New “Az” PowerShell Module Replacing “AzureRM”

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I am not sure if you know, but the Azure Cloud Shell now runs PowerShell Core. This means that the old AzureRM PowerShell module is not compatible. Luckily Microsoft has released a new PowerShell module that has been built to harness the power of PowerShell Core and the Cloud Shell, whilst still maintaining compatibility with PowerShell 5.1. This new module is called Az. This new module is already available in the Cloud Shell and also can be installed from the PowerShell Gallery

Features of the module.

• Runs on both PowerShell 5.1 and PowerShell Core.
• Is always up to date with the latest Azure tooling.
• Already in the Cloud Shell.
• Makes commands shorter.
• Data plane and management plane cmdlets will use the same Az module.
• Comes with cmdlet to enable script compatibility with AzureRM (Enable/Disable-AzureRMAlias).

Where can I run it?

• PowerShell 5.1 – Windows 7 or greater as long as .Net 4.7.2 or greater is installed.
• PowerShell Core 6.0 or greater – Windows, Mac OS, Linux

Enough chat lets Install.

Yup that’s it! It’s not hard at all.

Compatibility with AzureRM

So now all of my scripts are broken. Not to worry. the next command will fix this.

To remove the AzureRM cmdlet aliases just use the following.

Let’s look at the difference.

AzureRM Module Name	Az Module Name
AzureRM	Az
Azure.AnalysisServices	Az.AnalysisServices
Azure.Storage	Az.Storage
AzureRM.Aks	Az.Aks
AzureRM.AnalysisServices	Az.AnalysisServices
AzureRM.ApiManagement	Az.ApiManagement
AzureRM.ApplicationInsights	Az.ApplicationInsights*
AzureRM.Automation	Az.Automation
AzureRM.Backup	Az.Backup***
AzureRM.Batch	Az.Batch
AzureRM.Billing	Az.Billing
AzureRM.Cdn	Az.Cdn
AzureRM.CognitiveServices	Az.CognitiveServices
AzureRM.Compute	Az.Compute
AzureRM.Compute.ManagedService	Az.Compute.ManagedService***
AzureRM.Consumption	Az.Consumption*
AzureRM.ContainerInstance	Az.ContainerInstance*
AzureRM.ContainerRegistry	Az.ContainerRegistry*
AzureRM.DataFactories	Az.DataFactory
AzureRM.DataFactoryV2	Az.DataFactory
AzureRM.DataLakeAnalytics	Az.DataLakeAnalytics
AzureRM.DataLakeStore	Az.DataLakeStore
AzureRM.DataMigration	Az.DataMigration
AzureRM.DeviceProvisioningServices	Az.DeviceProvisioningServices*
AzureRM.DevSpaces	Az.DevSpaces
AzureRM.DevTestLabs	Az.DevTestLabs
AzureRM.Dns	Az.Dns
AzureRM.EventGrid	Az.EventGrid
AzureRM.EventHub	Az.EventHub
AzureRM.HDInsight	Az.HDInsight**
AzureRM.Insights	Az.Insights*
AzureRM.IotHub	Az.IoTHub
AzureRM.KeyVault	Az.KeyVault
AzureRM.LogicApp	Az.LogicApp***
AzureRM.MachineLearning	Az.MachineLearning
AzureRM.MachineLearningCompute	Az.MachineLearningCompute*
AzureRM.ManagedServiceIdentity	Az.ManagedServiceIdentity*
AzureRM.ManagementPartner	Az.ManagementPartner*
AzureRM.Maps	Az.Maps
AzureRM.MarketplaceOrdering	Az.MarketplaceOrdering*
AzureRM.Media	Az.Media
AzureRM.Network	Az.Network*
AzureRM.NotificationHubs	Az.NotificationHubs*
AzureRM.OperationalInsights	Az.OperationalIsights
AzureRM.PolicyInsights	Az.PolicyInsights*
AzureRM.PowerBIEmbedded	Az.PowerBIEmbedded*
AzureRM.Profile	Az.Profile*
AzureRM.RecoveryServices	Az.RecoveryServices**
AzureRM.RecoveryServices.Backup	Az.RecoveryServices**
AzureRM.RecoveryServices.SiteRecovery	Az.RecoveryServices**
AzureRM.RedisCache	Az.RedisCache**
AzureRM.Relay	Az.Relay*
AzureRM.Reservations	Az.Reservations*
AzureRM.Resources	Az. Resources
AzureRM.Scheduler	Az.Scheduler***
AzureRM.Search	Az.Search
AzureRM.Security	Az.Security*
AzureRM.ServiceBus	Az.ServiceBus
AzureRM.ServiceFabric	Az.ServiceFabric**
AzureRM.SignalR	Az.SignalR
AzureRM.Sql	Az.Sql
AzureRM.Storage	Az.Storage
AzureRM.StorageSync	Az.StorageSync
AzureRM.StreamAnalytics	Az.StreamAnalytics
AzureRM.Subscription	Az.Subscription*
AzureRM.Tags	Az.Tags*
AzureRM.TrafficManager	Az.TrafficManager*
AzureRM.UsageAggregates	Az.UsageAggregates
AzureRM.Websites	Az.Websites

* Module name may change for 1.0

** Module not yet available

*** Module may not appear in 1.0

Time to try one out.

As you can see the new commands are the same but with Az and not AzureRM.

I hope you found this article helpful. If you have any questions please reach out.