Setting up Powershell with Azure

Overview

I tried a bunch of ways to configure Powershell with Azure. This one, documented below, finally worked.

Prerequisites

A Windows Azure subscription – If you don’t currently have a paid subscription, you can sign-up for a FREE trial subscription on the Windows Azure account site https://manage.windowsazure.com/.

Windows Azure PowerShell module – Download and install the Windows Azure PowerShell module https://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9811175&clcid=0x409 on a PC running Windows PowerShell 3.0.

Task 1 of 1 - Setting up Powershell with Azure

1. Start Powershell as Administrator

   

   Starting Powershell

2. Bring up the Powershell IDE

   

   Starting the IDE

3. Set the Windows PowerShell script execution policy to RemoteSigned:

   

   Specifying the execution policy

4. Import the Windows Azure PowerShell module

   

   Import Azure cmdlets

5. Download the Windows Azure Publish Settings file for your Windows Azure subscription. You may need to sign in.

   1. Save to a local folder

   

   Downloading the publish file

6. Save to a local folder

   

   Saving to a local folder

7. Import the publish settings file

   

   Importing the publish settings file

8. Validate the import by typing Import-auzrePublishSettingsFile.

   

   Validating the setup

Summary

You should now be ready to start managing Azure with Powershell.