template.ps1

# Create a new empty template
New-ArmTemplate

# Creates a new variable named Region 
New-ARMvariable -Name Region -Value "East US" | Add-ARMvariable

$newVar = @{
    Name = "Region2"
    Value = "North Europe"
}

# Creates a new variable named Region2
New-ARMvariable @newVar | Add-ARMvariable

$newParm = @{
    Name = 'adminUsername'
    Type = 'string'
    Description = 'Username for the Virtual Machine.'
}

# Creates a new parameter named adminUsername
New-ARMparameter @newParm | Add-ARMparameter

$resource = @{
    type = "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts"
    name = "StorageSimpleVM"
    apiVersion = "2016-01-01"
    location = "North Europe"
    sku = @{
        name = "Standard_LRS"
    }
    kind = "Storage"
    properties = @{}
}

# Creates a new StorageAccount with name StorageSimpleVM
New-ARMresource @resource | Add-ARMresource