diff --git a/tests/cli/test_build_and_deploy_azure.sh b/tests/cli/test_build_and_deploy_azure.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+# Note: execute this file from the project root directory
+
+#####
+#
+# Make sure we can build an image and deploy it inside Azure!
+#
+#####
+
+. /usr/share/beakerlib/beakerlib.sh
+
+CLI="./src/bin/composer-cli"
+
+
+rlJournalStart
+    rlPhaseStartSetup
+        if [ -z "$AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID" ]; then
+            rlFail "AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID is empty!"
+        else
+            rlLogInfo "AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID is configured"
+        fi
+
+        if [ -z "$AZURE_TENANT" ]; then
+            rlFail "AZURE_TENANT is empty!"
+        else
+            rlLogInfo "AZURE_TENANT is configured"
+        fi
+
+        if [ -z "$AZURE_CLIENT_ID" ]; then
+            rlFail "AZURE_CLIENT_ID is empty!"
+        else
+            rlLogInfo "AZURE_CLIENT_ID is configured"
+        fi
+
+        if [ -z "$AZURE_SECRET" ]; then
+            rlFail "AZURE_SECRET is empty!"
+        else
+            rlLogInfo "AZURE_SECRET is configured"
+        fi
+
+        export AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP="${AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP:-composer}"
+        rlLogInfo "AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP=$AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP"
+
+        export AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT="${AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT:-composerredhat}"
+        rlLogInfo "AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT=$AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT"
+
+        export AZURE_STORAGE_CONTAINER="${AZURE_STORAGE_CONTAINER:-composerredhat}"
+        rlLogInfo "AZURE_STORAGE_CONTAINER=$AZURE_STORAGE_CONTAINER"
+
+        if ! rlCheckRpm "python3-pip"; then
+            rlRun -t -c "dnf -y install python3-pip"
+            rlAssertRpm python3-pip
+        fi
+
+        rlRun -t -c "pip3 install ansible[azure]"
+    rlPhaseEnd
+
+    rlPhaseStartTest "compose start"
+        UUID=`$CLI compose start example-http-server vhd`
+        rlAssertEquals "exit code should be zero" $? 0
+
+        UUID=`echo $UUID | cut -f 2 -d' '`
+    rlPhaseEnd
+
+    rlPhaseStartTest "compose finished"
+        if [ -n "$UUID" ]; then
+            until $CLI compose info $UUID | grep FINISHED; do
+                rlLogInfo "Waiting for compose to finish ..."
+                sleep 30
+            done;
+        else
+            rlFail "Compose UUID is empty!"
+        fi
+    rlPhaseEnd
+
+    rlPhaseStartTest "Upload image to Azure"
+        rlRun -t -c "$CLI compose image $UUID"
+        IMAGE="$UUID-disk.vhd"
+        OS_IMAGE_NAME="Composer-$UUID-Automated-Import"
+
+        rlRun -t -c "ansible localhost -m azure_rm_storageblob -a \
+                    'resource_group=$AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP \
+                     storage_account_name=$AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT \
+                     container=$AZURE_STORAGE_CONTAINER \
+                     blob=$IMAGE src=$IMAGE blob_type=page'"
+
+        # create image from blob
+        rlRun -t -c "ansible localhost -m azure_rm_image -a \
+                    'resource_group=$AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP name=$OS_IMAGE_NAME os_type=Linux location=eastus \
+                    source=https://$AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT.blob.core.windows.net/$AZURE_STORAGE_CONTAINER/$IMAGE'"
+    rlPhaseEnd
+
+    rlPhaseStartTest "Start VM instance"
+        VM_NAME="Composer-Auto-VM-$UUID"
+
+        if [ ! -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub ]; then
+            rlRun -t -c "ssh-keygen -t rsa -N '' -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa"
+        fi
+        SSH_PUB_KEY=`cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub`
+
+        cat > azure-playbook.yaml << __EOF__
+---
+- hosts: localhost
+  connection: local
+  tasks:
+    - name: Create a VM
+      azure_rm_virtualmachine:
+        resource_group: $AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP
+        name: $VM_NAME
+        vm_size: Standard_B2s
+        location: eastus
+        admin_username: azure-user
+        ssh_password_enabled: false
+        ssh_public_keys:
+          - path: /home/azure-user/.ssh/authorized_keys
+            key_data: "$SSH_PUB_KEY"
+        image:
+          name: $OS_IMAGE_NAME
+          resource_group: $AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP
+__EOF__
+
+        rlRun -t -c "ansible-playbook azure-playbook.yaml"
+
+        response=`ansible localhost -m azure_rm_virtualmachine -a  "resource_group=$AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP name=$VM_NAME"`
+        rlAssert0 "Received VM info successfully" $?
+        rlLogInfo "$response"
+
+        IP_ADDRESS=`echo "$response" | grep '"ipAddress":' | cut -f4 -d'"'`
+        rlLogInfo "Running instance IP_ADDRESS=$IP_ADDRESS"
+
+        rlLogInfo "Waiting 60sec for instance to initialize ..."
+        sleep 60
+    rlPhaseEnd
+
+    rlPhaseStartTest "Verify VM instance"
+        # verify we can login into that instance
+        rlRun -t -c "ssh -oStrictHostKeyChecking=no azure-user@$IP_ADDRESS 'cat /etc/redhat-release'"
+    rlPhaseEnd
+
+    rlPhaseStartCleanup
+        rlRun -t -c "ansible localhost -m azure_rm_virtualmachine -a 'resource_group=$AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP name=$VM_NAME location=eastus state=absent'"
+        rlRun -t -c "ansible localhost -m azure_rm_image -a 'resource_group=$AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP name=$OS_IMAGE_NAME state=absent'"
+        rlRun -t -c "ansible localhost -m azure_rm_storageblob -a 'resource_group=$AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP storage_account_name=$AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT container=$AZURE_STORAGE_CONTAINER blob=$IMAGE state=absent'"
+        rlRun -t -c "$CLI compose delete $UUID"
+        rlRun -t -c "rm -rf $IMAGE azure-playbook.yaml"
+    rlPhaseEnd
+
+rlJournalEnd
+rlJournalPrintText