Deploy Win10 from store and execute custom script

The template demonstrates the three methods to execute a script in a VM using the custom script extension.

1. inline, using a base64 encoded script.
2. download, using a public location.
3. download, using a storage account with its key to access it.

The public location is coded in the template to use the GitHub repo and will just work. To use the storage account you have some additional steps, including a change in the template (sorry):

• create the storage account.
• create a container in the BLOB storage called scripts.
• upload the script Enable-WinRM.ps1 from the GitHub repo to this container.
• fork this GitHub repo.
• change the storage accounts paths in azuredeploy.json for parameter scriptLocation. You need the toplevel (excluding the scripts level) URLs to the scripts in your own repo and your storage account.
• optionally change parameter storageAccountName as well.
• if you want to use the deploy button below, that URL needs changing too.

Research note: I have briefly tried to use a SAS key to download the script from the storage account, but did not succeed. I suspect that this is not supported.

The current template uses a Win10 VM because one particular customer needed this. However, it should work the same with Windows Server versions.

One-click deployment to Azure:

Warning: this template creates one running VM. Make sure to deallocate it when you are done to avoid incurring costs.

Original template A Visual Studio Development VM