Get what version of the CLI you have
az --version
Get help
az help
Logging to Azure portal
Login with web
az login
Login in CLI
az login -u myemail@address.com
List accounts
az account list
Set subscription
az account set --subscription "xxx"
Listing locations and resources / general
List all locations
az account list-locations
List all my resource groups
az resource list
Creating a basic VM / Resource Group / Storage Account
Get all available VM sizes
az vm list-sizes --location eastus
Get all available VM images for Windows and Linux
az vm image list --output table
Create a Resource group
az group create --name demo-rg --location eastus2
Create a Linux VM
az vm create --resource-group demo-rg --name myvmfordemo --image ubuntults --admin-username adminazure
Create a Windows VM
az vm create --resource-group demo-rg --name mywindowsvmfordemo --image win2016datacenter --admin-username adminazure
Create a Storage account.
az storage account create -g demo-rg -n mystorageaccount -l eastus2 --sku Standard_LRS
DELETING A RESOURCE GROUP
Permanetly deletes a resource group
az group delete --name demo-rg
Managing VM's
List your VMs
az vm list
Start a VM
az vm start --resource-group myResourceGroup --name myVM
Stop a VM
az vm stop --resource-group myResourceGroup --name myVM
Deallocate a VM
az vm deallocate --resource-group myResourceGroup --name myVM
Restart a VM
az vm restart --resource-group myResourceGroup --name myVM
Redeploy a VM
az vm redeploy --resource-group myResourceGroup --name myVM
Delete a VM
az vm delete --resource-group myResourceGroup --name myVM
Create image of a VM
az image create --resource-group myResourceGroup --source myVM --name myImage
Create VM from image
az vm create --resource-group myResourceGroup --name myNewVM --image myImage
List VM extensions
az vm extension list --resource-group azure-playground-resources --vm-name azure-playground-vm
Delete VM extensions
az vm extension delete --resource-group azure-playground-resources --vm-name azure-playground-vm --name bootstrapper
