DeployAzureVMfromARMTemplate.ps1

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# Prerequisites: 
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# Install the Az module
# Create an Azure Resource Group in the desired subscription
# Create a virtual network in the desired resource group
# Create a subnet in the virtual network above

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# Login to Azure and set the subscription: 
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$TenantId  = ""
$SubscriptionId = ""
Connect-AzAccount -TenantId $TenantId -SubscriptionId $SubscriptionId

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# Template file
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$TemplateFile = "C:\ARMMichael\VmARMTemplate.json"

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# VM variables
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$resourceGroupName = Read-Host -Prompt "Enter the Resource Group name"
$location = Read-Host -Prompt "Enter the location (i.e. eastus)"
$vmName = Read-Host -Prompt "Enter the VMName"
$vmSize = Read-Host -Prompt "Enter the VM size (i.e. Standard_B1ms)"
$adminUsername = Read-Host -Prompt "Enter the administrator username"
$adminPassword = Read-Host -Prompt "Enter the administrator password" -AsSecureString

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# Select Image
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Write-Host "------------------------------"
Write-Host "Select the image for the VM"
Write-Host "------------------------------"
Write-Host 
Write-Host "1. Windows Server 2022 Datacenter"
Write-Host "2. Another image name"
Write-Host "3. Another image name"
Write-Host 

$ImageOption = Read-Host "Please select the image option (1, 2, or 3)"
switch ($ImageOption)
{
    '1' {$imageReference = "/subscriptions/ef7f6efc-8813-4f2b-b1f0-71406ff5d7b4/resourceGroups/rg-Mike/providers/Microsoft.Compute/images/mikeimage"} 
    '2' {$imageReference = "<enter here another image reference ID>"} 
    '3' {$imageReference = "<enter here another image reference ID>"} 
}

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# vNet variables
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$vNetResourceGroup = Read-Host -Prompt "Enter the Virtual Network Resource Group Name"
$virtualNetworkName = Read-Host -Prompt "Enter the Virtual Network Name"
$subnetName = Read-Host -Prompt "Enter the subnet name"

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# Deploy the VM
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New-AzResourceGroupDeployment `
    -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName `
    -TemplateUri $TemplateFile `
    -vmName $vmName `
    -vmSize $vmSize `
    -location $location `
    -adminUsername $adminUsername `
    -adminPassword $adminPassword `
    -vNetResourceGroup $vNetResourceGroup `
    -virtualNetworkName $virtualNetworkName `
    -subnetName $subnetName `
    -imageReference $imageReference