Premium data disks with Managed VM Images ... What to do, what to do?!

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15:    
16:  # Sign-in with Azure AD account  
17:    
18:    $Error.Clear()  
19:    
20:    Login-AzureRmAccount  
21:    
22:  # Select Azure Subscription  
23:    
24:    $subscriptionId =   
25:      ( Get-AzureRmSubscription |  
26:        Out-GridView `  
27:         -Title "Select an Azure Subscription ..." `  
28:         -PassThru  
29:      ).SubscriptionId  
30:    
31:    Select-AzureRmSubscription `  
32:      -SubscriptionId $subscriptionId  
33:    
34:  # Select Azure Resource Group in which existing VM is provisioned  
35:    
36:    $rgName =  
37:      ( Get-AzureRmResourceGroup |  
38:        Out-GridView `  
39:         -Title "Select Azure Resource Group in which VM is provisioned ..." `  
40:         -PassThru  
41:      ).ResourceGroupName  
42:    
43:  # Select Managed VM Image to convert to Premium storage disks  
44:    
45:    $imageName =   
46:      ( Get-AzureRmImage `  
47:        -ResourceGroupName $rgName   
48:      ).Name |   
49:      Out-GridView `  
50:        -Title "Select an existing Image to convert ..." `  
51:        -PassThru  
52:    
53:    $image =   
54:      Get-AzureRmImage `  
55:        -ResourceGroupName $rgName `  
56:        -Name $imageName  
57:    
58:    $location =   
59:      $image.Location  
60:    
61:  # Convert OS disk to default to Premium storage  
62:    
63:    $osDisk =   
64:      $image.StorageProfile.OsDisk  
65:    
66:    $osDisk.StorageAccountType =   
67:      "PremiumLRS"  
68:    
69:  # Convert Data disks to default to Premium Storage  
70:    
71:    $dataDisks =   
72:      $image.StorageProfile.DataDisks  
73:    
74:    for ($i = 0; $i -lt $dataDisks.Count; $i++)  
75:    {   
76:      $dataDisks[$i].StorageAccountType = "PremiumLRS"   
77:    }  
78:    
79:  # Enter new name for converted image  
80:    
81:    $newImageName =   
82:      Read-Host `  
83:        -Prompt "Enter new name for converted VM image [Enter = ${imageName}-ssd]"  
84:    
85:    if ($newImageName -eq "")   
86:    {  
87:      $newImageName = "${imageName}-ssd"   
88:    }  
89:    
90:  # Define new config for converted image  
91:    
92:    $newImageConfig =   
93:      New-AzureRmImageConfig `  
94:        -Location $location `  
95:        -OsDisk $osDisk `  
96:        -DataDisk $dataDisks  
97:    
98:  # Create new image based on converted image config   
99:    
100:    New-AzureRmImage `  
101:      -ResourceGroupName $rgName `  
102:      -ImageName $newImageName `  
103:      -Image $newImageConfig  
104:    

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