Azure Resource Manager Template to create a Development VM using PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) and Web Platform Installer (WPI)

azuredeploy.json

{
  "$schema": "https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2015-01-01/deploymentTemplate.json#",
  "contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
  "parameters": {
    "suffix": {
      "type": "string",
      "metadata": {
        "description": "This should be a globally unique suffix.  It is recommended to use the first 5 letters of your name and a random 2 digit number to create a 7 character unique suffix"
      }
    },
    "location": {
      "type": "string",
      "allowedValues": [ "East US", "West US", "West Europe", "East Asia", "South East Asia" ],
      "metadata": {
        "description": "This is the location where the resources will be deployed"
      }
    }
  },
  "variables": {
    "adminUsername": "Student",
    "adminPassword": "AzurePa$$w0rd",
    "windowsOSVersion": "2012-R2-Datacenter",
    "imagePublisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
    "imageOffer": "WindowsServer",
    "osDiskName": "vm20532-OS",
    "dataDiskName": "vm20532-AllFiles",
    "dataDiskSizeGb": "6",
    "nicName": "nic20532",
    "addressPrefix": "10.0.0.0/16",
    "subnetName": "Dev",
    "subnetPrefix": "10.0.0.0/24",
    "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS",
    "publicIPAddressName": "ip20532",
    "publicIPAddressType": "Dynamic",
    "vmStorageAccountContainerName": "vhds",
    "vmSize": "Standard_A3",
    "virtualNetworkName": "dev20532",
    "vmExtensionName": "DSCExtension",
    "dscModulesUrl": "https://gist.github.com/SidneyAndrewsOpsgility/db3935cb207748e998e8/raw/1335c906f681eac77b113d0058af8a5061af9bde/AzureDev.zip",
    "dscConfigurationFunction": "AzureDev.ps1\\AzureDev",
    "vnetID": "[resourceId('Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks',variables('virtualNetworkName'))]",
    "subnetRef": "[concat(variables('vnetID'),'/subnets/',variables('subnetName'))]",
    "storageAccountName": "[concat('stor20532', parameters('suffix'))]",
    "dnsNameForPublicIP": "[concat('vm20532', parameters('suffix'))]",
    "vmName": "[variables('dnsNameForPublicIP')]"
  },
  "resources": [
    {
      "apiVersion": "2015-05-01-preview",
      "location": "[parameters('location')]",
      "name": "[variables('storageAccountName')]",
      "properties": {
        "accountType": "[variables('storageAccountType')]"
      },
      "tags": {
        "displayName": "StorageAccount"
      },
      "type": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts"
    },
    {
      "apiVersion": "2015-05-01-preview",
      "location": "[parameters('location')]",
      "name": "[variables('publicIPAddressName')]",
      "properties": {
        "publicIPAllocationMethod": "[variables('publicIPAddressType')]",
        "dnsSettings": {
          "domainNameLabel": "[variables('dnsNameForPublicIP')]"
        }
      },
      "tags": {
        "displayName": "PublicIPAddress"
      },
      "type": "Microsoft.Network/publicIPAddresses"
    },
    {
      "apiVersion": "2015-05-01-preview",
      "location": "[parameters('location')]",
      "name": "[variables('virtualNetworkName')]",
      "properties": {
        "addressSpace": {
          "addressPrefixes": [
            "[variables('addressPrefix')]"
          ]
        },
        "subnets": [
          {
            "name": "[variables('subnetName')]",
            "properties": {
              "addressPrefix": "[variables('subnetPrefix')]"
            }
          }
        ]
      },
      "tags": {
        "displayName": "VirtualNetwork"
      },
      "type": "Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks"
    },
    {
      "apiVersion": "2015-05-01-preview",
      "dependsOn": [
        "[concat('Microsoft.Network/publicIPAddresses/', variables('publicIPAddressName'))]",
        "[concat('Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/', variables('virtualNetworkName'))]"
      ],
      "location": "[parameters('location')]",
      "name": "[variables('nicName')]",
      "properties": {
        "ipConfigurations": [
          {
            "name": "ipconfig1",
            "properties": {
              "privateIPAllocationMethod": "Dynamic",
              "publicIPAddress": {
                "id": "[resourceId('Microsoft.Network/publicIPAddresses',variables('publicIPAddressName'))]"
              },
              "subnet": {
                "id": "[variables('subnetRef')]"
              }
            }
          }
        ]
      },
      "tags": {
        "displayName": "NetworkInterface"
      },
      "type": "Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces"
    },
    {
      "apiVersion": "2015-05-01-preview",
      "dependsOn": [
        "[concat('Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/', variables('storageAccountName'))]",
        "[concat('Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/', variables('nicName'))]"
      ],
      "location": "[parameters('location')]",
      "name": "[variables('vmName')]",
      "properties": {
        "hardwareProfile": {
          "vmSize": "[variables('vmSize')]"
        },
        "osProfile": {
          "computername": "[variables('vmName')]",
          "adminUsername": "[variables('adminUsername')]",
          "adminPassword": "[variables('adminPassword')]"
        },
        "storageProfile": {
          "imageReference": {
            "publisher": "[variables('imagePublisher')]",
            "offer": "[variables('imageOffer')]",
            "sku": "[variables('windowsOSVersion')]",
            "version": "latest"
          },
          "dataDisks": [
            {
              "name": "[variables('dataDiskName')]",
              "diskSizeGB": "[variables('dataDiskSizeGb')]",
              "lun": 0,
              "vhd": {
                "uri": "[concat('http://',variables('storageAccountName'),'.blob.core.windows.net/',variables('vmStorageAccountContainerName'),'/',variables('dataDiskName'),'.vhd')]"
              },
              "createOption": "Empty"
            }
          ],
          "osDisk": {
            "name": "[variables('osDiskName')]",
            "vhd": {
              "uri": "[concat('http://',variables('storageAccountName'),'.blob.core.windows.net/',variables('vmStorageAccountContainerName'),'/',variables('osDiskName'),'.vhd')]"
            },
            "caching": "ReadWrite",
            "createOption": "FromImage"
          }
        },
        "networkProfile": {
          "networkInterfaces": [
            {
              "id": "[resourceId('Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces',variables('nicName'))]"
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "tags": {
        "displayName": "VirtualMachine"
      },
      "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines"
    },
    {
      "apiVersion": "2015-05-01-preview",
      "dependsOn": [
        "[concat('Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/', variables('vmName'))]"
      ],
      "location": "[parameters('location')]",
      "name": "[concat(variables('vmName'), '/', variables('vmExtensionName'))]",
      "properties": {
        "publisher": "Microsoft.Powershell",
        "type": "DSC",
        "typeHandlerVersion": "2.0",
        "autoUpgradeMinorVersion": "true", 
        "settings": {
          "ModulesUrl": "[variables('dscModulesUrl')]",
          "SasToken": "",
          "ConfigurationFunction": "[variables('dscConfigurationFunction')]",
          "Properties": {
            "MachineName": "[variables('vmName')]"
          }
        },
        "protectedSettings": null
      },
      "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/extensions"
    }
  ]
}

azuredeploy.parameters.json

{
  "$schema": "https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2015-01-01/deploymentParameters.json#",
  "contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
  "parameters": {
    "suffix": {
      "value": "ExampleSuffix"
    },
    "location": {
      "value":  "West US"
    }
  }
}

AzureDev.ps1

Configuration AzureDev
{
	Node localhost
	{
		#Install IIS
		WindowsFeature IIS
		{
			Ensure = “Present”
			Name = “Web-Server”
		}

		#Install ASP.NET 4.5
		WindowsFeature ASP
		{
			Ensure = “Present”
			Name = “Web-Asp-Net45”
		}

		#Install IIS Management Console
		WindowsFeature WebServerManagementConsole
		{
			Ensure = "Present"
			Name = "Web-Mgmt-Console"
		}

		#Install Web Platform Installer
		Package WebPi_Installation
		{
			Ensure = "Present"
			Name = "Microsoft Web Platform Installer 5.0"
			Path = Join-Path $PSScriptRoot wpilauncher.exe
			ProductId = '4D84C195-86F0-4B34-8FDE-4A17EB41306A'
			Arguments = ''
		}

		#Install Azure PowerShell
		Package AzurePowerShell_Installation
		{
			Ensure = "Present"
			Name = "Azure PowerShell"
			Path = "$env:ProgramFiles\Microsoft\Web Platform Installer\WebPiCmd-x64.exe"
			ProductId = ''
			Arguments = "/install /products:WindowsAzurePowerShell /accepteula"
			DependsOn = @("[Package]WebPi_Installation")
		}

		#Install Visual Studio 2013 & Azure SDK 2.6
		Package VisualStudio_Installation
		{
			Ensure = "Present"
			Name = "Visual Studio 2013 Community Edition"
			Path = "$env:ProgramFiles\Microsoft\Web Platform Installer\WebPiCmd-x64.exe"
			ProductId = ''
			Arguments = "/install /products:vs2013communityazurepack.2.6 /accepteula /forcereboot"
			DependsOn = @("[Package]WebPi_Installation")
		}
	}
}

AzureDev.zip