How to install NVIDIA graphics driver on Azure VM

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How do I install a graphics driver on a virtual machine? I want to create a VM for gaming purposes and I cannot seem to get a graphics driver installed. I followed these guides:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/n-series-driver-setup https://medium.com/azure-cloud/a-killer-guide-for-cloud-gaming-on-azure-march-2020-1aa56d13fba3

which all works fine until the download/setup of the graphics driver. Once the NVIDIA installation box pops up he says the machine is not suitable. I tried many different sizes of VM (NV6-8 series) to see if it was in system settings but nothing seems to work. Can someone provide help/insights? I just started my programming/Azure VM journey so assume I am a noob.

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Under advanced settings during the setup of a VM, you can click on 'select an extension to install' which will give the option to install an NVIDIA driver (among others).

Install Extension VM

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You can install NVIDIA GPU drivers on N-series VMs running Windows with NVIDIA GPU Driver Extension or install NVIDIA GPU drivers manually.

In my example, I deployed a window server 2019 datacenter with a size NC6 and Standard SSD Azure VM in the EastUs region.

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Then installs NVIDIA GPU drivers with extension in PowerShell.

Set-AzVMExtension -ResourceGroupName "myResourceGroup" -VMName "myVm" -Location "East US"   -Publisher "Microsoft.HpcCompute" -ExtensionName "NvidiaGpuDriverWindows" -ExtensionType "NvidiaGpuDriverWindows" -TypeHandlerVersion 1.3

Finally, wait for a few moments to finish the extension, verify driver installation in Device Manager. enter image description here

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