Well, there are many ways to open Azure PowerShell. The easiest way and one of the best ways to open Powershell in Azure portal is to use the Azure Cloud Shell environment.
Follow the below steps to use the Azure PowerShell in the Azure Cloud Shell environment.
- Sign in to Azure Portal (https://portal.azure.com/).
- Once logged in to Azure Portal, click the Cloud Shell button before the Directories + Subscriptions button at the top of the navigation.
3. Select the PowerShell environment option from the drop-down as highlighted below.
4. Click on the Confirm button to confirm the PowerShell environment.
You can also install Azure PowerShell on your local machine.
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How To Open Azure PowerShell Windows
Once you have installed Azure PowerShell on your local machine, follow the below steps to open Azure PowerShell on your local machine.
- Right-click on the PowerShell ISE and select the Run as administrator option.
2. Use the below PowerShell cmdlet to sign in to Azure.
Connect-AzAccountOnce you execute the above PowerShell cmdlet, it will ask you to provide your Azure credentials.
Provide your username and password for your Azure account, then click the sign-in button.
3. Now, you can execute the needed PowerShell cmdlet. For example, you can execute the below Azure PowerShell cmdlet to retrieve the Azure Subscription details.
Get-AzSubscriptionOnce you execute the above PowerShell cmdlet, you can get the below output.
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To start with the execution, Check out the complete lists of Azure PowerShell Commands.
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