Tag: Azure

Today I will talk about how to use PowerShell. I know that there is already integrated access to the browser directly through the Azure portal, but the idea of this post is to show how to access it as in the old days and mainly to help those who do not know where to start.

Well, let’s get started! If you have not yet installed the PowerShell module, I will demonstrate here how to do this, basically, you will need to open PowerShell as Administrator (Right-click and select “Run as administrator”), then execute the following command (Copy and Paste it):

If you want the module to be available only to the user performing the procedure on this workstation, choose command 1, if not, you want the module to be available to all users of this workstation, choose command 2.

1 – Install for Current User

if ($PSVersionTable.PSEdition -eq 'Desktop' -and (Get-Module -Name AzureRM -ListAvailable)) {
Write-Warning -Message ('Az module not installed. Having both the AzureRM and ' +
'Az modules installed at the same time is not supported.')
} else {
Install-Module -Name Az -AllowClobber -Scope CurrentUser
}

2 – Install for All Users

if ($PSVersionTable.PSEdition -eq 'Desktop' -and (Get-Module -Name AzureRM -ListAvailable)) {
    Write-Warning -Message ('Az module not installed. Having both the AzureRM and ' +
      'Az modules installed at the same time is not supported.')
} else {
    Install-Module -Name Az -AllowClobber -Scope AllUsers
}

If you try to understand the commands, you will see that only the parameter –Scope is changed. My learning tip here is, always try to understand the command that is being executed, this will help you to become familiar with Cmdlets (CmdLets is the name given to the commands used in PowerShell).

If you want to understand more about the subject, here are some links that will help you learn.

• Introducing the Azure Az PowerShell module

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/azure/new-azureps-module-az?view=azps-5.6.0

• Install Azure PowerShell

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/azure/install-az-ps?view=azps-5.6.0

From now on I am assuming you have already installed the Az Module and using PowerShell. Here is the simple command for your reference. The below command will connect to your Azure Account and it will connect to the default subscription.

Import-Moduloe –Name Az

Connect-AzAccount

And if you have different subscriptions you have to set the default subscription with the below command.

Set-AzContext ‘YOUR_SUBSCRIPTION_NAME’

To Discover or list all the Az Module

Get-Module Az.* -ListAvailable | Select-Object Name -Unique

To discover the available cmdlets within a module we can use the Get-Command cmdlet. In this example, we browse all cmdlets within the Az.Account module:

Get-Command -Module Az.Accounts

You can use the Get-Help command to get help with any specific command

Get-Help Get-AzVM

If want to see a few examples against this command you can use this.

Get-Help Get-AzVM –Examples

That and everything for today. If you have any questions, leave them in the comments or contact us, it will be a pleasure to answer them .