This ARM template will deploy x number of virtual machines (takes the number you need as a parameter), a storage account in the target resource group for boot diagnostics, deploys the VMs in an availability group and deploys x number of data disks per VM.  Both the number of data disks (per VM) and size are parameters.  It attaches the VMs to an existing vnet/subnet, both of which are parameters.  it also sets the Locale to UK on Windows servers using a custom script extension as per https://www.lewisroberts.com/2017/03/01/set-language-culture-timezone-using-powershell/

Template over on my Github page https://github.com/pagyP/AzARM/tree/master/VMs

This template will be updated over time to include additional functionality.

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