This article will show you how to Connect to Microsoft Azure using PowerShell and manage your Azure virtual Machines.
Before you start don’t forget read how Manage Servers With Azure Server Management tools and all the other articles In the series.
First Download Windows Azure PowerShell 1.0 module
Install the package
Note: the cmdlets below are using the new Resource Manager module that allows you to use Resourse Manager In Azure.
Once Done , you can view all Azure GET-AzureRM* cmdlets by typing
get-help get-azurerm* | Out-GridView
To connect to your Azure Account type:
Login-azurermaccount
Once you In you will need to Use the Get-AzureRM* cmdlet to view your configuration for example, to view my VM I’ll use:
get-azurermvm -ResourceGroupName ntgroup -name ntnano01
To view all Virtual machines type:
get-azurermvm -ResourceGroupName ntgroup | select name
To check If the VM Is running type:
Get-Azurermvm -Status -ResourceGroupName ntgroup -name ntnano01
In the statuses section you will see running
To Shut down the VM type:
stop-azurermvm -ResourceGroupName ntgroup -Name ntnano01
You can read more about all the available cmdlets at