diff --git a/src/ResourceManager/Compute/Commands.Compute/Extension/DSC/SetAzureVMDscExtensionCommand.cs b/src/ResourceManager/Compute/Commands.Compute/Extension/DSC/SetAzureVMDscExtensionCommand.cs
index f058ff89d3e5..18eff4713897 100644
--- a/src/ResourceManager/Compute/Commands.Compute/Extension/DSC/SetAzureVMDscExtensionCommand.cs
+++ b/src/ResourceManager/Compute/Commands.Compute/Extension/DSC/SetAzureVMDscExtensionCommand.cs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 using Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Storage.Blob;
 using System;
 using System.Collections;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Globalization;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Management.Automation;
@@ -206,6 +207,17 @@ public class SetAzureVMDscExtensionCommand : VirtualMachineExtensionBaseCmdlet
         [ValidateSetAttribute(new[] { "4.0", "latest", "5.0PP" })]
         public string WmfVersion { get; set; }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The Extension Data Collection state
+        /// </summary>
+        [Parameter(ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName = true, 
+            HelpMessage = "Enables or Disables Data Collection in the extension.  It is enabled if it is not specified.  " + 
+            "The value is persisted in the extension between calls.")
+        ]
+        [ValidateSet("Enable", "Disable")]
+        [AllowNull]
+        public string DataCollection { get; set; }
+        
         //Private Variables
         private const string VersionRegexExpr = @"^(([0-9])\.)\d+$";
 
@@ -310,6 +322,11 @@ private void CreateConfiguration()
 
                 publicSettings.SasToken = configurationUris.SasToken;
                 publicSettings.ModulesUrl = configurationUris.ModulesUrl;
+
+                Hashtable privacySetting = new Hashtable();
+                privacySetting.Add("DataCollection", DataCollection);
+                publicSettings.Privacy = privacySetting;
+
                 publicSettings.ConfigurationFunction = string.Format(
                     CultureInfo.InvariantCulture,
                     "{0}\\{1}",
diff --git a/src/ResourceManager/Compute/Commands.Compute/Microsoft.Azure.Commands.Compute.dll-Help.xml b/src/ResourceManager/Compute/Commands.Compute/Microsoft.Azure.Commands.Compute.dll-Help.xml
index 977eeded5b29..aaaa89f1e3d2 100644
--- a/src/ResourceManager/Compute/Commands.Compute/Microsoft.Azure.Commands.Compute.dll-Help.xml
+++ b/src/ResourceManager/Compute/Commands.Compute/Microsoft.Azure.Commands.Compute.dll-Help.xml
@@ -9932,6 +9932,13 @@ Get-AzureRmVMDscExtension -ResourceGroupName Name -VMName VM -Name 'DSC' </dev:c
           </maml:description>
           <command:parameterValue required="true" variableLength="false">string</command:parameterValue>
         </command:parameter>
+        <command:parameter required="false" variableLength="false" globbing="false" pipelineInput="false" position="named">
+          <maml:name>DataCollection</maml:name>
+          <maml:description>
+            <maml:para>Enables or Disables Data Collection in the extension.  It is enabled if it is not specified.  The value is persisted in the extension between calls. Allowed Values are: Enable and Disable</maml:para>
+          </maml:description>
+          <command:parameterValue required="true" variableLength="false">string</command:parameterValue>
+        </command:parameter>
         <command:parameter required="false" variableLength="false" globbing="false" pipelineInput="false" position="named">
           <maml:name>Force</maml:name>
           <maml:description>
@@ -10227,6 +10234,18 @@ Get-AzureRmVMDscExtension -ResourceGroupName Name -VMName VM -Name 'DSC' </dev:c
         </dev:type>
         <dev:defaultValue>latest</dev:defaultValue>
       </command:parameter>
+      <command:parameter required="false" variableLength="true" globbing="false" pipelineInput="false" position="named">
+        <maml:name>DataCollection</maml:name>
+        <maml:description>
+          <maml:para>Enables or Disables Data Collection in the extension.  It is enabled if it is not specified.  The value is persisted in the extension between calls. Allowed Values are: Enable and Disable</maml:para>
+        </maml:description>
+        <command:parameterValue required="false" variableLength="false">string</command:parameterValue>
+        <dev:type>
+          <maml:name>string</maml:name>
+          <maml:uri />
+        </dev:type>
+        <dev:defaultValue />
+      </command:parameter>
     </command:parameters>
     <!-- Input - Output section-->
     <command:inputTypes>
diff --git a/src/ServiceManagement/Compute/Commands.ServiceManagement/IaaS/Extensions/DSC/DscExtensionPublicSettings.cs b/src/ServiceManagement/Compute/Commands.ServiceManagement/IaaS/Extensions/DSC/DscExtensionPublicSettings.cs
index 93ccec9f7a7e..727700139e0f 100644
--- a/src/ServiceManagement/Compute/Commands.ServiceManagement/IaaS/Extensions/DSC/DscExtensionPublicSettings.cs
+++ b/src/ServiceManagement/Compute/Commands.ServiceManagement/IaaS/Extensions/DSC/DscExtensionPublicSettings.cs
@@ -92,6 +92,11 @@ public class Property
         /// </summary>
         public Property[] Properties { get; set; }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Privacy parameters
+        /// </summary>
+        public Hashtable Privacy { get; set; }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Version of the protocol (DscExtensionPublicSettings and DscExtensionPrivateSettings mostly).
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/ServiceManagement/Compute/Commands.ServiceManagement/IaaS/Extensions/DSC/SetAzureVMDscExtension.cs b/src/ServiceManagement/Compute/Commands.ServiceManagement/IaaS/Extensions/DSC/SetAzureVMDscExtension.cs
index 32a90d90ec19..6d81d3067a7e 100644
--- a/src/ServiceManagement/Compute/Commands.ServiceManagement/IaaS/Extensions/DSC/SetAzureVMDscExtension.cs
+++ b/src/ServiceManagement/Compute/Commands.ServiceManagement/IaaS/Extensions/DSC/SetAzureVMDscExtension.cs
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 using Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Storage.Blob;
 using System;
 using System.Collections;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Globalization;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Management.Automation;
@@ -156,6 +157,17 @@ public class SetAzureVMDscExtension : VirtualMachineExtensionCmdletBase
         [ValidateSetAttribute(new[] { "4.0", "latest", "5.0PP" })]
         public string WmfVersion { get; set; }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The Extension Data Collection state
+        /// </summary>
+        [Parameter(ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName = true,
+            HelpMessage = "Enables or Disables Data Collection in the extension.  It is enabled if it is not specified.  " +
+            "The value is persisted in the extension between calls.")
+        ]
+        [ValidateSet("Enable", "Disable")]
+        [AllowNull]
+        public string DataCollection { get; set; }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Credentials used to access Azure Storage
         /// </summary>
@@ -389,6 +401,11 @@ private void CreateConfiguration()
 
