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Automating Microsoft Azure with PowerShell

By : John Chapman, Aman Dhally
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Automating Microsoft Azure with PowerShell

By: John Chapman, Aman Dhally

Overview of this book

<p>This book is a one-stop guide on managing Microsoft Azure services using PowerShell. Administrators and developers will learn how to use PowerShell to create and manage Azure websites, virtual machines, SQL databases, and so on.</p> <p>Starting with an introduction to Windows PowerShell, this book will assist you in connecting to Microsoft Azure with PowerShell. Next, the book covers how to create and manage Azure storage accounts, including file, blob, and table storage. Moving on, this book covers creating and managing Azure virtual machines, SQL databases, websites, virtual networks, traffic manager, cloud services, and Active Directory. Finally, this book covers how to automate complex tasks using Azure automation runbooks.</p>

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Automating Microsoft Azure with PowerShell
John Chapman | Aman Dhally
Mar, 2015 | 156 pages
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Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Automating Microsoft Azure with PowerShell
Automating Microsoft Azure with PowerShell
Credits
Credits
About the Author
About the Author
About the Author
About the Author
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
About the Reviewers
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
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1
Getting Started with Azure and PowerShell
Getting Started with Azure and PowerShell
Introducing Windows PowerShell
Connecting to Microsoft Azure using PowerShell
Creating a Microsoft Azure website using PowerShell
Summary
2
Managing Azure Storage with PowerShell
Managing Azure Storage with PowerShell
Creating a Microsoft Azure storage account
Azure File storage versus Azure Blob storage
Getting the Azure storage account keys
Using Azure File storage
Using Azure Blog storage
Using Azure Table storage
Using Azure Queue storage
Using Microsoft Azure storage to back up files
Summary
3
Managing Azure Virtual Machines with PowerShell
Managing Azure Virtual Machines with PowerShell
Virtual machines in Microsoft Azure
Creating a Microsoft Azure virtual machine
Managing Microsoft Azure virtual machines
Summary
4
Managing Azure SQL Databases with PowerShell
Managing Azure SQL Databases with PowerShell
Creating and connecting to Microsoft Azure SQL Database Servers
Creating and managing Microsoft Azure SQL Databases
Summary
5
Deploying and Managing Azure Websites with PowerShell
Deploying and Managing Azure Websites with PowerShell
Creating and configuring a new Microsoft Azure website
Deploying Microsoft Azure website content
Managing Microsoft Azure websites
Summary
6
Managing Azure Virtual Networks with PowerShell
Managing Azure Virtual Networks with PowerShell
Creating and managing an Azure Virtual Network
Summary
7
Managing Azure Traffic Manager with PowerShell
Managing Azure Traffic Manager with PowerShell
Creating Microsoft Azure websites for load balancing
Creating and managing Microsoft Azure Traffic Manager profiles
Summary
8
Managing Azure Cloud Services with PowerShell
Managing Azure Cloud Services with PowerShell
Connecting to a Microsoft Azure virtual machine with a Microsoft Azure Cloud Service
Creating and managing Microsoft Azure Cloud Services
Summary
9
Managing Azure Active Directory with PowerShell
Managing Azure Active Directory with PowerShell
Connecting to Azure Active Directory
Creating a new Azure Active Directory domain
Configuring an Azure Active Directory domain
Managing Azure Active Directory users and groups
Using PowerShell to bulk import users and groups into Azure Active Directory
Summary
10
Automating Azure with PowerShell
Automating Azure with PowerShell
Creating a Microsoft Azure Automation account
Creating and managing runbooks in Microsoft Azure
Summary
Index
Index

Chapter 3. Managing Azure Virtual Machines with PowerShell

A virtual machine (VM) is an emulation of a computer system that allows an operating system to run virtually inside the operating system installed on a computer. Microsoft's implementation of virtual machine technologies is Hyper-V. Hyper-V is available as a standalone server product called Hyper-V Server, as an installable role in Windows 8 (64-bit) and newer client operating systems, and as an installable role in Windows Server 2008 and newer server operating systems.

Virtual machines are incredibly useful for maximizing the utilization of available computing power, and what can be afforded. For instance, let's say an organization requires four servers for their operations for these purposes: Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft SQL Server, and Microsoft Active Directory. The company could choose to purchase and maintain four physical servers. However, to reduce the costs involved (including the cost of the hardware...

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