HTTP Error Message: The location or affinity group East US specified for source image

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If you run into the following error trying to create VMs with PowerShell:

New-AzureVM : HTTP Status Code: BadRequest – HTTP Error Message: The location or affinity group East US specified for source image MSFT__Windows-Server-2012-RC-June2012-v1-en-us-30GB.vhd is invalid. The source image must reside in same affinity group or location as specified for hosted service West US.

The problem is your storage account is in a different location/affinity group then the VNET you are deploying to. There may be other causes but I hit this one today and thought it was a strange enough message to blog it so I would remember :)

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