deploy.ps1

<#
 .SYNOPSIS
    Deploys a template to Azure

 .DESCRIPTION
    Deploys an Azure Resource Manager template

 .PARAMETER subscriptionId
    The subscription id where the template will be deployed.

 .PARAMETER resourceGroupName
    The resource group where the template will be deployed. Can be the name of an existing or a new resource group.

 .PARAMETER templateFilePath
    Optional, path to the template file. 

 .PARAMETER parametersFilePath
    Optional, path to the parameters file. Defaults to parameters.json. 
#>

param(
 [Parameter(Mandatory=$True)]
 [string]
 $subscriptionId,

 [Parameter(Mandatory=$True)]
 [string]
 $resourceGroupName,

 [string]
 $templateFilePath = "template.json",

 [string]
 $parametersFilePath = "parameters.json"
)

#******************************************************************************
# Script body
# Execution begins here
#******************************************************************************
$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"

# sign in and select subscription
Write-Host "Logging in...";
Login-AzureRmAccount -SubscriptionID $subscriptionId;

# load the parameters so we can use them in the script
$params = ConvertFrom-Json -InputObject (Gc $parametersFilePath -Raw)

$resourceGroup = Get-AzureRmResourceGroup -Name $resourceGroupName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
if(!$resourceGroup)
{
    Write-Host "Creating resource group '$resourceGroupName' in location $($params.parameters.location.value)";
    New-AzureRmResourceGroup -Name $resourceGroupName -Location $params.parameters.location.value -Verbose 
}
else{
    Write-Host "Using existing resource group '$resourceGroupName'";
}

# Test
Write-Host "Testing deployment...";
$testResult = Test-AzureRmResourceGroupDeployment -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName -TemplateFile $templateFilePath -TemplateParameterFile $parametersFilePath -ErrorAction Stop;
if ($testResult.Count -gt 0)
{
	write-host ($testResult | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 5 | Out-String);
	write-output "Errors in template - Aborting";
	exit;
}

# Start the deployment
Write-Host "Starting deployment...";
New-AzureRmResourceGroupDeployment -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName -TemplateFile $templateFilePath -TemplateParameterFile $parametersFilePath -Verbose;