{"id":3020,"date":"2017-12-03T12:48:44","date_gmt":"2017-12-03T12:48:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pariswells.com\/blog\/?p=3020"},"modified":"2017-12-03T12:48:44","modified_gmt":"2017-12-03T12:48:44","slug":"powershell-to-create-a-vm-from-an-copied-vhd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pariswells.com\/blog\/research\/powershell-to-create-a-vm-from-an-copied-vhd","title":{"rendered":"Powershell to Create a VM from an copied VHD"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you are using Windows 10 or have Powershell 5 installed run<\/p>

Install-Module AzureRM<\/code><\/div><\/div><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/div>

Once installed, use the following to log into Azure in an interactive fashion:<\/p>

\u00a0<\/div><\/td>
Login-AzureRmAccount<\/code><\/div><\/div><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/div>

Edit these lines , use\u00a0Get-AzureRmVirtualNetwork to get your VirtualNetwork Name<\/p>

Run these\u00a0<\/p>

$vmName = “%vmname%”
$resourceGroupName = “%resourcename%”

$virtualNetworkName = “%virtualnetworkname%”
$locationName = “australiaeast”
$vmsize = “Standard_A1”
$destinationVhd = “https:\/\/vmname.blob.core.windows.net\/vhds\/osdisk.vhd”<\/p>

$virtualNetwork = Get-AzureRmVirtualNetwork -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName -Name $virtualNetworkName
$publicIp = New-AzureRmPublicIpAddress -Name $vmName -ResourceGroupName $ResourceGroupName -Location $locationName -AllocationMethod Dynamic
$networkInterface = New-AzureRmNetworkInterface -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName -Name $vmName -Location $locationName -SubnetId $virtualNetwork.Subnets[0].Id -PublicIpAddressId $publicIp.Id
$vmConfig = New-AzureRmVMConfig -VMName $vmName -VMSize $vmsize
$vmConfig = Add-AzureRmVMNetworkInterface -VM $vmConfig -Id $networkInterface.Id
$vmConfig = Set-AzureRmVMOSDisk -VM $vmConfig -Name $vmName -VhdUri $destinationVhd -CreateOption Attach -Windows
$vm = New-AzureRmVM -VM $vmConfig -Location $locationName -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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