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Change download links to use aka.ms for vmassist.ps1 #2001

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24 changes: 1 addition & 23 deletions support/azure/virtual-machines/windows/windows-azure-guest-agent-tools-vmassist.md
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Expand Up @@ -44,25 +44,13 @@ Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Force
(Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://aka.ms/vmassist -OutFile vmassist.ps1) | .\vmassist.ps1
```

Alternatively, you can specify the full URL instead of the aka.ms short link:

```powershell
(Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://raw.githubusercontent.com//azure/azure-support-scripts/master/vmassist/windows/vmassist.ps1 -OutFile vmassist.ps1) | .\vmassist.ps1
```

### Option 2: Manually download and run

Download:

```powershell
[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://raw.githubusercontent.com//azure/azure-support-scripts/master/vmassist/windows/vmassist.ps1 -OutFile vmassist.ps1
```

Alternatively, you can specify the full URL instead of the aka.ms short link:

```powershell
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://raw.githubusercontent.com//azure/azure-support-scripts/master/vmassist/windows/vmassist.ps1 -OutFile vmassist.ps1
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://aka.ms/vmassist -OutFile vmassist.ps1
```

Run the script:
Expand All @@ -72,16 +60,6 @@ Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Force
.\vmassist.ps1
```

### Option 3: Download from browser

1. Download the ```vmassist.ps1``` file [from a web browser](https://github.com//azure/azure-support-scripts/blob/master/vmassist/windows/vmassist.ps1).
1. In an elevated PowerShell window, make sure that you're in the same directory that you downloaded the script to, and then run the following code to run the script:

```powershell
Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Force
.\vmassist.ps1
```

## Analyzing output

The script runs a series of checks to analyze the health of the VM Guest Agent and look for various known configurations that could cause issues. Each check either passes or fails in the PowerShell window.
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