Uploading custom VHD in Azure using PowerShell

PowerShell script below will allow you  to upload your custom VHD image to Azure Subscription for example (Win 2008 Server) or other (Windows X version) VHD to upload. In this script just change the variables as per your custom choice (In my case i just mentioned as per my choice for example region is East Australia but you need to choose which suits you). Sequence of script is to ->Create Storage account->Upload custom VHD image in storage account container.

	#=======================================
	# Define your variables in below
	#=======================================
	$StorageAccountName = "NameYourStorageAccount"
	$Location = "Australia East...mentioned your own"
	$ContainerName = "NameOfyourContainer"
	$LocalVHD = "Drive\Location of your folder having custom VHD\VHD_Name.vhd"
	$AzureVHD = "https://NameYourStorageAccount.blob.core.windows.net/NameOfyourContainer/VHD_Name.vhd"
	$DiskName = "MyCustomDisk"
	$LabelName = "MyCustomDiskLable"
	$VMImageName = "MyCustomImage"
	#=======================================
	New-AzureStorageAccount –StorageAccountName $StorageAccountName -Location $Location
	Set-AzureSubscription -CurrentStorageAccountName $StorageAccountName -SubscriptionName $Subscription
	New-AzureStorageContainer -Name $ContainerName -Permission Off
	Get-AzureStorageAccount | Format-Table -Property Label
	Add-AzureVhd -LocalFilePath $LocalVHD -Destination $AzureVHD
	Add-AzureDisk -DiskName $DiskName -MediaLocation $AzureVHD -Label $LabelName -OS Windows
	Add-AzureVMImage -ImageName $VMImageName -MediaLocation $AzureVHD -OS Windows

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