The ‘New-AzResourceGroup’ command was found in the module ‘Az.Resources’

In this azure tutorial, we will discuss how to fix the error, The ‘New-AzResourceGroup’ command was found in the module ‘Az.Resources, but the module could not be loaded. which comes while trying to create a resource group using PowerShell in Azure.

The ‘New-AzResourceGroup’ command was found in the module ‘Az.Resources’

I got the below error while trying to create a resource group which I need to use to create a recovery services vault.

The ‘New-AzResourceGroup’ command was found in the module ‘Az.Resources’, but the module could not be loaded. For more information, run ‘Import-Module Az.Resources’.

To create the resource group, I was trying to execute the below command.

New-AzResourceGroup -Name "mynewresgroup123" -Location "West US"

See here

The 'New-AzResourceGroup' command was found in the module 'Az.Resources'

Now to fix this error, I need to import the Az.Resources module. Below is the command I need to execute to do so.

Import-Module Az.Resources

There is a chance you will get the below error while executing the above line of code.

Import-Module : File C:\Program Files (x86)\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\Az.Resources\1.13.0\Az.Resources.psm1 cannot be loaded because running scripts is disabled on this system. For more information, see
about_Execution_Policies at https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=135170.

To fix this error, you can follow my article Powershell error – Az.Resources.psm1 cannot be loaded because running scripts is disabled on this system

Once you fix this error you can run the below line of code

New-AzResourceGroup -Name "mynewresgroup123" -Location "West US"

It is asking to connect to the Azure Run Connect-AzAccount to login

The New-AzResourceGroup command was found

Now you can run the below command to connect to the Azure from PowerShell.

Connect-AzAccount

It will ask to enter your username and password then it will show your subscription details.

The New-AzResourceGroup command was found

Now you can run the below line of code to create the resource group.

New-AzResourceGroup -Name "mynewresgroup123" -Location "West US"
the new azresourcegroup command was found

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In this Azure tutorial, we discussed how to fix error, The ‘New-AzResourceGroup’ command was found in the module ‘Az.Resources’, but the module could not be loaded.