title: Download Azure managed disk to local via powershell
body: <p>With the ability now to export a managed disk and download it locally via the portal, is there a way to do this via powershell?</p>
  
  <p>Or do you still need to first copy it to a storage account and then pull it down?</p>
  
  <p>As per this post:
  <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/46114240/download-azure-vhd-to-local-use-powershell">Download Azure VHD to local use powershell</a></p>