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Problem scenario
You want to know how to discuss Microsoft’s public cloud offering. You do not know how to pronounce “Azure.” How should it be pronounced?
Solution
It is pronounced “azh-er” according to Dictionary.com. To hear it pronounced you can click on the link above. Another related video is here.
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Problem scenario
You want to find the resource groups in your Azure account. Either you have already installed Azure PowerShell on Windows 7 or on Windows 10 you have installed the Azure modules. You have connected to an Azure account (e.g., with this command Login-AzureRMAccount). What is the PowerShell command to list the resource groups in the Azure account?
Solution
Run this command:
Find-AzureRmResourceGroup
# It will work with the Azure Cloud Shell too.
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Problem scenario
You want to use PowerShell on your local machine to create, delete, and restart servers in Azure. You want to do other things with Azure using PowerShell on your workstation. What do you do?
Solution
1. To run Azure commands from your desktop, you need to connect your PowerShell ISE with your Azure instance. If you are using Windows 10, see this posting and ignore this set of directions here entitled “How Do You Use PowerShell on Your Desktop to Manage Azure?”
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Problem scenario
You want to have a Chef Automate server in Azure. How do you create one?
Solution
1. In the Azure portal click the “New” button on the left.
2. Search for “Chef Automate” with no quotes.
3. Click “Create”.
4. Fill out the required configuration settings. Make a mental note of the Chef Automate FQDN DNS Label that you provide (e.g.,
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Updated 1/12/19
Problem scenario
You want to create an Ubuntu Linux server with one vCPU and one GB of RAM in Azure using PowerShell. You want to use Azure Resource Manager (an ARM template). You do not want to use the Azure Portal for 95% of the work involved. What do you do to automate the process (including the deployment of a resource group, a network security group,
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Problem scenario
You want to automate the creation of servers in Azure. You want to try ARM templates to learn more about them. How do you use .json files and Azure PowerShell to do this (without using the web UI)?
Solution
Prerequisites
i. You have a way of running Azure PowerShell commands. If you need assistance with this, see this posting if your workstation is running Windows 7 or this posting if your workstation is running Windows 10.
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15 minute Azure Installation: Set up the Microsoft Cloud Server by the Numbers by Barrett Leibe
A Guide to Claims-Based Identity and Access Control: Authentication and Authorization for Services and the Web (Microsoft patterns & practices) by Dominick Baier, Vittorio Bertocci, Keith Brown, Scott Densmore, Eugenio Pace and Matias Woloski
Automating Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Services: From the Data Center to the Cloud with PowerShell by Michael Washam
Automating Microsoft Azure with Powershell by Aman Dhally and John Chapman
Azure in Action by Chris Hay and Brian Prince
Azure Mobile and Cloud Development in C# by Joe Ficara
Building Clouds with Windows Azure Pack by Amit Malik
Building Hybrid Applications in the Cloud on Windows Azure (Microsoft patterns &
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