make note about deprecation warning (#9717)

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@ -403,6 +403,27 @@ prevent running afoul of Azure decency controls.
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### Deprecation Warning
You may see a scary-looking deprecation warning when you run the Azure builder:
```
==> azure-arm: Warning: You are using Azure Packer Builder to create VHDs which
is being deprecated, consider using Managed Images. Learn more
http://aka.ms/packermanagedimage
```
Don't panic. Your build won't stop working next week.
Long-term, Azure wants everyone to move to using managed images and managed
disks because they hide the complexity with respect to storage account
performance. Managed disks can be exported to a VHD. If this is deprecated,
it will be done in a transparent process by the Microsoft team who help
maintain Packer.
In the future, Packer may remove VHD support but add a post-processor that can
automate the export to a storage account.
### Windows
The Windows implementation is very similar to the Linux build, with the