I'm trying to create a Windows 2016 Datacenter Virtual Machine using Azure PowerShell.

1. Created the Resource Group
2. Created the Storage Account
3. Location is Central India
4. Created the VNet, Subnet
5. Created NSG Rule with NSG Group
6. Created Public IP, VM Network Interface, VM Source Image, VM OS Disk.

Finally While creating the Virtual Machine , getting the below error. Could anyone help me where I'm doing wrong or missed any.

$vmName = "HariWinVM01"

$pubName = "MicrosoftWindowsServer"

$offerName = "WindowsServer"

$skuName = "2016-Datacenter "

$vmSize = "Standard_B2ms"

$vmConfig = New-AzVMConfig -VMName $vmName -VMSize $vmSize

New-AzVM -ResourceGroupName $ResourceGroup -Location $location -VM $vmConfig

WARNING: Since the VM is created using premium storage or managed disk, existing standard storage account, labstorageacc01, is used for boot diagnostics.
New-AzVM : The value of parameter imageReference.sku is invalid.
ErrorCode: InvalidParameter
ErrorMessage: The value of parameter imageReference.sku is invalid.
ErrorTarget: imageReference.sku
StatusCode: 400
ReasonPhrase: Bad Request
OperationID : d20757c1-29a3-4bab-8480-d36d4140d9ca
At line:1 char:1
+ New-AzVM -ResourceGroupName $ResourceGroup -Location $location -VM $v ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : CloseError: (:) [New-AzVM], ComputeCloudException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.Azure.Commands.Compute.NewAzureVMCommand

is the extra space in "2016-Datacenter " intended?

Hi Vaishnavi , Did any of the answers below help? If you have further questions, let us know in the "comments".

Hi. Thank you for your question and reaching out. I’d be more than happy to help you with your query.

Here is a sample script to create a Windows Server 2016 Datacenter virtual machine in Azure using PowerShell:

Import the AzureRM module

Import-Module AzureRM

Connect to Azure

Connect-AzureRmAccount

Select the Azure subscription you want to use

Select-AzureRmSubscription -SubscriptionId "your-subscription-id"

Set the resource group name

$resourceGroupName = "your-resource-group-name"

Create a new resource group

New-AzureRmResourceGroup -Name $resourceGroupName -Location "West US"

Set the virtual machine name

$vmName = "your-virtual-machine-name"

Set the admin username and password

$adminUsername = "your-admin-username"

$adminPassword = "your-admin-password" | ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText -Force

Create a new virtual machine configuration

$vmConfig = New-AzureRmVMConfig -VMName $vmName -VMSize "Standard_DS1_v2"

$vm = Add-AzureRmVMOSDisk -VM $vmConfig -Name $vmName -Windows -CreateOption FromImage -StorageAccountType Standard_LRS -DiskSizeInGB 128 -ImageName "Win2016Datacenter"

$vm = Set-AzureRmVMOperatingSystem -VM $vm -Windows -ComputerName $vmName -Credential (New-Object PSCredential -ArgumentList $adminUsername, $adminPassword)

$vm = Add-AzureRmVMNetworkInterface -VM $vm -Name "your-network-interface-name" -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName

Create the virtual machine

New-AzureRmVM -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName -Location "West US" -VM $vm

Note: Replace your-subscription-id, your-resource-group-name, your-virtual-machine-name, your-admin-username, and your-admin-password with the appropriate values. Additionally, you may need to change the -Location and -VMSize to match your desired configuration.

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One typo in $skuName = "2016-Datacenter "

remove space affter Datacenter.

Try to use some commands to avoid typos:

• Get-AzVMImagePublisher
• Get-AzVMImageOffer
• Get-AzVMImageSku

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