def _load_machines(self, machines):
        for machine in machines:
            id_dict = azure_id_to_dict(machine.id)

            # TODO - The API is returning an ID value containing resource group name in ALL CAPS. If/when it gets
            #       fixed, we should remove the .lower(). Opened Issue
            #       #574: https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/issues/574
            resource_group = id_dict['resourceGroups'].lower()

            if self.group_by_security_group:
                self._get_security_groups(resource_group)

            host_vars = dict(
                ansible_host=None,
                private_ip=None,
                private_ip_alloc_method=None,
                public_ip=None,
                public_ip_name=None,
                public_ip_id=None,
                public_ip_alloc_method=None,
                fqdn=None,
                location=machine.location,
                name=machine.name,
                type=machine.type,
                id=machine.id,
                tags=machine.tags,
                network_interface_id=None,
                network_interface=None,
                resource_group=resource_group,
                mac_address=None,
                plan=(machine.plan.name if machine.plan else None),
                virtual_machine_size=machine.hardware_profile.vm_size,
                computer_name=(machine.os_profile.computer_name if machine.os_profile else None),
                provisioning_state=machine.provisioning_state,
            )

            host_vars['os_disk'] = dict(
                name=machine.storage_profile.os_disk.name,
                operating_system_type=machine.storage_profile.os_disk.os_type.value
            )

            if self.include_powerstate:
                host_vars['powerstate'] = self._get_powerstate(resource_group, machine.name)

            if machine.storage_profile.image_reference:
                host_vars['image'] = dict(
                    offer=machine.storage_profile.image_reference.offer,
                    publisher=machine.storage_profile.image_reference.publisher,
                    sku=machine.storage_profile.image_reference.sku,
                    version=machine.storage_profile.image_reference.version
                )

            # Add windows details
            if machine.os_profile is not None and machine.os_profile.windows_configuration is not None:
                host_vars['windows_auto_updates_enabled'] = \
                    machine.os_profile.windows_configuration.enable_automatic_updates
                host_vars['windows_timezone'] = machine.os_profile.windows_configuration.time_zone
                host_vars['windows_rm'] = None
                if machine.os_profile.windows_configuration.win_rm is not None:
                    host_vars['windows_rm'] = dict(listeners=None)
                    if machine.os_profile.windows_configuration.win_rm.listeners is not None:
                        host_vars['windows_rm']['listeners'] = []
                        for listener in machine.os_profile.windows_configuration.win_rm.listeners:
                            host_vars['windows_rm']['listeners'].append(dict(protocol=listener.protocol,
                                                                             certificate_url=listener.certificate_url))

            for interface in machine.network_profile.network_interfaces:
                interface_reference = self._parse_ref_id(interface.id)
                network_interface = self._network_client.network_interfaces.get(
                    interface_reference['resourceGroups'],
                    interface_reference['networkInterfaces'])
                if network_interface.primary:
                    if self.group_by_security_group and \
                       self._security_groups[resource_group].get(network_interface.id, None):
                        host_vars['security_group'] = \
                            self._security_groups[resource_group][network_interface.id]['name']
                        host_vars['security_group_id'] = \
                            self._security_groups[resource_group][network_interface.id]['id']
                    host_vars['network_interface'] = network_interface.name
                    host_vars['network_interface_id'] = network_interface.id
                    host_vars['mac_address'] = network_interface.mac_address
                    for ip_config in network_interface.ip_configurations:
                        host_vars['private_ip'] = ip_config.private_ip_address
                        host_vars['private_ip_alloc_method'] = ip_config.private_ip_allocation_method
                        if ip_config.public_ip_address:
                            public_ip_reference = self._parse_ref_id(ip_config.public_ip_address.id)
                            public_ip_address = self._network_client.public_ip_addresses.get(
                                public_ip_reference['resourceGroups'],
                                public_ip_reference['publicIPAddresses'])
                            host_vars['ansible_host'] = public_ip_address.ip_address
                            host_vars['public_ip'] = public_ip_address.ip_address
                            host_vars['public_ip_name'] = public_ip_address.name
                            host_vars['public_ip_alloc_method'] = public_ip_address.public_ip_allocation_method
                            host_vars['public_ip_id'] = public_ip_address.id
                            if public_ip_address.dns_settings:
                                host_vars['fqdn'] = public_ip_address.dns_settings.fqdn

            self._add_host(host_vars)