How does one convert PSVirtualMachineObjects? - powershell

Question

I'm trying to deploy Azure VM's thru a workflow so it could be done in parallel. The code works fine outside of a workflow. But getting this error when trying to do it thru a workflow.
I'm importing the VM parameters thru a csv file.
Are there additional considerations for deploying Azure VM's thru a Workflow?
Workflow Deploy-VMs {
$cred1= New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential "User",$(ConvertTo-SecureString "Password" -asplaintext -force)
$b=Import-Csv Y:\NLG\vms1.csv -Verbose|? type -eq 'VM'
foreach ($c in $b) {
AzureRM.Resources\Login-AzureRmAccount -Credential $cred1 -SubscriptionId subscription id
$nic = New-AzureRmNetworkInterface -Name $c.Name -ResourceGroupName nlg -Location $c.Location -SubnetId $c.SubnetID
$cred= New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential "nladmin",$(ConvertTo-SecureString $c.Password -asplaintext -force)
$vmConfig = New-AzureRmVMConfig -VMName $c.Name -VMSize "Standard_D1"
$vmConfig = Set-AzureRmVMOperatingSystem -VM $vmConfig -Windows -ComputerName $c.Name -Credential $cred
$vmConfig = Set-AzureRmVMSourceImage -VM $vmConfig -PublisherName "MicrosoftWindowsServer" -Offer "WindowsServer" -Skus "2012-R2-Datacenter-smalldisk" -Version "latest"
$vmConfig = Add-AzureRmVMNetworkInterface -VM $vmConfig -Id $nic.Id
$vmConfig = Set-AzureRmVMOSDisk -VM $vmConfig -Name $c.Name -CreateOption FromImage
New-AzureRmVM -ResourceGroupName $c.RG -Location $c.Location -VM $vmConfig
}
}
and getting this error
Cannot bind parameter 'VM'. Cannot convert value
"Microsoft.Azure.Commands.Compute.Models.PSVirtualMachine" to type
"Microsoft.Azure.Commands.Compute.Models.PSVirtualMachine". Error:
"Cannot convert the
"Microsoft.Azure.Commands.Compute.Models.PSVirtualMachine" value of
type
"Deserialized.Microsoft.Azure.Commands.Compute.Models.PSVirtualMachine"
to type "Microsoft.Azure.Commands.Compute.Models.PSVirtualMachine"."
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Set-AzureRmVMOperatingSystem], ParameterBindingException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CannotConvertArgumentNoMessage,Microsoft.Azure.Commands.Compute.SetAzureVMOperatingSystemCommand
+ PSComputerName : [localhost]

Answer 1

Resolved using inline script for the incompatible cmdlets.
Workflow Deploy-VMs {
$cred1 = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential "User", $(ConvertTo-SecureString "Password" -AsPlainText -Force)
$b = Import-Csv Y:\NLG\vms1.csv -Verbose|? type -eq 'VM'
foreach -Parallel ($c in $b) {
AzureRM.Resources\Login-AzureRmAccount -Credential $cred1 -SubscriptionId c2d7e81b-ed6a-4de9-a4cd-36e679ec4259
$nic = New-AzureRmNetworkInterface -Name $c.Name -ResourceGroupName nlg -Location $c.Location -SubnetId $c.SubnetID
$cred = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential "nladmin", $(ConvertTo-SecureString $c.Password -AsPlainText -Force)
InlineScript {
$vmConfig = New-AzureRmVMConfig -VMName $using:c.Name -VMSize "Standard_D1"
$vmConfig = Set-AzureRmVMOperatingSystem -VM $vmConfig -Windows -ComputerName $using:c.Name -Credential $using:cred
$vmConfig = Set-AzureRmVMSourceImage -VM $vmConfig -PublisherName "MicrosoftWindowsServer" -Offer "WindowsServer" -Skus "2012-R2-Datacenter-smalldisk" -Version "latest"
$vmConfig = Add-AzureRmVMNetworkInterface -VM $vmConfig -Id $using:nic.Id
$vmConfig = Set-AzureRmVMOSDisk -VM $vmConfig -Name $using:c.Name -CreateOption FromImage
New-AzureRmVM -ResourceGroupName $using:c.RG -Location $using:c.Location -VM $vmConfig
}
}
}