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You can get the Azure images and the Publisher name from the Azure MarketPlace. To get the Azure Images publishers available at the specific location using PowerShell, we can use the GetAzVMImagePublisher command and need to provide the location to get the available publishers.For Example, PS C:\> Get-AzVMImagePublisher -Location EastusThe above command will get all the image publishers available at that location. To get only the publishers, you can filter out the output.PS C:\> Get-AzVMImagePublisher -Location Eastus | Select PublisherNameOutputxcontentptyltd-1329748 xendata-inc xfinityinc xilinx xoriantsolutionspvtltd xtremedata xyzrd-group-ou yellowfin yellowfininternationalptyltd1616363974066 yokogawarentalleasecorporation your-shop-onlineYou can filter the specific publisher as shown below.PS C:\> Get-AzVMImagePublisher ... Read More

To retrieve the OS Caching setting of the Azure VM using CLI, we can use the below command.PS C:\> az vm show -n VMName -g VMRG --query storageProfile.osDisk.caching -otsvOutputReadWriteYou can also get the caching setting on the Azure VM without using the resource group name using the command below.PS C:\> az vm list --query "[?name=='vmname'].storageProfile.osDisk.caching" -otsvIf you need to retrieve the setting for all VMs then,PS C:\> az vm list --query "[].{VMName:name, ResourceGroup:resourceGroup, caching:storageProfile.osDisk.caching}" -otable

To retrieve the Azure VM OS using Azure CLI, we can use the “az vm” command but before that, need to make sure that you are connected to the Azure cloud and the subscription.PS C:\> az vm show -n VMName -g VMRG --query "[storageProfile.imageReference.offer]" -otsvORPS C:\> az vm show -n VMName -g VMRG --query storageProfile.imageReference.offer - otsvOutputWindowsServerTo get the OS SKU or the operating system version, you can use, PS C:\> az vm show -n VMName -g VMRG --query "[storageProfile.imageReference.sku]" -otsvOutput2016-DatacenterYou can also use the below command to get the OS of the VM without providing the resource group name.PS C:\> ... Read More

“Relative path is not supported” error generally occurs with the PowerShell DSC when we download a file from online or Website and we use “File” DscResource for that.In the below example, we are downloading the PowerShell 7.1.4 version from GitHub using DSC to the local computer and we get the error below.ExampleConfiguration FileCopy{    Node LocalHost{       File CopyFromBlob{          SourcePath = "https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases/download/v7.1.4/PowerShell-7.1.4-win-x86.msi"          DestinationPath = "C:\Temp\"          Ensure = 'Present'       }    } } FileCopy -OutputPath C:\Temp\dsc\FileCopy Start-DscConfiguration -Path C:\Temp\dsc\FileCopy -Wait -ForceOutputRelative path is ... Read More

To install the DSC resource using PowerShell, we can use the same command to install modules in PowerShell (Install-Module).The Find-DscResource command would get all the available DSC resources. To search the specific DSC resource, you can provide the -Name parameter in the Find-DscReource command. For example, we need to search for the FilesAndFolder DSC resourceFind-DSCResource -Name filesandfoldersOutputName             Version ModuleName Repository ----             ------- ---------- ---------- FilesAndFolders 0.3.212 CommonTasks PSGalleryTo install this module, we can pipeline the Install-Module command.Find-DSCResource -Name filesandfolders | Install-Module -Force -VerboseOnce the module is installed, we can ... Read More

To generate or append multiple outputs in the HTML file using PowerShell, we need to use the - Fragment parameter in the ConvertTo-HTML command.For example, let say we need to generate the computer utilization report which includes the top 5 consuming processes, stopped services, and the disk utilization report. A single report can be generated by sending the output to the ConvertTo-HTML pipeline command.Example$Heading = "System Utilization Report" $procs = Get-Process | Sort-Object -Property CPU -Descending| Select - First 5 | `    ConvertTo-Html -Property ProcessName, ID, CPU -Fragment - PreContent "High Utilization Processes" $services = Get-Service | ... Read More

To generate an HTML report using PowerShell, we can use the ConvertTo-HTML command. For example, let say we need to get the services to report in HTML format then we can use ConvertTo-HTML as a pipeline.Get-Service | ConvertTo-Html | Out-File C:\Temp\Services.html ii C:\Temp\services.htmlThe first command will retrieve the output in the HTML file and the second command (ii) is the alias of the Invoke-Item command.Once you check the output, It selects all the properties of the command. To select only a few properties, you can either use the Select command or use the -Property parameter in the ConvertTo-Html command. Both the ... Read More

To create dynamic columns or headers using CSV, we can use multiple methods but the one method that I find most suitable is the PSObject method.Let assume that your CSV column headers depend on the input provided by the user. Input can be a text file, user prompt for headers, array, etc. For this example, we will use the text file as input.We have the below columns (headers) to create in the CSV file.We will use the below command to create headers using PSObject and then export them into the CSV file.$object = New-Object psobject foreach($item in (gc C:\Temp\DynamicHeaders.txt)){ ... Read More

To delete the Azure blob using Azure CLI, we can use “az storage blob” command with the “delete” parameter. Before running this command, we first need to make sure that the azure account is connected (az login) and the proper subscription is set (az account set).To work with the azure storage account we need to authenticate to the storage. We can use storage key or the storage connections string. Here, we have shown how to retrieve the connections string.$storageaccount = 'az204storage05june' $connectionstring = az storage account show-connection-string - n $storageaccount -otsvThe below command will delete the azure storage blob named ... Read More

To get blobs inside the Azure storage container using PowerShell, we will use the Get-AzStorageBlob command. . Before running this command, we need to make sure that the Azure cloud account is connected (Connect-AzAccount) and the proper subscription is set in which the storage account resides (Set-AzContext).To work with the storage accounts we first need to set the Context for it and we will use the storage account key to set the context.$rg = "az204" $storageaccount = "az204storage05june" $key = (Get-AzStorageAccountKey -ResourceGroupName $rg - Name $storageaccount)[0].Value $context = New-AzStorageContext -StorageAccountName $storageaccount - StorageAccountKey $keyWe have now created the Azure storage ... Read More