With the command variables set, you can then retrieve the configuration of the myVM3 virtual machine and store it in a variable, called $vm. Once the existing configuration of myVM3 is stored in the variable, it will be used to create the snapshot.

Run the following Get-AzureRmVm command to retrieve the myVM3 virtual machine configuration and store it in the variable:

$vm = Get-AzureRmVm `
 -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName `
 -Name $vmName

This command takes a few moments to run sometimes.