The disclosed technology is generally directed to virtual machines. In one example of the technology, a network change from a first virtual network having a first customer Internet Protocol (IP) address to a second virtual network having a second customer IP address is configured for a first virtual machine. The configuring includes controlling the following actions. The second virtual network is provided. At least one networking artifact is associated with a first user that is associated with the first virtual machine. The at least one networking artifact includes the second virtual network. A directory service is updated to map the second customer IP address to a first physical IP address. The first physical IP address is a physical IP address of the first virtual network.