PowerShell Script to easily provision a dev environment in Azure using Chocolatey

NewAzureMachine.ps1

Param(
    [string]$SubscriptionName = ((Get-AzureSubscription|?{$_.SubscriptionName -like "*MSDN*"})[0].SubscriptionName),
    [string]$AzureVMImageName = "03f55de797f546a1b29d1b8d66be687a__Visual-Studio-2013-Ultimate-Update4-AzureSDK-2.5-Win8.1-x64"
)
function InstallWinRMCert($serviceName, $vmname)
{
    $winRMCert = (Get-AzureVM -ServiceName $serviceName -Name $vmname | select -ExpandProperty vm).DefaultWinRMCertificateThumbprint
 
    $AzureX509cert = Get-AzureCertificate -ServiceName $serviceName -Thumbprint $winRMCert -ThumbprintAlgorithm sha1
 
    $certTempFile = [IO.Path]::GetTempFileName()
    $AzureX509cert.Data | Out-File $certTempFile
 
    # Target The Cert That Needs To Be Imported
    $CertToImport = New-Object System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509Certificate2 $certTempFile
 
    $store = New-Object System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509Store "Root", "LocalMachine"
    $store.Certificates.Count
    $store.Open([System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.OpenFlags]::ReadWrite)
    $store.Add($CertToImport)
    $store.Close()
 
    Remove-Item $certTempFile
}

Add-AzureAccount

$sw = [System.Diagnostics.StopWatch]::StartNew()


#Configurarion
$newMachine = @{
	Machine 	     = ("t" + [Guid]::NewGuid().ToString("N").Substring(0,14));
	Username	     = ("U" + [Guid]::NewGuid().ToString("N").Substring(0,14));
	Password	     = ("&%!" + [Guid]::NewGuid().ToString("N") + "@");
	AzureVMImageName = $AzureVMImageName;
	Location 	     = "North Europe";
    InstanceSize     = "Standard_D3";
    LogFile          = "AzureMachines.txt";
    SubscriptionName = $SubscriptionName
}

#Store & output new machine config
$newMachine|Out-File -Append -FilePath $newMachine.LogFile
$newMachine|Format-List


#Encrypt credentials for PowerShell Remoting
$secpasswd 	= ConvertTo-SecureString $newMachine.Password -AsPlainText -Force
$credential	= New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential ($newMachine.Username, $secpasswd)

# Create Machine
New-AzureStorageAccount -StorageAccountName $newMachine.Machine -Location $newMachine.Location
Set-AzureSubscription -SubscriptionName $newMachine.SubscriptionName -CurrentStorageAccountName $newMachine.Machine
New-AzureVMConfig -Name $newMachine.Machine -InstanceSize $newMachine.InstanceSize -ImageName $newMachine.AzureVMImageName|
                Add-AzureProvisioningConfig -Windows -AdminUsername $newMachine.Username -Password $newMachine.Password |
                Add-AzureEndpoint -Name "PowerShell" -Protocol tcp -LocalPort 5986 -PublicPort 5986 |
                Add-AzureEndpoint -Name "Remote Desktop" -Protocol tcp -LocalPort 3389 -PublicPort 3389 |
                New-AzureVM -ServiceName $newMachine.Machine -Location $newMachine.Location -WaitForBoot 

#Store & output remoting uri
$uri = Get-AzureWinRMUri -ServiceName $newMachine.Machine -Name $newMachine.Machine
$uri.ToString() |Out-File -Append -FilePath $newMachine.LogFile;

# Install Machine Managment Certificate
InstallWinRMCert $newMachine.Machine $newMachine.Machine

#Install Chocolatey
Invoke-Command -ConnectionUri $uri.ToString() -Credential $credential -ScriptBlock {
	Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted
	iex ((new-object net.webclient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))
}

Invoke-Command -ConnectionUri $uri.ToString() -Credential $credential -ScriptBlock {
    #Install GIT
	choco install poshgit

    #Install SysInternals tools
	choco install sysinternals 

    #Install Cake Buildsystem  Bootstrapper
	choco install cake-bootstrapper

    #Install Sublime
    choco install SublimeText3
    choco install sublimetext3.powershellalias 

    #Install Browsers
    choco install google-chrome-x64
    choco install firefox

    #Make PowerShell Default Shell
	REG Add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced /V DontUsePowerShellOnWinX /T REG_DWORD /D 0 /F
}

$sw.Stop()
Get-AzureRemoteDesktopFile -Name $newMachine.Machine -ServiceName $newMachine.Machine -Launch
$newMachine |Format-List
$sw |Format-List

Step 0, How to install and configure Azure PowerShell:
http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/install-configure-powershell/