                 publicSettings.SasToken = configurationUris.SasToken;
                 publicSettings.ModulesUrl = configurationUris.ModulesUrl;
+                
+                Hashtable privacySetting = new Hashtable();
+                privacySetting.Add("DataCollection",DataCollection);
+                publicSettings.Privacy = privacySetting;
+
                 publicSettings.ConfigurationFunction = string.Format(
                     CultureInfo.InvariantCulture,
                     "{0}\\{1}",
diff --git a/src/ServiceManagement/Compute/Commands.ServiceManagement/Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Commands.ServiceManagement.dll-Help.xml b/src/ServiceManagement/Compute/Commands.ServiceManagement/Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Commands.ServiceManagement.dll-Help.xml
index e02fec21aefd..182092c871f0 100644
--- a/src/ServiceManagement/Compute/Commands.ServiceManagement/Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Commands.ServiceManagement.dll-Help.xml
+++ b/src/ServiceManagement/Compute/Commands.ServiceManagement/Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Commands.ServiceManagement.dll-Help.xml
@@ -33144,6 +33144,13 @@ If omitted, this parameter will default to the name of the file given by the Con
           </maml:description>
           <command:parameterValue required="true" variableLength="false">IPersistentVM</command:parameterValue>
         </command:parameter>
+        <command:parameter required="false" variableLength="false" globbing="false" pipelineInput="false" position="named">
+          <maml:name>DataCollection</maml:name>
+          <maml:description>
+            <maml:para>Enables or Disables Data Collection in the extension.  It is enabled if it is not specified.  The value is persisted in the extension between calls. Allowed Values are: Enable and Disable</maml:para>
+          </maml:description>
+          <command:parameterValue required="true" variableLength="false">string</command:parameterValue>
+        </command:parameter>
         <command:parameter required="false" variableLength="false" globbing="false" pipelineInput="false" position="named">
           <maml:name>WhatIf</maml:name>
           <maml:description>
@@ -33356,6 +33363,18 @@ A value of "5.0PP" will install the latest release of WMF 5.0PP (http://go.micro
         </dev:type>
         <dev:defaultValue>latest</dev:defaultValue>
       </command:parameter>
+      <command:parameter required="false" variableLength="true" globbing="false" pipelineInput="false" position="named">
+        <maml:name>DataCollection</maml:name>
+        <maml:description>
+          <maml:para>Enables or Disables Data Collection in the extension.  It is enabled if it is not specified.  The value is persisted in the extension between calls. Allowed Values are: Enable and Disable</maml:para>
+        </maml:description>
+        <command:parameterValue required="false" variableLength="false">string</command:parameterValue>
+        <dev:type>
+          <maml:name>string</maml:name>
+          <maml:uri />
+        </dev:type>
+        <dev:defaultValue />
+      </command:parameter>
     </command:parameters>
     <command:inputTypes>
       <command:inputType>