PowerShell provisioner does not respond (elevated) Windows 10

[HofmeisterAn]

Overview of the Issue

The PowerShell provisioner does not respond while running with extended rights (elevated) in Windows 10. It works for server images.

Reproduction Steps

1. Create a packer configuration that creates a virtual machine in Azure.
2. Use following image configuration:
   • image_publisher: MicrosoftWindowsDesktop
   • image_offer: Windows-10
   • image_sku: 19h2-ent-g2
3. Add an elevated powershell provisioner:

...
{
  "type": "powershell",
  "inline": [
    "net user {{user `install_user`}} {{user `install_password`}} /add /passwordchg:no /passwordreq:yes /active:yes /Y",
    "net localgroup Administrators {{user `install_user`}} /add"
  ]
},
{
  "type": "powershell",
  "inline": [
    "Write-Host Foo"
  ],
  "elevated_user": "{{user `install_user`}}",
  "elevated_password": "{{user `install_password`}}"
}
...

4. Execute the packer build.

Packer version

• 1.6.6
• 1.7.2

Simplified Packer Buildfile

{
  "variables": {
    "client_id": "{{env `ARM_CLIENT_ID`}}",
    "client_secret": "{{env `ARM_CLIENT_SECRET`}}",
    "subscription_id": "{{env `ARM_SUBSCRIPTION_ID`}}",
    "tenant_id": "{{env `ARM_TENANT_ID`}}",
    "object_id": "{{env `ARM_OBJECT_ID`}}",
    "install_user": "installer",
    "install_password": "{{env `INSTALL_PASSWORD`}}",
  },
  "builders": [
    {
      "type": "azure-arm",
      "client_id": "{{user `client_id`}}",
      "client_secret": "{{user `client_secret`}}",
      "subscription_id": "{{user `subscription_id`}}",
      "object_id": "{{user `object_id`}}",
      "tenant_id": "{{user `tenant_id`}}",
      "location": "westeurope",
      "vm_size": "Standard_B4ms",
      "os_type": "Windows",
      "image_publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsDesktop",
      "image_offer": "Windows-10",
      "image_sku": "19h2-ent-g2",
      "communicator": "winrm",
      "winrm_use_ssl": "true",
      "winrm_insecure": "true",
      "winrm_username": "packer"
    }
  ],
  "provisioners": [
    {
      "type": "powershell",
      "inline": [
        "net user {{user `install_user`}} {{user `install_password`}} /add /passwordchg:no /passwordreq:yes /active:yes /Y",
        "net localgroup Administrators {{user `install_user`}} /add"
      ]
    },
    {
      "type": "powershell",
      "inline": [
        "Write-Host Foo"
      ],
      "elevated_user": "{{user `install_user`}}",
      "elevated_password": "{{user `install_password`}}"
    }
  ]
}

Operating system and Environment details

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Log Fragments and crash.log files

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Relates to #7729, https://groups.google.com/g/packer-tool/c/6ToKPlCpsxM. Please notice - if I use the described workaround or log into the virtual machine, packer starts the script.

[spcaipers-arm]

Hello, any update on this ticket?