Former Azure PowerShell module, deprecated on 29 February 2024 and superseded by Az; for example, Get-AzureRmRoleDefinition is now Get-AzRoleDefinition.
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- Azure PowerShell
Set of Az.* modules from Microsoft that let you manage Azure from PowerShell, using cmdlets like
Set-AzStorageAccount. - Get-AzRoleDefinition
An Az cmdlet for retrieving a role definition. Piping its output into
ConvertTo-Jsonproduces a starting file for building a custom role.
Related terms
- Azure Export for Terraform
Also known as aztfexport, this generates Terraform HCL code and state from Azure resources you already have, so they can be managed by Terraform. Point it at a single resource, a whole resource group or the results of a Resource Graph query, and target either azurerm or AzAPI.
- Set-AzureRmStorageAccount
Old AzureRM cmdlet, no longer supported, for altering a storage account's settings; use Set-AzStorageAccount now.
- Terraform
HashiCorp's open-source tool for describing infrastructure declaratively in HCL. For Azure it relies on four providers: AzureRM, AzAPI, AzureAD and AzureDevops.