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PowerTip: Get all Azure Resource Manager resource groups with PowerShell

May 25, 2016 May 25, 2016 05/25/16

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Using the AzureRM cmdlets to get a list of resource groups. (image) I have a client who has a large list of resource groups. Can you show me how to get a filtered list? (image) Just use the Get-AzureRMResourceGroup cmdlet and pipe the results to Where-Object. To identify all resource groups that start with HSG in the name, try ...

PowerTip: Get a list of all subscriptions in your Azure Resource Manager account

May 24, 2016 May 24, 2016 05/24/16

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use the Get-AzureRMSubscription cmdlet. (image) How can I see all of the available subscriptions when I am logged into Azure Resource Manager? (image) Just run the Get-AzureRMSubscription cmdlet to get a complete list available to your UserID. Get-AzureRMSubscription (image...

PowerTip: Find a module in the PowerShell Gallery

May 23, 2016 May 23, 2016 05/23/16

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use the PowerShell Find module to search for modules. (image) I was trying to use the Find-module. Can you show me how to find all modules that have the word, Azure, in them? (image) Just use a wildcard in the search like in the following example to return modules with the name Azure in the beginning: (image...

PowerTip: Specify that a script requires admin privileges to run

April 25, 2016 Apr 25, 2016 04/25/16

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn how to require admin privileges to run a Windows PowerShell script. (image) How can I make sure that my Windows PowerShell script has administrator privileges to run? (image) Use the #Requires directive and specify RunAsAdministrator. Here is an example: (image...

PowerTip: Use PowerShell to display a percentage that has two decimal places

April 17, 2016 Apr 17, 2016 04/17/16

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to display a percentage as a two place number. (image) How can I use Windows PowerShell to display a number as a percentage that has two decimal places? (image) Use the -f format specifier, and specify a pattern as “{0:p2}”. On the other side of the -f format specifier, perform your percentage ...

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