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Summary
The documentation is heavily biased towards Windows and PowerShell. All command-line examples use PowerShell cmdlets, and file paths are given in Windows format (e.g., C:\ paths). There are no examples using Bash, Azure CLI, or cross-platform scripting. Even when Linux VMs are mentioned, the instructions still use PowerShell, which is not the default or most common shell on Linux. There is no guidance for users who may be working from a Linux or macOS environment.
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  • Provide equivalent examples using Azure CLI (az commands) and Bash scripting, which are native to Linux and cross-platform environments.
  • Use platform-agnostic file paths or show both Windows and Linux path formats in examples.
  • Explicitly mention and provide steps for performing the same operations from Linux/macOS, including prerequisites such as installing Azure CLI.
  • Reorganize sections so that instructions for Linux and Windows are presented with equal prominence, or group platform-specific instructions clearly.
  • Add notes clarifying which steps are platform-specific and provide alternatives where necessary (e.g., for downloading blobs or manipulating JSON files).
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2026-01-12 00:00 #99 completed Biased Biased
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2026-01-10 00:00 #92 completed Clean Clean
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Flagged Code Snippets

$properties = $details.properties
$storageAccountName = $properties["Target Storage Account Name"]
$containerName = $properties["Config Blob Container Name"]
$encryptedBlobName = $properties["Encryption Info Blob Name"]

Set-AzCurrentStorageAccount -Name $storageaccountname -ResourceGroupName '<rg-name>'
$destination_path = 'C:\vmencryption_config.json'
Get-AzStorageBlobContent -Blob $encryptedBlobName -Container $containerName -Destination $destination_path
$encryptionObject = Get-Content -Path $destination_path  | ConvertFrom-Json

$keyDestination = 'C:\keyDetails.blob'
[io.file]::WriteAllBytes($keyDestination, [System.Convert]::FromBase64String($encryptionObject.OsDiskKeyAndSecretDetails.KeyBackupData))
Restore-AzKeyVaultKey -VaultName '<target_key_vault_name>' -InputFile $keyDestination

$secretdata = $encryptionObject.OsDiskKeyAndSecretDetails.SecretData
$Secret = ConvertTo-SecureString -String $secretdata -AsPlainText -Force
$secretname = 'B3284AAA-DAAA-4AAA-B393-60CAA848AAAA'
$Tags = @{'DiskEncryptionKeyEncryptionAlgorithm' = 'RSA-OAEP';'DiskEncryptionKeyFileName' = 'B3284AAA-DAAA-4AAA-B393-60CAA848AAAA.BEK';'DiskEncryptionKeyEncryptionKeyURL' = $encryptionObject.OsDiskKeyAndSecretDetails.KeyUrl;'MachineName' = 'vm-name'}
Set-AzKeyVaultSecret -VaultName '<target_key_vault_name>' -Name $secretname -SecretValue $Secret -ContentType  'Wrapped BEK' -Tags $Tags

$secretdata = $encryptionObject.OsDiskKeyAndSecretDetails.SecretData
$Secret = ConvertTo-SecureString -String $secretdata -AsPlainText -Force
$secretname = 'B3284AAA-DAAA-4AAA-B393-60CAA848AAAA'
$Tags = @{'DiskEncryptionKeyEncryptionAlgorithm' = 'RSA-OAEP';'DiskEncryptionKeyFileName' = 'LinuxPassPhraseFileName';'DiskEncryptionKeyEncryptionKeyURL' = <Key_url_of_newly_restored_key>;'MachineName' = 'vm-name'}
Set-AzKeyVaultSecret -VaultName '<target_key_vault_name>' -Name $secretname -SecretValue $Secret -ContentType  'Wrapped BEK' -Tags $Tags

$secretDestination = 'C:\secret.blob'
[io.file]::WriteAllBytes($secretDestination, [System.Convert]::FromBase64String($encryptionObject.OsDiskKeyAndSecretDetails.KeyVaultSecretBackupData))
Restore-AzKeyVaultSecret -VaultName '<target_key_vault_name>' -InputFile $secretDestination -Verbose
  
$rp1 = Get-AzRecoveryServicesBackupRecoveryPoint -RecoveryPointId $rp[0].RecoveryPointId -Item $backupItem -KeyFileDownloadLocation 'C:\Users\downloads'
Restore-AzureKeyVaultKey -VaultName '<target_key_vault_name>' -InputFile 'C:\Users\downloads'

$secretname = 'B3284AAA-DAAA-4AAA-B393-60CAA848AAAA'
$secretdata = $rp1.KeyAndSecretDetails.SecretData
$Secret = ConvertTo-SecureString -String $secretdata -AsPlainText -Force
$Tags = @{'DiskEncryptionKeyEncryptionAlgorithm' = 'RSA-OAEP';'DiskEncryptionKeyFileName' = 'B3284AAA-DAAA-4AAA-B393-60CAA848AAAA.BEK';'DiskEncryptionKeyEncryptionKeyURL' = 'https://mykeyvault.vault.azure.net:443/keys/KeyName/84daaac999949999030bf99aaa5a9f9';'MachineName' = 'vm-name'}
Set-AzKeyVaultSecret -VaultName '<target_key_vault_name>' -Name $secretname -SecretValue $secret -Tags $Tags -SecretValue $Secret -ContentType  'Wrapped BEK'