In this article, you will learn how to configure PowerShell for Azure.
What is PowerShell? PowerShell is an object-oriented programming language and interactive command line shell for Microsoft Windows. It is basically designed to automate the tasks. PowerShell provides the following options for automating the tasks.
Azure provides the different PowerShell modules to manage the Azure services and solutions deployed on Azure. Given below are the steps to configure the Windows PowerShell for using Azure and we call it Azure PowerShell. What is Azure PowerShell? Azure PowerShell is a collection of PowerShell modules provided by Azure to manage Azure services using Cmdlets in Windows PowerShell. Below steps show how to configure PowerShell for Azure.
Now, the Azure PowerShell is installed successfully. We can start using it and can run the cmdlets from the standard Windows PowerShell console, or from PowerShell Integrated Scripting Environment (ISE). I am using PowerShell Integrated Scripting Environment (ISE) as it provides some intelligence and easy editing options.
Our PowerShell is now ready to work with Azure and we can use it to create, delete, view, and change, Azure resources as we do from Azure portal.
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