diff --git a/secdep.py b/secdep.py
index 217f462..bb197ef 100755
--- a/secdep.py
+++ b/secdep.py
@@ -104,8 +104,11 @@ if not os.path.exists(ENV_FILE):
 # 5) SECDEP_AZURE_SUB_ID
 # 6) SECDEP_AZURE_APP_ID
 # 7) SECDEP_AZURE_PASSWORD
-# 8) SECDEP_AWS_ACCESS_KEY
-# 9) SECDEP_AWS_SECRET_KEY
+# 8) SECDEP_AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP
+# 9) SECDEP_AZURE_VIRTUAL_NETWORK
+# 10 SECDEP_AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT
+# 11) SECDEP_AWS_ACCESS_KEY
+# 12) SECDEP_AWS_SECRET_KEY
 
 # For GCE we need to create a service account (with Owner Role from the IAM section) and download the json file (from
 # the Service Account's manage keys section) in the same directory as the script
@@ -148,6 +151,18 @@ with open(ENV_FILE, 'r') as f:
         SECDEP_AZURE_PASSWORD = input("Enter your AZURE_PASSWORD: ")
         with open(ENV_FILE, 'a') as f:
             f.write('SECDEP_AZURE_PASSWORD={}\n'.format(SECDEP_AZURE_PASSWORD))
+    if 'SECDEP_AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP' not in env_file_content:
+        SECDEP_AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP = input("Enter your AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP: ")
+        with open(ENV_FILE, 'a') as f:
+            f.write('SECDEP_AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP={}\n'.format(SECDEP_AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP))
+    if 'SECDEP_AZURE_VIRTUAL_NETWORK' not in env_file_content:
+        SECDEP_AZURE_VIRTUAL_NETWORK = input("Enter your AZURE_VIRTUAL_NETWORK: ")
+        with open(ENV_FILE, 'a') as f:
+            f.write('SECDEP_AZURE_VIRTUAL_NETWORK={}\n'.format(SECDEP_AZURE_VIRTUAL_NETWORK))
+    if 'SECDEP_AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT' not in env_file_content:
+        SECDEP_AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT = input("Enter your AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT: ")
+        with open(ENV_FILE, 'a') as f:
+            f.write('SECDEP_AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT={}\n'.format(SECDEP_AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT))
     if 'SECDEP_AWS_ACCESS_KEY' not in env_file_content:
         SECDEP_AWS_ACCESS_KEY = input("Enter your AWS_ACCESS_KEY: ")
         with open(ENV_FILE, 'a') as f:
@@ -179,6 +194,9 @@ def get_env_vars():
     global SECDEP_AZURE_SUB_ID
     global SECDEP_AZURE_APP_ID
     global SECDEP_AZURE_PASSWORD
+    global SECDEP_AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP
+    global SECDEP_AZURE_VIRTUAL_NETWORK
+    global SECDEP_AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT
     global SECDEP_AWS_ACCESS_KEY
     global SECDEP_AWS_SECRET_KEY
     # GCE
@@ -194,6 +212,9 @@ def get_env_vars():
     SECDEP_AZURE_SUB_ID = os.getenv('SECDEP_AZURE_SUB_ID')
     SECDEP_AZURE_APP_ID = os.getenv('SECDEP_AZURE_APP_ID')
     SECDEP_AZURE_PASSWORD = os.getenv('SECDEP_AZURE_PASSWORD')
+    SECDEP_AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP = os.getenv('SECDEP_AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP')
+    SECDEP_AZURE_VIRTUAL_NETWORK = os.getenv('SECDEP_AZURE_VIRTUAL_NETWORK')
+    SECDEP_AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT = os.getenv('SECDEP_AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT')
     # AWS
     SECDEP_AWS_ACCESS_KEY = os.getenv('SECDEP_AWS_ACCESS_KEY')
     SECDEP_AWS_SECRET_KEY = os.getenv('SECDEP_AWS_SECRET_KEY')
@@ -911,7 +932,9 @@ def create_node(provider, name=None, location=None, size=None, image=None, confi
             if provider == "gce":
                 image = images[imageName.index(image)]
             elif provider == "azure":
-                image = image
+                driver = get_corresponding_driver(provider)
+                azlocation = driver.list_locations()[0]
+                image = driver.get_image(image,location=azlocation)
             else:
                 # but in the case of aws we still need to get the region first
                 region = getAWSRegionFromAmi(image)
@@ -947,7 +970,21 @@ def create_node(provider, name=None, location=None, size=None, image=None, confi
         if provider == "gce":
             node = driver.create_node(name=name, image=image, size=size, location=location, ex_service_accounts=sa_scopes, ex_metadata=metadata)
         elif provider == "azure":
-            node = driver.create_node(name=name, size=size, image=image, location=location, auth=auth, ex_user_name="secdep", ex_resource_group="secdep", ex_storage_account="secdep")
+            networks = driver.ex_list_networks()
+            for network in networks:
+                if network.name == SECDEP_AZURE_VIRTUAL_NETWORK:
+                    ex_network = network
+                    break
+                else:
+                    print("Could not find the virtual network. Maybe it was not created beforehand?")
+            assert ex_network is not None, "In azure you need to manually go and create a virtual network before launching a virtual machine"
+            if location.id != ex_network.location:
+                print("Because libcloud currently has no method to automatically create resource group which is tied to a location, the given location must be the same as the one specified when you created the virtual network")
+                print('Current virtual network\'s location: %s' % (ex_network.location))
+                exit(0)
+            subnet = driver.ex_list_subnets(network=ex_network)[0]
+            network_interface = driver.ex_create_network_interface(name=name, subnet=subnet, resource_group=SECDEP_AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP, location=location)
+            node = driver.create_node(name=name, size=size, image=image, location=location, auth=auth, ex_user_name="secdep", ex_resource_group=SECDEP_AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP, ex_storage_account=SECDEP_AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT, ex_nic=network_interface, ex_os_disk_delete=True)
         else:
             keys = driver.list_key_pairs()
             for key in keys:
@@ -981,7 +1018,21 @@ def create_node(provider, name=None, location=None, size=None, image=None, confi
         if provider == "gce":
             node = driver.create_node(name=name, image=image, size=size, location=location, ex_service_accounts=sa_scopes, ex_metadata=metadata)
         elif provider == "azure":
-            node = driver.create_node(name=name, size=size, image=image, location=location, auth=auth, ex_user_name="secdep", ex_resource_group="secdep", ex_storage_account="secdep")
+            networks = driver.ex_list_networks()
+            for network in networks:
+                if network.name == SECDEP_AZURE_VIRTUAL_NETWORK:
+                    ex_network = network
+                    break
+                else:
+                    print("Could not find the virtual network. Maybe it was not created beforehand?")
+            assert ex_network is not None, "In azure you need to manually go and create a virtual network before launching a virtual machine"
+            if location.id != ex_network.location:
+                print("Because libcloud currently has no method to automatically create resource group which is tied to a location, the given location must be the same as the one specified when you created the virtual network")
+                print('Current virtual network\'s location: %s' % (ex_network.location))
+                exit(0)
+            subnet = driver.ex_list_subnets(network=ex_network)[0]
+            network_interface = driver.ex_create_network_interface(name=name, subnet=subnet, resource_group=SECDEP_AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP, location=location)
+            node = driver.create_node(name=name, size=size, image=image, location=location, auth=auth, ex_user_name="secdep", ex_resource_group=SECDEP_AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP, ex_storage_account=SECDEP_AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT, ex_nic=network_interface, ex_os_disk_delete=True)
         else:
             keys = driver.list_key_pairs()
             for key in keys: