Creates a VM in Azure

Create-VirtualMachineWithCustomScript.ps1

# Azure Cmdlet Reference
# http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/azure/jj554330.aspx

$vmname =         "cgp$([System.DateTime]::UtcNow.ToString("yyMMddhhmmss"))"

Write-Host "Machine will be at $($vmname).cloudapp.net"

$subscriptionId = "deadbeef-2222-3333-dddd-1222deadbeef"

$imageLabel =     "Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter, March 2014"            # One from Get-AzureVMImage | select Label
$datacenter =     "West Europe"
$adminuser =      "chgeuer"
$adminpass =      $env:AzureVmAdminPassword
$instanceSize =   "Basic_A0" # ExtraSmall,Small,Medium,Large,ExtraLarge,A5,A6,A7,A8,A9,Basic_A0,Basic_A1,Basic_A2,Basic_A3,Basic_A4
$externalRdpPort = 54523

#
# Calculate a bunch of properties
#
$subscriptionName = (Get-AzureSubscription | select SubscriptionName, SubscriptionId | Where-Object SubscriptionId -eq $subscriptionId | Select-Object SubscriptionName)[0].SubscriptionName




$imageName = (Get-AzureVMImage | `
	Where-Object Label -eq $imageLabel).ImageName

$storageAccount = (Get-AzureStorageAccount | `
	Where-Object Location -eq $datacenter)[0]

$storageAccountName = $storageAccount.StorageAccountName

$storageAccountKey = (Get-AzureStorageKey `
	-StorageAccountName $storageAccount.StorageAccountName).Primary

$storageContext = New-AzureStorageContext `
	-StorageAccountName $storageAccount.StorageAccountName `
	-StorageAccountKey $storageAccountKey

$osDiskMediaLocation = "https://$($storageAccount.StorageAccountName).blob.core.windows.net/vhds/$vmname-OSDisk.vhd"

#
# Fix the local subscription object
#
Set-AzureSubscription -SubscriptionName $subscriptionName -CurrentStorageAccount $storageAccountName 

#
# Script Contents
#
$launchScriptFilename = "$($vmname).ps1"

$scriptContent = @'
param($dir)
mkdir $dir
mkdir C:\testdir
'@

$scriptContent | Out-File $launchScriptFilename 

$scriptContainer = "scripts"
if (($(Get-AzureStorageContainer -Context $storageContext) | where Name -eq $scriptContainer) -eq $null) 
{
	New-AzureStorageContainer `
		-Context $storageContext `
		-Container $scriptContainer 
}

Set-AzureStorageBlobContent `
	-Context $storageContext `
	-Container $scriptContainer `
	-BlobType Block `
	-Blob $launchScriptFilename `
	-File $launchScriptFilename

# Get-AzureStorageBlobContent -Context $storageContext -Container $scriptContainer -Blob $launchScriptFilename

# 
# configure the VM object
#
$vm = New-AzureVMConfig `
		-Name "$vmname" `
		-InstanceSize $instanceSize `
		-ImageName $imageName `
		-MediaLocation $osDiskMediaLocation `
		-HostCaching "ReadWrite" | `
	Add-AzureProvisioningConfig `
		-Windows `
		-AdminUsername $adminuser `
		-Password $adminpass  | `
	Remove-AzureEndpoint `
		-Name RDP | `
	Add-AzureEndpoint `
		-Name RDP `
		-LocalPort 3389 `
		-PublicPort $externalRdpPort `
		-Protocol tcp | `
	Set-AzureVMCustomScriptExtension `
		-StorageAccountKey $storageAccountKey `
		-StorageAccountName $storageAccount.StorageAccountName `
		-ContainerName $scriptContainer `
		-FileName $launchScriptFilename `
		-Run $launchScriptFilename `
		-Argument 'c:\hello_from_customscriptextension'

#
# Create the VM
#
New-AzureVM -ServiceName "$vmname" -Location $datacenter -VMs $vm