Azure Virtual Machines

# 1. Login Azure by admin account
Add-AzureAccount
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# 2. Select subscription name
$subscriptionName = Get-AzureSubscription | Select -ExpandProperty SubscriptionName
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# 3. Create storage account
$storageAccountName = $VMName 
# here we use VMName to play the storage account name and create it, you can choose your name or use existed one to replace the storage account creation operation
New-AzureStorageAccount -StorageAccountName $storageAccountName -Location $Location | Out-Null
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# 4. Select subscription name and storage account name for current context
Select-AzureSubscription -SubscriptionName $subscriptionName -Current | Out-Null
Set-AzureSubscription -SubscriptionName $subscriptionName -CurrentStorageAccountName $storageAccountName | Out-Null
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# 5. Select a VM image name
$label = $VMLabelPattern
# take care, please ensure the VM image location resides to the same location of your storage account and service below
$imageName = Get-AzureVMImage | where { $_.Label -like $label } | sort PublishedDate -Descending | select -ExpandProperty ImageName -First 1
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# 6. Create cloud service
$svcName = $VMName
# here we use VMName to play the service name and create it, you can choose your name or use existed one to replace the service creation operation
New-AzureService -ServiceName $svcName -Location $Location | Out-Null
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# 7. Build command set
$vmConfig = New-AzureVMConfig -Name $VMName -InstanceSize $VMSize -ImageName $imageName
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# 8. Set local admin of this vm
$cred=Get-Credential -Message "Type the name and password of the local administrator account."
$vmConfig | Add-AzureProvisioningConfig -Windows -AdminUsername $cred.Username -Password $cred.GetNetworkCredential().Password
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# 9. Execute the final cmdlet to create the VM
New-AzureVM -ServiceName $svcName -VMs $vmConfig | Out-Null