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title: "Manage Images"
slug: "manage-images"
updated: 2026-07-06T10:33:20Z
published: 2026-07-06T10:33:20Z
canonical: "support.controlup.com/manage-images"
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# Manage Images

ControlUp DaaS IQ offers a secure, automated pipeline for the high-risk, manual task of maintaining Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) golden images. This is accomplished through a non-destructive workflow.

The non-destructive workflow preserves a persistent **golden VM** that never requires Sysprep (Microsoft's System Preparation Tool). Instead, DaaS IQ clones the golden VM to a temporary **builder VM** for the capture process. This ensures that every image on your **Images List** is an **editable golden VM**, providing you with complete control instead of relying on read-only links to external galleries.

To maintain high performance and security standards, DaaS IQ **only** supports Azure Generation 2 (Trusted launch) VMs.

## Images List

![Images page showing images listed](https://cdn.document360.io/098100b7-b9da-4bea-b4b9-017140ab863e/Images/Documentation/DaasImageList.png)

The Images page provides a detailed **Images List** of all currently configured images within your DaaS IQ environment. The list displays an overview of your images that have already been added and cloned as editable golden VMs. You can see the following:

- **Image Name**: A user-defined name for each golden image.
- **Status**: Current state of the VM, such as **Running**, **Starting**, **Stopping**, or **Stopped**.
- **Power State**: Current power state of the VM, such as **Running**, **Starting**, or **Deallocated**.
- **OS Family**: Base operating system.
- **OS Version**: Specific build version.
- **Latest Version**: Most recent version number captured for the image.
- **Target Regions**: Geographical Azure locations where the image is stored.
- **Last Modified**: A sortable timestamp that tracks exactly when the image was last updated.
- **Actions**: Menu to perform management tasks on each image, including:
  - **Start**
  - **Stop**
  - **Connect (RDP)**
  - **Publish**
  - **Delete**

To view the details of a specific image, click the row of the image in the grid.

You can also jump straight to an image's details page from the Overview page **Images** view by clicking its row.

### Image Details

![image details page showing overview tab](https://cdn.document360.io/098100b7-b9da-4bea-b4b9-017140ab863e/Images/Documentation/DaasImageDetailsOver.png)

An image’s details page includes an **Overview** tab that displays metadata for:

- **Status**: Power State, Current Action
- **Golden VM**: Azure Resource ID, VM Size, Security Type, Secure Boot, vTPM, Integrity Monitoring, HYper-V Generation, Architecture, OS Disk Type, OS Disk Size, Virtual Network Resource ID
- **ACG Image Definition**: Gallery Name, Publisher, Offer, SKU
- **Creation Metadata**: Created by, Created at, Creation path

The **Version History** tab lists each version of the image that was published. You can see the following:

- **Version Number**
- **Published At**
- **Published By**
- **Regions**
- **Status**
- **Last Updated**
- **Actions**: Menu to perform management tasks on each version, including:
  - **Retry Publish**. Retry publishing a failed version without restarting the configuration from scratch.
  - **Cleanup Artifacts**. Safely remove leftover temporary Azure resources created during the publishing process for both completed and failed image versions.
  - **Delete**. To **delete** an image, you must first **stop** it.

## Add New Image

To add a golden image to DaaS IQ:

1. From the DaaS IQ Overview page, click the **Images** tab.
2. Above the left side of the **Images List**, click **+ New Image**.

![create new image button](https://cdn.document360.io/098100b7-b9da-4bea-b4b9-017140ab863e/Images/Documentation/DaasNewImage.png)

The **Add New Image** wizard opens.
3. Select a source type and click **Next**:

- **Promote Existing VM**:

1. From the **Subscription** dropdown, select a subscription.
2. From the **Virtual Machine** dropdown, select a VM to promote, or click **Browse VMs** to select a VM. Note that the VM must be stopped or deallocated before you promote it. You can **only** promote Azure Gen 2 (Trusted launch) VMs.
3. Review the **Virtual Machine Details** and click **Next**.

- **Deploy from Gallery**:

1. From the **Subscription** dropdown, select a subscription.
2. From the **Gallery** dropdown, select a gallery.
3. From the **Image Definition** dropdown, select an image definition.
4. From the **Version** dropdown, select a version.
5. Click **Next**.
6. From the **Subscription** dropdown, select a subscription.
7. Optionally, from the **Resource Group** dropdown, select a resource group.
8. Enter a **VM Name**. Note that the name must start with a letter, include 1–15 characters, alphanumeric and hyphens only.
9. From the **VM Size** dropdown, select a VM size.
10. From the **OS Disk Type** dropdown, select a disk type.
11. From the **OS Disk Size** dropdown, select a disk size.
12. From the **Virtual Network** dropdown, select a network.
13. From the **Subnet** dropdown, select a subnet.
14. Enter a **Local Admin Username**.
15. Enter a **Password** twice to confirm and click **Next**.

- **Create from Marketplace**:

1. From the **Subscription** dropdown, select a subscription.
2. From the **OS Image** dropdown, select an OS image.
3. Click **Next**.
4. From the **Region** dropdown, select a region.
5. Optionally, from the **Resource Group** dropdown, select a resource group.
6. From the **VM Size** dropdown, select a VM size.
7. From the **OS Disk Type** dropdown, select a disk type.
8. From the **OS Disk Size** dropdown, select a disk size.
9. From the **Virtual Network** dropdown, select a network.
10. From the **Subnet** dropdown, select a subnet.
11. Enter a **Local Admin Username**.
12. Enter a **Password** twice to confirm and click **Next**.

1. From the **Subscription** dropdown, select a subscription.
2. From the **Virtual Machine** dropdown, select a VM to promote, or click **Browse VMs** to select a VM. Note that the VM must be stopped or deallocated before you promote it. You can **only** promote Azure Gen 2 (Trusted launch) VMs.
3. Review the **Virtual Machine Details** and click **Next**.

![VM Picker step showing virtual machine details area](https://cdn.document360.io/098100b7-b9da-4bea-b4b9-017140ab863e/Images/Documentation/DaasVMDetails.png)
4. In the **Display Name** field, enter a descriptive name that will appear on the **Image List**.
5. From the **OS Family** dropdown, select an OS family.
6. In the **OS Version** field, enter an OS version.
7. From the **Azure Compute Gallery** dropdown, select a target gallery for the new image definition.

![add new image wizard with image config step showing azure compute gallery dropdown menu options to select](https://cdn.document360.io/098100b7-b9da-4bea-b4b9-017140ab863e/Images/Documentation/DaasAzureComp.png)
8. Review the **ACG Image Definition Preview** and click **Next**.
9. Review all the image configuration details.
10. To capture the source VM, and to save and submit a new ACG Image Definition, click **Create Image**. Note that no new image is published until you click **Publish** on the image’s **Actions** menu.

The new image is added to the **Image List** and you can now perform management tasks on it.