diff --git a/nixos/maintainers/scripts/azure/create-azure.sh b/nixos/maintainers/scripts/azure/create-azure.sh
index f87a88404f6..a834566be8f 100755
--- a/nixos/maintainers/scripts/azure/create-azure.sh
+++ b/nixos/maintainers/scripts/azure/create-azure.sh
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
 #! /bin/sh -e
 
-BUCKET_NAME=${BUCKET_NAME:-nixos}
 export NIX_PATH=nixpkgs=../../../..
 export NIXOS_CONFIG=$(dirname $(readlink -f $0))/../../../modules/virtualisation/azure-image.nix
 export TIMESTAMP=$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M)
 
 nix-build '<nixpkgs/nixos>' \
-   -A config.system.build.azureImage --argstr system x86_64-linux -o azure --option extra-binary-caches http://hydra.nixos.org -j 10
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-azure vm image create nixos-test --location "West Europe" --md5-skip -v --os Linux azure/disk.vhd
+   -A config.system.build.azureImage --argstr system x86_64-linux -o azure --option extra-binary-caches https://hydra.nixos.org -j 10
diff --git a/nixos/maintainers/scripts/azure/upload-azure.sh b/nixos/maintainers/scripts/azure/upload-azure.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..2ea35d1d4c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/maintainers/scripts/azure/upload-azure.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#! /bin/sh -e
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+export STORAGE=${STORAGE:-nixos}
+export THREADS=${THREADS:-8}
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+azure-vhd-utils-for-go  upload --localvhdpath azure/disk.vhd  --stgaccountname "$STORAGE"  --stgaccountkey "$KEY" \
+   --containername images --blobname nixos-unstable-nixops-updated.vhd --parallelism "$THREADS" --overwrite
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