Powershell script to detect the Windows Azure SDK in Azure Cloud Service VM and fix the Powershell execution issue

When you try to run Powershell commands on Windows Azure Cloud Service (PaaS) VM you may have seen exception as below:

 PS D:\Users\avkash> Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.WindowsAzure.ServiceRuntime

  Add-PSSnapin : Cannot add Windows PowerShell snap-in Microsoft.WindowsAzure.ServiceRuntime because it is already added.
 Verify the name of the snap-in and try again.
 At line:1 char:13
 + Add-PSSnapin <<<< Microsoft.WindowsAzure.ServiceRuntime
 + CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (Microsoft.WindowsAzure.ServiceRuntime:String) [Add-PSSnapin], PSArgume ntException
 + FullyQualifiedErrorId : AddPSSnapInRead,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.AddPSSnapinCommand

I have create a Powershell script which auto detect the Windows Azure SDK version runtime in the Azure VM and then fix this problem in registry and set the Role Busy as below:

 [xml] $RoleModelXml = Get-Content "E:\RoleModel.xml"
 $sdkVersion = $RoleModelXml.RoleModel.Version
 Write-Output ("---------------------------------------")
 Write-Output("Your SDK Version is: " + $sdkVersion)
 Write-Output("---------------------------------------")
 
 Write-Output("")
 Write-Output("Now Setting SDK Version in Registry: " + $sdkVersion.substring(0,3))
 Write-Output("---------------------------------------")
 
 $finalSDKVersion = $sdkVersion.substring(0,3)
 $fixedAssemblyName = "Microsoft.WindowsAzure.ServiceRuntime.Commands, Version=" + $finalSDKVersion + ".0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35"
 
 $Registry_Key = “HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\PowerShell\1\PowerShellSnapIns\Microsoft.WindowsAzure.ServiceRuntime\"
 Set-ItemProperty -path $Registry_Key -name Version -value $finalSDKVersion
 Set-ItemProperty -path $Registry_Key -name PowerShellVersion -value 2.0
 Set-ItemProperty -path $Registry_Key -name AssemblyName -value $fixedAssemblyName
 
 
 #Validate the registry
 Write-Output("*** --- Validating the registry change *** ----")
 Get-ItemProperty -path $Registry_Key -name Version
 Get-ItemProperty -path $Registry_Key -name PowerShellVersion
 Get-ItemProperty -path $Registry_Key -name AssemblyName
 
 
 $AzureSnapIn = "Microsoft.WindowsAzure.ServiceRuntime"
 
 if ( (Get-PSSnapin -Name $AzureSnapIn -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) -eq $null )
 {
 
 Add-PsSnapin $AzureSnapIn
 }
 else
 {
 $message = "PsSnapin " + $AzureSnapIn + " already loaded!!"
 Write-Output($message); 
 }
 
 
 #Settings the Role busy
 Write-Output("*** --- Setting Role Busy *** ----")
 Set-RoleInstanceStatus -busy