My script/procedure to move Hyper-V VMs to Azure

We have been moving resources from ESXi to Hyper-V to Azure. ESXi to Hyper-V is done via the Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter (MVMC). Here is the Checklist/Script/Procedure I have been using to get Hyper-V to Azure.

1. Once machine is in Hyper-V, make sure the VMs HDs are VHD and not VHDX
2. Make sure DHCP is set on the VM
3. Make sure RDP is enabled (ours is set via group policy)
4. Power down VM
5. Run the PowerShell below to add the HD (Add-AzurermVhd), and create a new VM in Azure:

Login-AzureRmAccount
$VMName="NAMEOFMACHINE"
$DestinationVMSize="Standard_A1"
$DestinationAvailabilitySet="AvailabilitySetName"
$PrivateIpAddress="192.168.5.55"
$ResourceGroupName="YourResourceGroup"
$DestinationNetworkName="YourNetwork"
$DestinationNetworkSubnet="YourLanSubnet"
$Location="East US2"
$OSType="Windows"
[switch]$DataDisk=$false
$SourceSystemLocalFilePath="C:\PathToYour\VHDs\$($VMName)-System.vhd"
$SourceDataLocalFilePath="C:\PathToYour\VHDs\$($VMName)-Data.vhd"
$DestinationStorageAccountName="yourstorageaccount"
$DestinationSystemDiskUri= "http://$DestinationStorageAccountName.blob.core.windows.net/vhds/$VMName-System.vhd"
$DestinationDataDiskUri= "http://$DestinationStorageAccountName.blob.core.windows.net/vhds/$VMName-Data.vhd"
$DestinationSystemDiskName="$($VMNAME)_SYSTEM.vhd"
$DestinationDataDiskName="$($VMNAME)_DATA01.vhd"
 
Add-AzurermVhd -Destination $DestinationSystemDiskUri -LocalFilePath $SourceSystemLocalFilePath -ResourceGroupName $ResourceGroupName
if ($DataDisk){
Add-AzurermVhd -Destination $DestinationDataDiskUri -LocalFilePath $SourceDataLocalFilePath -ResourceGroupName $ResourceGroupName
}
 
#region Build New VM
$DestinationVM = New-AzureRmVMConfig -vmName $vmName -vmSize $DestinationVMSize -AvailabilitySetId $(Get-AzureRmAvailabilitySet -ResourceGroupName $ResourceGroupName -Name $DestinationAvailabilitySet).Id
$nicName="$($VMName)_NIC01" 
$vnet = Get-AzureRmVirtualNetwork -Name $DestinationNetworkName -ResourceGroupName $ResourceGroupName
$subnet = $vnet.Subnets | where {$_.Name -eq $DestinationNetworkSubnet}
$nic = New-AzureRmNetworkInterface -Name $nicName -ResourceGroupName $ResourceGroupName -Location $Location -SubnetId $Subnet.Id -PrivateIpAddress $PrivateIpAddress
$DestinationVM = Add-AzureRmVMNetworkInterface -VM $DestinationVM -Id $nic.Id
$DestinationSystemDiskUri = $DestinationSystemDiskUri
$DestinationDataDiskUri = $DestinationDataDiskUri
 
If ($OSType -eq "Windows"){
$DestinationVM = Set-AzureRmVMOSDisk -VM $DestinationVM -Name $DestinationSystemDiskName -VhdUri $DestinationSystemDiskUri -Windows -CreateOption attach
if ($DataDisk){
$DestinationVM = Add-AzureRmVMDataDisk -VM $DestinationVM -Name $DestinationDataDiskName -VhdUri $DestinationDataDiskUri -CreateOption attach -DiskSizeInGB $DatDiskSize
}
}
 
New-AzureRmVM -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName -Location $Location -VM $DestinationVM

The most important part is to use “-attach” with “Set-AzureRmVMOSDisk”

Hope that helps someone.