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• Using Azure CLI with PowerShell: error handling explained

• Use Azure CLI

• Exercise - Install and run the Azure CLI - information on how to do it for Mac and Linux as well

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Tips and Tidbits

• You can install it locally on computers running the Linux, macOS, or Windows operating systems.

  • You can also use Azure CLI from a browser through Azure Cloud Shell.

• Azure CLI can be used interactively or through scripts

• how do you find the particular commands you need? One way is to use az find.

• If you already know the name of the command you want, the --help argument for that command will get you more detailed information on the command

• Az is the formal name for the Azure PowerShell module, which contains cmdlets to work with Azure features.

• This module is an open-source component available on GitHub.

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Source: Create virtual networks

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Query / Filter Output

If you have several items in the group list, you can filter the return values by adding a --query option

az group list --query "[?name == '$RESOURCE_GROUP']"

The query is formatted using JMESPath, which is a standard query language for JSON requests. You can learn more about this powerful filter language at http://jmespath.org/

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List Resource Groups Starting With Name Pattern

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