Download Azure managed disk to local via powershell

Question

With the ability now to export a managed disk and download it locally via the portal, is there a way to do this via powershell?

Or do you still need to first copy it to a storage account and then pull it down?

As per this post: Download Azure VHD to local use powershell

Charles Xu · Accepted Answer · 2019-01-16T01:17:59.237

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The short answer is yes, the managed disk would not show the URL that you need to download from Azure through PowerShell, even if it is also just a VHD file. So you should first get the VHD file URL through copying it to a storage account blob. Then you can download it with the ways you want. I suggest the AzCopy that provide in your link.

Or you can just generate URL and then download it in the Azure Portal without copy it to a storage account first. Hope this will help.

edited Jan 16 '19 at 01:17

answered Jan 16 '19 at 01:10

Charles Xu

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OK thanks, seems a little redundant to have to copy it to a storage account/blob first. Especially considering I can download it directly from the portal. – amaru96 Jan 16 '19 at 05:40
Yes, because Azure manages it for you. And it can download it with the URL just known itself. It's the difference between the managed disk and unmanaged disk. – Charles Xu Jan 16 '19 at 05:57
@amaru96 Any more question? Or if it's helpful you can accept it as the answer. – Charles Xu Jan 16 '19 at 13:14
does it incur any cost for the download? – doremi666 Nov 26 '20 at 03:34
@EvaCheong No, the download is free. – Charles Xu Nov 26 '20 at 05:35
I think there is cost incurred for the download bandwidth as I got charged. – doremi666 Nov 29 '20 at 06:58
@EvaCheong As I know, it only costs for managing the disk, not downloading. – Charles Xu Nov 30 '20 at 07:45

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