Create a Virtual Machine from a User Image

Prerequisite - The Storage Account with the User Image VHD should already exist

This template allows you to create a Virtual Machines from a User image. This template also deploys a Virtual Network, Public IP addresses and a Network Interface.

If you are looking to accomplish the above scenario through PowerShell instead of a template, you can use a PowerShell script like below

Variables

## Global
$rgName = "testrg"
$location = "westus"

## Storage
$storageName = "teststore"
$storageType = "Standard_GRS"

## Network
$nicname = "testnic"
$subnet1Name = "subnet1"
$vnetName = "testnet"
$vnetAddressPrefix = "10.0.0.0/16"
$vnetSubnetAddressPrefix = "10.0.0.0/24"

## Compute
$vmName = "testvm"
$computerName = "testcomputer"
$vmSize = "Standard_A2"
$osDiskName = $vmName + "osDisk"

Resource Group

New-AzureResourceGroup -Name $rgName -Location $location

Storage

$storageacc = New-AzureStorageAccount -ResourceGroupName $rgName -Name $storageName -Type $storageType -Location $location

Network

$pip = New-AzurePublicIpAddress -Name $nicname -ResourceGroupName $rgName -Location $location -AllocationMethod Dynamic
$subnetconfig = New-AzureVirtualNetworkSubnetConfig -Name $subnet1Name -AddressPrefix $vnetSubnetAddressPrefix
$vnet = New-AzureVirtualNetwork -Name $vnetName -ResourceGroupName $rgName -Location $location -AddressPrefix $vnetAddressPrefix -Subnet $subnetconfig
$nic = New-AzureNetworkInterface -Name $nicname -ResourceGroupName $rgName -Location $location -SubnetId $vnet.Subnets[0].Id -PublicIpAddressId $pip.Id

Compute

## Setup local VM object
$cred = Get-Credential
$vm = New-AzureVMConfig -VMName $vmName -VMSize $vmSize
$vm = Set-AzureVMOperatingSystem -VM $vm -Windows -ComputerName $computerName -Credential $cred -ProvisionVMAgent -EnableAutoUpdate

$vm = Add-AzureVMNetworkInterface -VM $vm -Id $nic.Id

$osDiskUri = "http://test.blob.core.windows.net/vmcontainer10798c80-131-1231-a94a-f9d2a712251f/osDisk.10798c80-2919-4100-a94a-f9d2a712251f.vhd"
$imageUri = "http://test.blob.core.windows.net/system/Microsoft.Compute/Images/captured/image-osDisk.8b021d87-913c-4f94-a01a-944ad92d7388.vhd"
$vm = Set-AzureVMOSDisk -VM $vm -Name $osDiskName -VhdUri $osDiskUri -CreateOption fromImage -SourceImageUri $imageUri -Windows

$dataImageUri = "http://test.blob.core.windows.net/system/Microsoft.Compute/Images/captured/image-dataDisk-0.8b021d87-913c-4f94-a01a-944ad92d7388.vhd"
$dataDiskUri = "http://test.blob.core.windows.net/vmcontainer10798c80-sa11-41sa-dsad-f9d2a712251f/dataDisk-0.10798c80-2919-4100-a94a-f9d2a712251f.vhd"
$vm = Add-AzureVMDataDisk -VM $vm -Name "dd1" -VhdUri $dataDiskUri -SourceImageUri $dataImageUri -Lun 0 -CreateOption fromImage

## Create the VM in Azure
New-AzureVM -ResourceGroupName $rgName -Location $location -VM $vm -Verbose