Summary: Create a simple virtual machine from a predefined template in Azure. Honorary Scripting Guy, Sean Kearney, is here with my head still stuck in the clouds! Yesterday we created a network in Microsoft Azure for our resources to leverage—much like Hyper-V leverages a virtual network switch for its resources. Today we'll create a si...
Summary: Use Azure PowerShell cmdlets to identify which services a datacenter will contain. How can I use Windows PowerShell to identify which services a particular datacenter in Azure contains? Access the AvailableServices property from the Get-AzureLocation cmdlet, for example: (Get-AzureLocation | where { $_.Displ...
Summary: Access some information you need to easily automate virtual machine creation in Azure. Honorary Scripting Guy, Sean Kearney, is here to rain the Power of PowerShell and Azure down onto you! Note This is the third post in a series. You might also enjoy reading: Yesterday we saw how to create storage in Azure. Today we'...
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to get the name of cmdlets referring to your Azure subscription. Is there an easy way to obtain the Azure cmdlets referring to my subscription name? Use the Get-AzureSubscription cmdlet and access the SubscriptionName property: (Get-AzureSubscription).subscriptionname If you have multi...
Summary: Attend to prep work to get virtual machine cmdlets working. Honorary Scripting Guy, Sean Kearney is here with some scribbly notes to help you out with Azure scripts for your virtual machines. Note This is the second post in a series. You might also enjoy reading Manage Azure IaaS with Windows PowerShell: Part 1. Befor...
