Install App Insights into Virtual Machine using PowerShell

gistfile1.ps1

function Install-AppInsights($instrumentationKey) {
    mkdir c:\tempappinsights -Force
    pushd c:\tempappinsights
    try {
        (New-Object Net.WebClient).DownloadFile('http://appinsightsstatusmonitor.blob.core.windows.net/statusmonitor/ApplicationInsights.ps1.zip',"c:\tempappinsights\ApplicationInsights.ps1.zip")
        Expand-ZipFile C:\tempappinsights\ApplicationInsights.ps1.zip c:\tempappinsights
        . C:\tempappinsights\ApplicationInsights.ps1
        ApplicationInsightsConfig $instrumentationKey
        Start-DscConfiguration -Path C:\tempappinsights\ApplicationInsightsConfig -ComputerName localhost
    } finally {
        popd
    }
}

function Expand-ZIPFile($file, $destination) {
    $shell = new-object -com shell.application
    $zip = $shell.NameSpace($file)
    foreach($item in $zip.items()) {
        $shell.Namespace($destination).copyhere($item)
    }
}