VM image and plan issues

Question

It is really hectic while deploying a VMs through powershell. Wanted to know which image requires plan details and which does not require plan details. for an example: the below image does not require a plan details: Linux VM Image details:

    Publisher = "canonical"
    Product = "0001-com-ubuntu-server-focal"
    Name = "20_04-lts-gen2"

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the image that requires both image details and plan details as well: Windows VM image details:

    PublisherName = "center-for-internet-security-inc"
    Offer = "cis-windows-server-2022-l1"
    Skus = "
    Version = "latest"

plan details:

    Publisher = "center-for-internet-security-inc"
    Product = "cis-windows-server-2022-l1"
    Name = "cis-windows-server-2022-l1"

Answer 1

@Mithran Joe
I understand that you are wanting to know how to see if an image requires plan details to launch the VM in PowerShell. Please let me know if I am misunderstanding the issue. Information about Plan information can be found on the Find and use Azure Marketplace VM images with Azure PowerShell page. To view an image's purchase plan information, run the Get-AzVMImage cmdlet. If the PurchasePlan property in the output is not null, the image has terms you need to accept before programmatic deployment. You will also need to use Set-AzVMPlan when launching a VM with the image.

Hope this helps! Let me know if you still have questions or run into any issues.

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