install OMS Log Analytics Agent and OMS Dependency Agent to all Windows VMs in the subscription using PowerShell

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Save the following code as myscript.ps1 by replacing the ????? with the OMS workspaceid and OMS workspace key. Share the file using Storage Account Shared Access key as https:// function installOMS { param( [parameter(Mandatory=$true, HelpMessage="OMS Log Analytics Workspace ID")] [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] [string]$WorkSpaceID, [parameter(Mandatory=$true, HelpMessage="OMS Log Analytics Workspace Key")] [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] [string]$WorkSpaceKey ) $verboseactionoutput = "continue" # Set the parameters $FileName = "MMASetup-AMD64.exe" $SMFileName = "InstallDependencyAgent-Windows.exe" $OMSFolder = 'C:\OMSinstallSource' $MMAFile = $OMSFolder + "\" + $FileName $SMFile = $OMSFolder + "\" + $SMFileName # Check if folder exists, if not, create it Write-Verbose "Create folder $OMSFolder..." New-Item $OMSFolder -type Directory -Force | Out-Null Write-Verbose "created!" # Change the location to the specified folder Set-Location $OMSFolder try { # Download OMS Log Analytics monitoring agent Write-Verbose "downloading monitoring agent..." $URL = "https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=828603" Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $URl -OutFile $MMAFile | Out-Null Write-Verbose "downloaded!" # Download OMS Log Analytics dependency agent Write-Verbose "downloading dependency agent..." $URL = "https://aka.ms/dependencyagentwindows" Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $URl -OutFile $SMFile | Out-Null Write-Verbose "downloaded!" # Install the Microsoft Monitoring Agent Write-Verbose "Installing Microsoft Monitoring Agent.." $ArgumentList = '/C:"setup.exe /qn ADD_OPINSIGHTS_WORKSPACE=1 '+ "OPINSIGHTS_WORKSPACE_ID=$WorkspaceID " + "OPINSIGHTS_WORKSPACE_KEY=$WorkSpaceKey " +'AcceptEndUserLicenseAgreement=1"' Start-Process $FileName -ArgumentList $ArgumentList -ErrorAction Stop -Wait | Out-Null Write-Verbose "installed!" # Install the Service Map Agent Write-Verbose "Installing dependency Agent.." $ArgumentList = '/C:"InstallDependencyAgent-Windows.exe /S /AcceptEndUserLicenseAgreement:1"' Start-Process $SMFileName -ArgumentList $ArgumentList -ErrorAction Stop -Wait | Out-Null Write-Verbose "installed!" # Change the location to C: to remove the created folder Set-Location -Path "C:\" # Remove the folder with the agent files Write-Verbose "Removing the folder $OMSFolder ..." Remove-Item $OMSFolder -Force -Recurse | Out-Null Write-Verbose "removed!" } catch { Write-Error -Message $_.Exception throw $_.Exception } } installOMS -WorkSpaceID " ????????????? " -WorkSpaceKey " ??????????? "

Run the following code on any management client to inject the agents installation using Custom Script Extension for the Windows VMs in the subscription. Change the ??????? withe URL of the shared ps1 file. $cred = Get-Credential Add-AzureRmAccount -Credential $cred Get-AzureRmSubscription Set-AzureRmContext -SubscriptionId " ???????? " $allvms = Get-AzureRmVM | where {$allvms[0].OSProfile.LinuxConfiguration -eq $null} foreach ($vm in $allvms) { # Remove the script extention Remove-AzureRmVMCustomScriptExtension -ResourceGroupName $vm.ResourceGroupName ` -VMName $vm.Name -Name "myCustomScript" # Deploy the script extenion Set-AzureRmVMCustomScriptExtension -ResourceGroupName $vm.ResourceGroupName ` -VMName $vm.Name -Name "myCustomScript" ` -FileUri "https:// ????????? /myscript.ps1.ps1" ` -Run "myscript.ps1" -Location "West EU" }