Azure Classroom Series – 17/Apr/2020

Azure Powershell

• Powershell will have cmd-lets (Command lets) which are in the form on <verb>-<noun>
• Examples of powershell cmdlets
  • Get-Process: verb i.e. action is get on noun i.e. Process
  • New-Item: verb i.e. action is New on noun i.e. Item
• Cmdlets take arguments
• Generic Way to find any Powershell cmdlet and then the help of it
  • Find a Powershell cmdlet to kill process

  1. Get-Command '*Process*'
  # narrow down the result by finding a cmdlet
  2. Narrowed downed to Stop-Process
  

  • Get the Help of Stop-Process cmdlet

  Get-Help Get-Process
  Get-Help Get-Process -Online
  

  
  • Find a powershell cmdlet to start a service
    • Get-Command '*-Service'
    • Get-Help Start-Service -Online
• Cmdlets are bundled/packaged as modules
• If you want to use azure from powershell, you need to install azure powershell module.
• Refer Here for official installation guide
• For the non windows 10 users use cloud shell
• For the windows 10 user open powershell as Administrator and

Install-Module -Name Az -AllowClobber -Scope AllUsers
Connect-AzAccount

• All the Azure Cmdlets will be in the following pattern <verb>-Az<noun>
• Examples:

Get-AzVm
New-AzSQLServer

• To find specific commands
  • use Get-Command and Get-Help

  Get-Command '*-AzResourceGroup'
  Get-Help 'New-AzResourceGroup' -Online
  

• To Use Reference Section
  • Navigate to here
  • And Navigate to Reference Section and find the commandlets

Exercise

1. Create a Windows VM using Azure Powershell
   • Refer Here
2. Create a Linux VM using Azure Powershell
   • Refer Here

Best-Practice for writing Powershell

• Create a new folder or use any existing
• Create a new file .ps1 extension
• Ensure Powershell Extension from Microsoft is installed in Visual Studio Code
• This extension helps in writing powershell scripts