Installing Neo4j on an Azure VM

Create an Azure VM (Windows Server A1)

first download JRE 8 from Oracle on the Azure VM directly. From IE, download from here: http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/8u112-b15/jre-8u112-windows-x64.exe
Note that Neo4j v3 will only work with JRE 8
download the Neo4j 3.1 zip file to the VM from Neo4j: https://neo4j.com/download/other-releases/
Extract
Open powershell as an admin. Go to the folder you just unzipped, under bin, then run .\neo4j.bat install-service
Open server manager, go to services, refresh, and verify that the Neo4j service is present. By default, it is installed and configured to start automatically when the server starts
Open neo4j.conf in C:\neo4j-community-3.1.0\conf
Uncomment the following line: dbms.connectors.default_listen_address=0.0.0.0
Uncomment the following liones:

dbms.connector.bolt.tls_level=OPTIONAL dbms.connector.bolt.listen_address=:7687
From powershell, start the service. Go to the neo4j bin location, and run .\neo4j.bat start
In IE, go to http://localhost:7474/browser. Make sure everything works as expected
Download a snapshot of the graphDb from OneDrive
Copy the content to the <neo4j_home>\data\databases\graph.db folder
From powershell, restart the service. Go to the neo4j bin location, and run .\neo4j.bat restart
In IE, go to http://localhost:7474/browser again... magic!

from the Azure VM, go to server manager>tools>Windows Firewall with Advanced Security
create a new inbound rule for port 7474
create a new inbound rule for port 7687 (this is for the bolt query protocol to work)

go to portal.azure.com. Navigate to the VM management tab, and select the specific VM where we installed Neo4j
go on endpoints tab
add endpoints for ports 7474 and 7687

Connect to the Azure VM from portal.azure.com
Open IE, and turn off enhanced security for VM admins (first time creation only)
From the Azure VM, download neo4j on the VM from http://neo4j.com
Run the Neo4j Windows installer
Copy the snapshot of the graph db from OneDrive to the Azure VM
from the Azure VM, open Neo4j, and start the service using the folder of the snapshot you downloaded (e.g. C:\Users\mgdb\Documents\Neo4j\default.graphdb )
Go on http://localhost:7474 , connect using your test user name and password, and verify that all works as expected