Capture Azure VM and create Image

CreateAzureImage.ps1

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# Author: Alexandre Verkinderen
# Company: cubesys
# date: 04/09/2017
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Login-AzureRmAccount

#region variables
#select resource Group
$rgName = ( Get-AzureRmResourceGroup | Out-GridView -Title "Select an Azure Resource Group ...and press Enter" -PassThru).ResourceGroupName

#Select Virtual Machine
$vmName = ( Get-AzureRmvm -ResourceGroupName $rgName | Out-GridView -Title "Select a Virtual machine ...and press Enter" -PassThru).Name

#Select Location
$location = (Get-AzureRmLocation  | Out-GridView -Title "Select a Location...and press Enter" -PassThru).Location

$imageName = Read-Host -Prompt 'Provide Image Name'

$caption = "Confirm"
$message = "Are you sure you want to create an image of server " + $vmName + " from resource group " + $rgName + " in location " + $location
$yes = new-Object System.Management.Automation.Host.ChoiceDescription "&Yes","help"
$no = new-Object System.Management.Automation.Host.ChoiceDescription "&No","help"
$choices = [System.Management.Automation.Host.ChoiceDescription[]]($yes,$no)
#endregion


$answer = $host.ui.PromptForChoice($caption,$message,$choices,0)

switch ($answer){
    0 {


# Make sure the VM has been deallocated.
#Stop-AzureRmVM -ResourceGroupName $rgName -Name $vmName -Force

#Set the status of the virtual machine to Generalized and get the vm
Set-AzureRmVm -ResourceGroupName $rgName -Name $vmName -Generalized
$vm = Get-AzureRmVM -Name $vmName -ResourceGroupName $rgName

#Create the image configuration.
$image = New-AzureRmImageConfig -Location $location -SourceVirtualMachineId $vm.ID

#Create the image
New-AzureRmImage -Image $image -ImageName $imageName -ResourceGroupName $rgName

}
    1 {"You entered no"; break}
}