I have a lot of experience with Linux, but not much with Ubuntu, however I have a project that needs Ubuntu in the cloud. I can't use the marketplace images because I need an application that requires a GUI to authenticate against a remote server before I upload it. I was able to create a vhd images and upload it to Azure, however I cannot access the serial console. It appears that Ubuntu does not have a serial console server by default. I googled the web, and used CoPilot ( which is sometimes useless ) it says to install a packages called sersial-console-serial. When I try to install this, it says that packages is not available ( however I can install other packages ).