Updated AZURE Quickstart Docs

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 - [DigitalOcean](./digital-ocean-qs) (uses Terraform)
 - [AWS](./amazon-aws-qs) (uses Terraform)
+- [AZURE](./microsoft-azure-qs) (uses Terraform)
 - [Vagrant](./quickstart-vagrant)

 If you prefer, the following guide will take you through the same process in individual steps. Use this if you want to run Rancher in a different provider, on prem, or if you would just like to see how easy it is.
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+---
+title: Rancher Azure Quick Start Guide
+description: Read this step by step Rancher Azure guide to quickly deploy a Rancher Server with a single node cluster attached.
+weight: 100
+---
+The following steps will quickly deploy a Rancher Server on Azure with a single node cluster attached.
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+>**Note**
+>Deploying to Microsoft Azure will incur charges.
+
+- [Microsoft Azure Account](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free/): A Microsoft Azure Account is required to create resources for deploying Rancher and Kubernetes.
+- [Microsoft Azure Subscription](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/create-subscription#create-a-subscription-in-the-azure-portal): Use this link to follow a tutorial to create a Microsoft Azure subscription if you don't have one yet.
+- [Micsoroft Azure Tenant](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/develop/quickstart-create-new-tenant): Use this link and follow instructions to create a Microsoft Azure tenant.
+- [Microsoft Azure Client ID/Secret](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/develop/howto-create-service-principal-portal): Use this link and follow instructions to create a Microsoft Azure client and secret.
+- [Terraform](https://www.terraform.io/downloads.html): Used to provision the server and cluster in Microsoft Azure.
+
+
+## Getting Started
+
+1. Clone [Rancher Quickstart](https://github.com/rancher/quickstart) to a folder using `git clone https://github.com/rancher/quickstart`.
+
+1. Go into the Azure folder containing the terraform files by executing `cd quickstart/azure`.
+
+1. Rename the `terraform.tfvars.example` file to `terraform.tfvars`.
+
+1. Edit `terraform.tfvars` and customize the following variables:
+    - `azure_subscription_id` - Microsoft Azure Subscription ID 
+    - `azure_client_id` - Microsoft Azure Client ID
+    - `azure_client_secret` - Microsoft Azure Client Secret
+    - `azure_tenant_id` - Microsoft Azure Tenant ID
+    - `rancher_server_admin_password` - Admin password for created Rancher server
+
+2. **Optional:** Modify optional variables within `terraform.tfvars`.
+See the [Quickstart Readme](https://github.com/rancher/quickstart) and the [Azure Quickstart Readme](https://github.com/rancher/quickstart/tree/master/azure) for more information.
+Suggestions include:
+    - `azure_location` - Microsoft Azure region, choose the closest instead of the default
+    - `prefix` - Prefix for all created resources
+    - `instance_type` - Compute instance size used, minimum is `Standard_DS2_v2` but `Standard_DS2_v3` or `Standard_DS3_v2` could be used if within budget
+    - `ssh_key_file_name` - Use a specific SSH key instead of `~/.ssh/id_rsa` (public key is assumed to be `${ssh_key_file_name}.pub`)
+
+1. Run `terraform init`.
+
+1. Install the [RKE terraform provider](https://github.com/rancher/terraform-provider-rke), see [installation instructions](https://github.com/rancher/terraform-provider-rke#using-the-provider).
+
+1. To initiate the creation of the environment, run `terraform apply --auto-approve`. Then wait for output similar to the following:
+
+    ```
+    Apply complete! Resources: 16 added, 0 changed, 0 destroyed.
+
+    Outputs:
+
+    rancher_node_ip = xx.xx.xx.xx
+    rancher_server_url = https://xx-xx-xx-xx.nip.io
+    workload_node_ip = yy.yy.yy.yy
+    ```
+
+1. Paste the `rancher_server_url` from the output above into the browser. Log in when prompted (default username is `admin`, use the password set in `rancher_server_admin_password`).
+
+#### Result
+
+Two Kubernetes clusters are deployed into your Azure account, one running Rancher Server and the other ready for experimentation deployments.
+
+### What's Next?
+
+Use Rancher to create a deployment. For more information, see [Creating Deployments]({{< baseurl >}}/rancher/v2.x/en/quick-start-guide/workload).
+
+## Destroying the Environment
+
+1. From the `quickstart/azure` folder, execute `terraform destroy --auto-approve`.
+
+2. Wait for confirmation that all resources have been destroyed.