How to access virtual machine (Windows Server 2008) from browser?

I am trying out the Free Trial Microsoft Azure. Basically I created an VM running Windows Server 2008 SP1.

There, I am running GeoServer, being able to access the geoserver from the local browser (eg: http://localhost:8080/geoserver/web)

Now, how to access this from a public browser? It has a public IP 13.93.154.109 which I can't even ping it, not to say to access it.

What did I miss out?

Note: I tried both classic/non-classic VM, result is the same. Also, I am aware that there is an OpenGeo Suite out there for Azure. But it costs a lot. What I am trying to do is, to share the VM with the other existing product.

Thanks in advance.

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P.S: I am able to ping 13.93.154.109:3389 using PsPing instead of normal Ping.

Solution

You need to open the port 8080 to allow traffic on your VM. Depending on how you have created the VM, it can be done in different ways:

If you have used the Classic workflow, you need to add an endpoint to your cloud service: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/virtual-machines-windows-classic-setup-endpoints/
If you have used the Azure Resource Manager workflow, you need to create an inbound rule in the network security group: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/virtual-networks-create-nsg-arm-pportal/#create-rules-in-an-existing-nsg