title: Why does RDP fail after straightforward creation of a Windows VM on Azure?
body: <p>I have created an Azure account (with MSDN Professional subscription), and created a G1 VM running Windows 10 Preview with Visual Studio 2015.  <strong>However, the RDP connection reports "Your credentials did not work".</strong></p>
  
  <p>I have attached a series of screenshots of the exact process I followed, by creating an identical second VM (with a different name, but everything else identical):</p>
  
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  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/hMlQm.jpg" alt="Azure 1"></p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/M2H24.jpg" alt="Azure 2"></p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/t2WUF.jpg" alt="Azure 3"></p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/drfsS.jpg" alt="Azure 4"></p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/8j1V3.jpg" alt="Azure 5"></p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/tlkPG.jpg" alt="Azure 6"></p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/q8hW3.jpg" alt="Azure 7"></p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/wu3t3.jpg" alt="Azure 8"></p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/SAZev.jpg" alt="Azure 9"></p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/zKjlr.jpg" alt="Azure 10"></p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/Xf7Rs.jpg" alt="Azure 11"></p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/erQIF.jpg" alt="Azure 12"></p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/5khGp.jpg" alt="Azure 13"></p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/0ftHo.jpg" alt="Azure 14"></p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/YFy6I.jpg" alt="Azure 15"></p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/OgriM.jpg" alt="Azure 16"></p>
  
  <p>I have seen <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/a/19982015/368896">https://stackoverflow.com/a/19982015/368896</a> and <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/a/17329909/368896">https://stackoverflow.com/a/17329909/368896</a> - My password is 8 characters, and it contains at least one capital letter, at least one lowercase letter, at least one number, and at least one special character, with no spaces, so it should be acceptable; my username is only 10 characters with no special characters, so it should be acceptable.</p>
  
  <p><strong>What do I need to do to connect to my Azure Windows 10 VM after I straightforwardly create it via the management console?</strong>  Why is RDP failing?</p>
  
  <p><em>Note: I have disabled the firewall (Norton Antivirus) on my local machine, the one on which I run the RDP.</em></p>