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  1. Create a Windows VM
  2. Create a snapshot of an existing disk of a Linux VM
  3. Create a disk from this snapshot.
  4. Open the cloud shell and execute: 
    $update = New-AzureRmDiskUpdateConfig -OsType <OSType>
Update-AzureRmDisk -DiskName <diskname> -DiskUpdate $update -ResourceGroupName <rgname>
  5. Go to disk inside the Windows VM.
  6. Use the Swap OS function to select the new Linux disk. Then start the VM.
  7. Don't forget to remove the old Windows OS disk and the snapshot.
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