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Is there a better way to search by IP address in the portal? Both Public & Private?
Are you looking for Public or Private IPs? It sounds like Public IPs. If that's the case, you can in the Portal, go to "All Services" then search for "Public IP Addresses" (which I made a favorite), then once you go to that, you can click on "Edit Columns" at the top, and add "IP Address" as a column. Then you can find the Public IP that you're looking for and the name of the Public IP. If you click on it, you can see which VM it is associated with. That might be a little simpler for you possibly?
Maybe on the Private IP side go to the VNet and look at the resources that have IPs in that VNet? Are you using Azure DNS or your own DNS in your Private network side?
It is true that you can list the VMs and show their IP addresses, searching for a specific machine using its IP address can take quite some time. For private connected networks, pinging the IP address with a name resolution is a great way to find the machine you're looking for. However, this method may not always work for public networks or servers in different networks. One tip I can offer is to use the search bar on the portal to look for specific keywords that may lead you to the machine you're looking for. For this you may also want to look at https://routeripnet.com/ip/192-168-1-2/. Additionally, you could try filtering the VM list by network, which can narrow down your search.