PowerShell

Question 1

Connect to Azure

Answer 1

Connect-AzAccount

Question 2

Create Virtual Machine

Answer 2

New-AzVm

   - ResourceGroupName 
   - Name 
   - Credential 
   - Location 
   - Image <img>

Example:
New-AzVM -ResourceGroupName az104-prereq-rg -Name vm1 -Credential (Get-Credential) -Image MicrosoftWindowsServer:WindowsServer:2022-datacenter-azure-edition-core:latest -Size Standard_DC1s_v2

Question 3

Delete a VM

Answer 3

Remove-AzVM -Name $vm.Name -ResourceGroupName $vm.ResourceGroupName

Question 4

Stop/Start a VM

Answer 4

Stop-AzVM -Name $vm.Name -ResourceGroupName $vm.ResourceGroupName
Start-AzVM -Name $vm.Name -ResourceGroupName $vm.ResourceGroupName

Question 5

Get the SKUs of available and unavailable compute resources

Answer 5

Get-AzComputeResourceSku -Location

Get-AzComputeResourceSku “southeastasia”

Question 6

Allow SSH into VM

Answer 6

Add these params to New-AzVM command.

• OpenPorts 22
• PublicIpAddressName “testvm-01”

*Note port 22 allows for SSH

ssh @
e.g. ssh bob@205.22.16.5

Question 7

variable declaration

Answer 7

$loc = "East Us"
$iterations = 3

Question 8

Variables and objects

Answer 8

Variables can hold objects

$adminCredential = Get-Credential

Question 9

Using variables

Answer 9

$loc = “East US”

New-AzResourceGroup -Name “MyResourceGroup” - Location $loc

Question 10

Loops

Answer 10

For ($i = 1; $i -lt 3; $i++)
{
$i
}

Question 11

Script Params

Answer 11

.\setupEnvironment.ps1 -size 5 -location “East US”

param([string]$location, [int]$size)

Question 12

What VM Images are available in region?

Answer 12

What publishers are available?
Get-AzVMImagePublisher
-Location

What offers are available?
Get-AzVMImageOffer
-Location
-PublisherName

What VMImages are available?
Get-AzVMImageSku
   -Location 
   -PublisherName 
   -Offer