PowerTip: Get Azure Virtual Machine Diagnostics by using PowerShell

May 31, 2016 May 31, 2016 05/31/16

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use the Azure Resource Manager cmdlets to retrieve diagnostic data within Azure Resource Manager virtual machines.  Our QA department was asking a very specific question that I didn’t know how to answer. Is there anything in an Azure virtual machine (VM) to show the quality of the boot and its startup?  Maybe this will help. You ...

PowerTip: Show Azure Resource Manager virtual machine status with PowerShell

May 30, 2016 May 30, 2016 05/30/16

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Using the Azure Resource Manager cmdlets to see the running state of a virtual machine.  I remember using the old cmdlets for Azure, and they would show the status of my virtual machines.  How can I do that with the new cmdlets?  Use the Get-AzureRM cmdlet with the –Status parameter to expand the available properties. Here’s a...

PowerTip: List Azure Resource Manager virtual networks with PowerShell

May 27, 2016 May 27, 2016 05/27/16

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use the AzureRM cmdlets to list all available virtual networks in a subscription.  I’m doing work for a client who forgot to give me a list of the virtual networks in the client's Azure subscription. Could you save me some time and show me how to get that list?  Just use the Get-AzureRMVirtualNetwork cmdlet. This will dump the ...