azurerm_windows_virtual_machine cannot be created with hotpatching enabled when using the new Desktop Experience images

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Terraform Version

1.5.7

AzureRM Provider Version

3.72.0

Affected Resource(s)/Data Source(s)

azurerm_windows_virtual_machine

Terraform Configuration Files

provider "azurerm" {
  features {}
}

resource "azurerm_resource_group" "example" {
  name     = "example-resources"
  location = "West Europe"
}

resource "azurerm_virtual_network" "example" {
  name                = "example-network"
  address_space       = ["10.0.0.0/16"]
  location            = azurerm_resource_group.example.location
  resource_group_name = azurerm_resource_group.example.name
}

resource "azurerm_subnet" "example" {
  name                 = "internal"
  resource_group_name  = azurerm_resource_group.example.name
  virtual_network_name = azurerm_virtual_network.example.name
  address_prefixes     = ["10.0.2.0/24"]
}

resource "azurerm_network_interface" "example" {
  name                = "example-nic"
  location            = azurerm_resource_group.example.location
  resource_group_name = azurerm_resource_group.example.name

  ip_configuration {
    name                          = "internal"
    subnet_id                     = azurerm_subnet.example.id
    private_ip_address_allocation = "Dynamic"
  }
}

resource "azurerm_windows_virtual_machine" "example" {
  name                = "example-machine"
  resource_group_name = azurerm_resource_group.example.name
  location            = azurerm_resource_group.example.location
  size                = "Standard_B2ms"
  admin_username      = "adminuser"
  admin_password      = "P@$$w0rd1234!"
  network_interface_ids = [
    azurerm_network_interface.example.id,
  ]

  os_disk {
    caching              = "ReadWrite"
    storage_account_type = "Standard_LRS"
  }

  source_image_reference {
    publisher = "MicrosoftWindowsServer"
    offer     = "WindowsServer"
    sku       = "2022-datacenter-azure-edition-hotpatch"
    version   = "latest"
  }

  patch_mode          = "AutomaticByPlatform"
  hotpatching_enabled = true
}

Debug Output/Panic Output

Error: "hotpatching_enabled" is currently only supported on "2022-datacenter-azure-edition-core" or "2022-datacenter-azure-edition-core-smalldisk" image reference skus

Expected Behaviour

Terraform should create the virtual machine when hotpatching_enabled = true and the new Desktop Experience hotpatching images are used:

• 2022-datacenter-azure-edition-hotpatch
• 2022-datacenter-azure-edition-hotpatch-smalldisk

Actual Behaviour

Terraform prevents the virtual machine from being created and outputs the above error.

Steps to Reproduce

No response

Important Factoids

No response

References

Hotpatching is now available for Windows Server VMs on Azure with Desktop Experience!

https://aka.ms/hotpatchondesktopnewimage

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