Az Account Show

In this Azure tutorial, we will discuss az account show. Along with this, we will also discuss the below topics.

az login
az account set
az account list

Table of Contents

az account show
az login
- syntax
az account set
- Syntax
az account list
az subscription
az set default subscription
Wrapping Up

This is an excellent Azure command that can help you to check the details like tenantId, user name, type, environmentName, homeTenantId, id, state, etc.

In certain scenarios, in case you are running Azure CLI, if you are getting any issue, you can troubleshoot the issue by checking the tenantId, tenant name, etc using the az account show cmdlet.

Once you will run the above command. you will get the output like below

{
  "environmentName": "AzureCloud",
  "homeTenantId": "5d9d690a-0310-474d-ae8b-42df2d549228",
  "id": "1cdf4300-dee5-cccc-9c9c-feaa72a5cbd1",
  "isDefault": true,
  "managedByTenants": [],
  "name": "Visual Studio Enterprise",
  "state": "Enabled",
  "tenantId": "5d9d690a-cccc-474d-ae8b-ghyf2d549228",
  "user": {
    "name": "fewlines4biju@hotmail.com",
    "type": "user"
  }

You can check out the output as below.

If you want to see the output in a table format, you can use the below cmdlet

az account show --output table

Now, if you want to retrieve the account details based on the subscription name, you can use the below cmdlet.

az account show --subscription 'Your subscription name'

Example: In this example, “Visual Studio Enterprise” is the subscription name.

az account show --subscription 'Visual Studio Enterprise'

az login

Log in to Azure using the az login cmdlet. Once you will execute the az login cmdlet, it will prompt you to provide the Azure user name and password or Azure account credentials.

syntax

az login [--allow-no-subscriptions] [--identity] [--password] [--service-principal]
         [--tenant] [--use-cert-sn-issuer] [--use-device-code] [--username]

On successful login, it will show you the below pop-up.

az account set

The az account set is an excellent cmdlet that can help you to change your active subscription quickly. When you have multiple active Azure subscriptions. During that time if you wish to set one as the active Azure subscription, this command can help you to fulfill this requirement.

Syntax

The syntax for the az account set cmdlet is as below.

az account set --subscription "Visual Studio Enterprise"

Where “Visual Studio Enterprise” is the name of my active Azure subscription that I want to set as my current active Azure subscription.

az account set — What does AZ account set do?

az account list

The az account list Azure CLI cmdlet will help you to retrieve the lists of all the accounts associated with that particular user.

az account list

You will get the output like below. Since I have only one account so it is showing only one. I

[
  {
    "cloudName": "AzureCloud",
    "homeTenantId": "5d9d690a-0310-474d-fghh-42df2d556789",
    "id": "1cdf4300-dee5-4518-9c9c-tghrii5cbd1",
    "isDefault": true,
    "managedByTenants": [],
    "name": "Visual Studio Enterprise",
    "state": "Enabled",
    "tenantId": "5d9d690a-0567-474d-ae8b-468575249228",
    "user": {
      "name": "fewlines4biju@hotmail.com",
      "type": "user"
    }
  }
]

You can see the output below

az subscription

If you want to retrieve the subscription details information you can use the az account cmdlets instead, There is no command called az subscription in Azure CLI. Instead, try executing the command az account list.

If you will try to execute the command az subscription, you will end up with an error message “az : CommandNotFoundError: ‘subscription’ is misspelled or not recognized by the system.”

The complete error message is as below

az : CommandNotFoundError: ‘subscription’ is misspelled or not recognized by the
system.
At line:1 char:1

az subscription
~~~
- CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (CommandNotFound… by the system.:String
  ) [], RemoteException
- FullyQualifiedErrorId : NativeCommandError

Try this: ‘az account list’
Still stuck? Run ‘az –help’ to view all commands or go to
‘https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/reference-index?view=azure-cli-latest’ to
learn more

So instead, try executing the command az account list.

az set default subscription

If you have multiple Azure subscriptions, you wish to set a default Azure subscription, you can use the below command in Azure CLI.

az account set --subscription 'Your subscription name'

For Example

If your subscription name is ‘Visual Studio Enterprise’, you want to make it the default subscription, you can use the below command in Azure CLI.

az account set --subscription 'Visual Studio Enterprise'

Or, you can also use your subscription ID instead of your Subscription Name like below.

az account set --subscription Your subscription id

For Example

If your subscription id is ‘1cdf4300-xxxxx-4518-fffff-feaa72a5cbd1’, you want to make it the default subscription, you can use the below command in Azure CLI.

az account set --subscription 1cdf4300-xxxxx-4518-fffff-feaa72a5cbd1

This is the way you can use the az account set –subscription command.

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Wrapping Up

Well. in this article we have discussed the az account show. Along with this, we have also discussed the below topics.

az login
az account set
az account list
az subscription

I hope, you have enjoyed this article !!!

az account show