AZ-104 - Administration - Azure CLI and Powershell

Install PowerShell on Windows, Linux, and macOS 

 How to install the Azure CLI 

 Commands 

   

 What is the Azure CLI 

 

 Its a command-line utility for managing azure resources 

 Crate and manage resources without logging to the azure portal 

 Create scripts to automate tasks 

 

 

 

 What is Azure PowerShell 

 

 Its a set of cmdlets for managing Azure resources 

 Create and manage resource s without logging into the azure portal 

 Create scripts to automate tasks. 

 

 

 

 Cloud Shell 

 First we need to create a Cloud Shell  

 

 

 Select Bash or Powershell 

 

 Go to Advanced settings 

 

 Select a random storage account name and a file share name then click on create storage 

 

 if you get this error its more likely your storage account name its already in use, use alphanumeric 

 

 Done, you can switch between Powershell and Bash using the drop down menu on the left 

 

 Here we can run AZ CLI commands 

 

 

 And here is using the powershell 

 

 We can save objects to variables 

 

 To create a virtual machine from Azure CLI 

 

 

 PS /home/cesar> get-cloudDrive 

FileShareName : random1fileshare

FileSharePath : //random1storage4.file.core.windows.net/random1fileshare

MountPoint : /home/cesar/clouddrive

Name : random1storage4

ResourceGroupName : DefaultResourceGroup-CUS

StorageAccountName : random1storage4

SubscriptionId : 33d9a849-c6f5-455d-b9e4-ef89b317fcec

PS /home/cesar> get-azresource | format-Table 

Name ResourceGroupName ResourceType Location

---- ----------------- ------------ --------

DefaultWorkspace-33d9a849-c6f5-455d-b9e4-ef89b317fcec-CUS DefaultResourceGroup-CUS Microsoft.OperationalInsights/workspaces centralus

random1storage4 DefaultResourceGroup-CUS Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts eastus

NetworkWatcher_eastus NetworkWatcherRG Microsoft.Network/networkWatchers eastus

PS /home/cesar>