This video cover how i setup my environment and create my first server in just a few minutes, using the Azure portal when i am about to do an Azure deployment.
Video:
Steps in the above video covers;
Microsoft Azure article covering some of the steps in video
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/virtual-machines-windows-hero-tutorial/
DV1 Series
http://hazelnest.com/blog/blog/tag/dv1-series/