diff --git a/examples/azure-vm-simple-linux/deploy.sh b/examples/azure-vm-simple-linux/deploy.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index a900e65c77..3e34d2824a
--- a/examples/azure-vm-simple-linux/deploy.sh
+++ b/examples/azure-vm-simple-linux/deploy.sh
@@ -12,12 +12,9 @@ terraform plan \
   -var 'admin_password='$KEY \
   -var 'admin_username='$KEY \
   -var 'resource_group='$KEY
+  -out ./out.tfplan
 
-terraform apply
-  -var 'dns_name='$KEY \
-  -var 'admin_password='$KEY \
-  -var 'admin_username='$KEY \
-  -var 'resource_group='$KEY
+terraform apply ./out.tfplan
 
 
 # TODO: determine external validation, possibly Azure CLI