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+
+require 'azure'
+
+Azure::VirtualMachineManagement::Serialization.module_eval do
+  def self.role_to_xml(params, options)
+    builder = Nokogiri::XML::Builder.new do |xml|
+      xml.PersistentVMRole(
+        'xmlns' => 'http://schemas.microsoft.com/windowsazure',
+        'xmlns:i' => 'http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance'
+      ) do
+        xml.RoleName { xml.text params[:vm_name] }
+        xml.OsVersion('i:nil' => 'true')
+        xml.RoleType 'PersistentVMRole'
+
+        xml.ConfigurationSets do
+          provisioning_configuration_to_xml(xml, params, options)
+          xml.ConfigurationSet('i:type' => 'NetworkConfigurationSet') do
+            xml.ConfigurationSetType 'NetworkConfiguration'
+            xml.InputEndpoints do
+              default_endpoints_to_xml(xml, options)
+              tcp_endpoints_to_xml(
+                xml,
+                options[:tcp_endpoints],
+                options[:existing_ports]
+              ) if options[:tcp_endpoints]
+            end
+            if options[:virtual_network_name] && options[:subnet_name]
+              xml.SubnetNames do
+                xml.SubnetName options[:subnet_name]
+              end
+            end
+          end
+        end
+        xml.AvailabilitySetName options[:availability_set_name]
+        xml.Label Base64.encode64(params[:vm_name]).strip
+        xml.OSVirtualHardDisk do
+          xml.MediaLink 'http://' + options[:storage_account_name] + '.blob.core.windows.net/vhds/' + (Time.now.strftime('disk_%Y_%m_%d_%H_%M_%S_%L')) + '.vhd'
+          xml.SourceImageName params[:image]
+        end
+        xml.RoleSize options[:vm_size]
+      end
+    end
+    builder.doc
+  end
+end
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