Create a VM
I created a new VM so that I could help you. I used portal.azure.com > New > Compute > Marketplace > Windows Server > Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 and chose the Resource Manager deployment model.
Create an Active Directory User
Since we're using the Azure Resource Manager, I needed to create a new Active Directory user so that I could authenticate with Azure PowerShell. That is the only way that I could authenticate.
You can create one using the following steps.
Login to the Azure Portal, and select Active Directory.
If no directory exists, select Create your directory and provide the requested information.
Select your directory and add a new user. This new user is a work or school account.
During the creation of the user, you will be supplied with both an e-mail address for the user and a temporary password. Save this information as it is needed later.
From the Azure portal, select Settings and then select Administrators. Select Add, and add the new user as a co-administrator. This allows the work or school account to manage your Azure subscription.
Finally, log out of the Azure portal and then log back in using the new work or school account. If this is the first time logging in with this account, you will be prompted to change the password.
Make sure you see your subscriptions when you log in as the work or school account.
Oddly enough, Azure Resource Manager seems to work best (or only to work) with if we authenticate with one of those types of accounts.
Install the Most Recent Azure PowerShell Module
Since we need access to the Extension related commandlets, I installed the most recent version of Azure PowerShell. The link shows how to install it via the Web Platform Installer. Once done, you can find out whether you have the correct one by running this:
> (Get-Module azureresourcemanager).Version
Major Minor Build Revision
----- ----- ----- --------
0 9 7 -1
When we run the following, look at all the Extension related commandlets. Hooray!
> Switch-AzureMode -Name AzureResourceManager
> Get-Command *extension* -Module AzureResourceManager
Get-AzureVMAccessExtension
Get-AzureVMCustomScriptExtension
Get-AzureVMDiagnosticsExtension
Get-AzureVMDscExtension
Get-AzureVMExtension
Get-AzureVMExtensionImage
Get-AzureVMExtensionImageType
Remove-AzureVMAccessExtension
Remove-AzureVMCustomScriptExtension
Remove-AzureVMDiagnosticsExtension
Remove-AzureVMDscExtension
Remove-AzureVMExtension
Set-AzureVMAccessExtension
Set-AzureVMCustomScriptExtension
Set-AzureVMDiagnosticsExtension
Set-AzureVMDscExtension
Set-AzureVMExtension
We have access to these while being in Resource Manager mode. To learn how to use each of them, run Get-Help Set-AzureVMAccessExtension -example on each one that is of interest. Then play around with the example.
Authenticate Azure PowerShell & Set the Extensions for Your VM
When authenticating via Add-AzureAccount, use the Active Directory user that we created. Then you can query your virtual machines.
> Add-AzureAccount
> Get-AzureResource -ResourceType Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines
Once you know the details of your VM, you can add an extensions. Here is one example that worked for me.
> Set-AzureVMAccessExtension -ResourceGroupName "mvp1" -Location "West US" -VMName "mvp1" -Name "mvp1test" -TypeHandlerVersion "2.0" -UserName "shaunluttin" -Password "Password
EndTime : 9/1/2015 9:35:57 PM -07:00
Error :
Output :
StartTime : 9/1/2015 9:35:20 PM -07:00
Status : Succeeded
TrackingOperationId : f03210e0-e67e-40d7-aad7-d9acef64bebe
RequestId : 95f42767-edcf-443a-8977-4c9f6d0eafef
StatusCode : OK
Best of luck with that. Let me know if you have any questions.
