016 Technical Preview 4
• Windows Server Core 2016 Technical Preview 4

You need to choose the first one, I suspect you used the last one.

You can either recreate the VM with the right image, or you can add the GUI to your existing machine by typing "sconfig" in the command line window (if the server configuration screen is not already open) then selecting the "Restore Graphical Interface" option, I think its number 12.

If you are using ARM template deployment you can use the following OSProfile for a windows machine to configure AutoLogon:

"osProfile": {
        "computerName": "[parameters('vmName')]",
        "adminUsername": "[parameters('adminUsername')]",
        "adminPassword": "[parameters('adminPassword')]",
        "WindowsConfiguration": {
            "additionalUnattendContent": [
              {
                "passName": "oobesystem",
                "componentName": "Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup",
                "settingName": "AutoLogon",
                "content": "[concat('<AutoLogon><Password><Value>', parameters('adminPassword'), '</Value><PlainText>true</PlainText></Password><Enabled>true</Enabled><Username>', parameters('adminUsername'), '</Username></AutoLogon>')]"
              }
            ]
        }
      }