Section 2: Azure Storage Accounts and Azure Virtual Machines

 https://www.udemy.com/course/azure-powershell/learn/lecture/31092252?start=225#overview

20. Lab - Creating a resource group 

To create a Resource Group in PowerShell (Azure), you typically use the Azure PowerShell module.

Step 1: Install & Import Azure PowerShell (if not already)

>>> Install-Module -Name Az -Scope CurrentUser -Repository PSGallery -Force
Import-Module Az

Step 2: Sign in to Azure 

>>> Connect-AzAccount

Step 3: Create a Resource Group

>>> New-AzResourceGroup -Name "MyResourceGroup" -Location "EastUS"

Example with real values 

>>> New-AzResourceGroup -Name "Dev-RG" -Location "CentralIndia" 

 

Explanation

• New-AzResourceGroup → Creates a new resource group
• -Name → Name of the resource group
• -Location → Azure region (e.g., EastUS, CentralIndia, WestEurope)

 

Verify the Resource Group

>>> Get-AzResourceGroup -Name "Dev-RG"

 

This script went ahead and created the resource for us inspite of no authentication in our script. If you have already logged into your Azure account one way or the other -- The context of the authentication is embedded in your system . It is like caching your credentials and the same credentials are been used by your script file. 

In order to have a realistic scenarios to ensure that Authentication or Authorization take place 

Use the command 

Disable-AzContextAutoSave -- Command

>>> Connect-AzAccount

 

 
We are going to create an Application Object inside Active Directory that will enable us to authenticate a user account.

Application Object creates a service principal at the background.

  

when you use a "Service Principal" you need to use the credential key word here the credential are mapped to the credential of our application object.

 we need to convert the secret to a secure password though the password looks secure and complex The Credential use the AppId and the AppSecret

 

 We has to add the Application object to our subscription to provide the permission to the Applicarion Object to access work on the subscription .

 

REMOVING RESOURCE GROUP

make sure you are in the correct subscription

>>> Get-AzContext

or set it:

>>> Set-AzContext -SubscriptionId "your-subscription-id" 

To remove (delete) a Resource Group in Azure using PowerShell, you use the Az module.

>>> Remove-AzResourceGroup -Name "MyResourceGroup"

>>> Remove-AzResourceGroup -Name "Dev-RG"

Skip Confirmation Prompt

By default, PowerShell will ask for confirmation. To force delete:

>>> Remove-AzResourceGroup -Name "Dev-RG" -Force

 

🔹 Run as Background Job (optional)

If the resource group is large, deletion may take time:

>>> Remove-AzResourceGroup -Name "Dev-RG" -AsJob 

 

 Sometime you may want to save the output from this commands to use it in subsequent commands   

 

 

>>> Get-AzResourceGroup // This will give all the resource group that you have

 

Creating a Container

 

 we can also use the "." operator

 

27. Understanding the scope of variables





30. Lab - Creating a File Share

35. Lab - Creating a Public IP Address

We also need to execute the network interface itself. we need to update the network interface with the new IPConfig and Public IP Address.

 

36. Lab - Creating a Network Security Group

37. Lab - Creating the Azure Virtual Machine

Creating a VM

38. Understanding the different publishers

39. Importance of arrays and objects

40. Getting the Subnet Address Prefix

securepassword 

43. Lab - Resizing the Azure VM

44. Lab - Stopping an Azure VM

if you don't want it to prompt us add -force flag to it

46. Lab - Deleting the Virtual Machine

47. Lab - Creating a Linux Virtual Machine