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Creating and Managing Azure Virtual Machines with PowerShell
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Creating and Managing Azure Virtual Machines with PowerShell

Learn How to Use PowerShell to Deploy and Manage Virtual Machines in Microsoft Azure
4.5 (243 ratings)
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Created by Thomas Mitchell • Microsoft Certified Trainer
Last updated 7/2018
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  • 1 downloadable resource
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  • Assignments
  • Certificate of Completion
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What you'll learn
  • Install PowerShellGet and Other Azure PS Prerequisites
  • Install Azure PowerShell Module
  • Connect to Azure via PowerShell
  • Create and Connect to an Azure Virtual Machine
  • Identify VM Images on the Marketplace
  • View and Use Specific VM Sizes
  • Resize a Virtual Machine
  • View and Understand VM States
  • Manage Virtual Machines with PowerShell
  • Provision and Attach Data Disks to a VM
  • Create OS Disk Snapshots
  • Create Disks from Snapshots
  • Deploy New VMs from Snapshots
Requirements
  • Basic understanding of Microsoft Azure
  • Basic Understanding of How to Launch PowerShell
Description

Azure virtual machines provide a fully configurable and flexible computing environment. This course will teach you how to perform the most common day-to-day tasks in Azure PowerShell, including:

  • Installing and Configuring PowerShellGet
  • Installing and Configuring the AzureRM PowerShell Module
  • Connecting to Azure with PowerShell
  • Creating Resource Groups with PowerShell
  • Deploying Virtual Machines Using PowerShell
  • Connecting to Virtual Machines Using PowerShell
  • Creating and Attaching Data Disks with PowerShell
  • Locating New VM Images with PowerShell
  • Deploying VMs from Alternate Images Using PowerShell
  • Working with Marketplace Publishers
  • Resizing a Virtual Machine via PowerShell
  • Viewing and Modifying VM States with PowerShell
  • Managing Virtual Machines with PowerShell
  • Deleting VMs and Resource Groups with PowerShell


By the end of this course, you will have learned how to perform many day-to-day VM management tasks using PowerShell exclusively.  The skills you learn in this course will set you apart from many other IT professionals - since most IT professionals avoid PowerShell like the plague.

Who this course is for:
  • IT Professionals Interested in Learning Real-World Azure PowerShell Skills
Course content
Expand all 28 lectures 02:06:25
+ – Prerequisites
4 lectures 11:38

PowerShellGet is used to download and install Azure PowerShell.  Learn how to install PowerShellGet.

Installing PowerShellGet
Preview 03:26

Learn how to download and install Azure PowerShell from the gallery.

Install Azure PowerShell module
04:08

Learn how to load the AzureRM PowerShell module into an existing PowerShell session.

Loading the AzureRM Module
01:38

Learn how to connect to an Azure tenant, using PowerShell.

Connecting to Azure via PowerShell
02:26

Reinforce what you've learned in this section by answering these questions.

QUIZ
5 questions
Perform the exercises in this assignment to install the Azure PowerShell prerequisites, the Azure PowerShell module, and to connect to Azure using PowerShell
ASSIGNMENT: Install Azure PowerShell and Connect to Your Azure Tenant
3 questions
+ – Deploying a Virtual Machine
3 lectures 16:49

Learn how to provision a resource group, using PowerShell.

Creating a Resource Group with PowerShell
02:45

Learn how to deploy a virtual machine in Azure, using PowerShell.

Creating a Virtual Machine with PowerShell
11:03

Learn how to connect to a virtual machine via RDP through PowerShell.

Connect to a VM via PowerShell
03:01
QUIZ
5 questions
Complete the steps in this assignment to deploy and connect to an Azure virtual machine. NOTE: You must have already completed the "Prerequisites" assignment to complete the tasks in this assignment.
ASSIGNMENT: Deploy and Connect to a Virtual Machine
3 questions
+ – Working with Marketplace Images
2 lectures 12:32

Learn how to use key PowerShell commands when working with images.

Key PowerShell Commands
Preview 07:44

Learn how to deploy a virtual machine, using a pre-existing image from the marketplace.

Provisioning a VM via an Image
04:48
QUIZ
3 questions
Complete the tasks in this assignment to locate a VM image on the Azure marketplace and to provision a VM based on that image
ASSIGNMENT: Working with Images
3 questions
+ – NEW: Getting Started with Data Disks
4 lectures 16:26

An introduction to the two type of disks.

NEW: A Word About Disks
02:02

Learn how to provision a new data disk in Azure, using PowerShell

NEW: Creating a Data Disk
05:12

Learn how to attach a new data disk to a virtual machine in Azure, using PowerShell

NEW: Adding a Data Disk to a Virtual Machine
04:20

Learn how to prepare a newly-attached data disk for use by the operating system.

NEW: Preparing a Data Disk for Use
04:52
QUIZ
4 questions
Create a data disk and add it to a virtual machine
ASSIGNMENT: Create Data Disk and Add to VM
5 questions
+ – Resizing a Virtual Machine
2 lectures 10:59

Learn how to use key commands when resizing virtual machines.

Key PowerShell Commands
02:30

Learn how to resize a virtual machine, using PowerShell

Resizing a VM with PowerShell
08:29
QUIZ
3 questions
Complete the tasks in this assignment to resize a virtual machine
ASSIGNMENT: Resizing a Virtual Machine
4 questions
+ – VM power states
1 lecture 04:16

Learn about the differences among the seven different power states that a VM can exist in.

Power States
04:16
QUIZ
3 questions
Complete the tasks in this assignment to check the status of a virtual machine.
ASSIGNMENT: Check Status of a Virtual Machine
1 question
+ – Management Tasks
4 lectures 13:21

Learn how to stop a virtual machine, using PowerShell.

Stopping a VM with PowerShell
04:33

Learn how to start a virtual machine, using PowerShell.

Starting a VM with PowerShell
01:54

Learn how to remove a virtual machine, using PowerShell.

Deleting a VM with PowerShell
03:55

Learn how to delete an entire resource group, using PowerShell.

Deleting a Resource Group with PowerShell
02:59
QUIZ
3 questions
Complete the tasks in this assignment to reinforce your knowledge of typical management commands.
ASSIGNMENT: Managing a Virtual Machine with PowerShell
2 questions
+ – NEW: Snapshotting a VM
3 lectures 13:52

Learn how to setup variables in order to streamline the snapshot process

Set Parameters
04:28

Learn how to create a snapshot creation that will be used to create an actual snapshot of an OS disk

Create Snapshot Configuration
04:36

Learn how to create a snapshot of an OS disk

Take the Snapshot
04:48
QUIZ
4 questions
Reinforce what you've learned by creating a snapshot of an OS disk
ASSIGNMENT: Create a Snapshot of an OS Disk
2 questions
+ – NEW: Deploying a VM from a Snapshot
3 lectures 23:11

Learn how to use variables to streamline the deployment process

Load the Variables
07:21

Learn how to initialize the configuration of a new virtual machine

Initialize the Configuration
12:21

Learn how to deploy the VM from a disk that's been created from a snapshot.

Create the VM
03:29
In this assignment, you will deploy a new disk from the previous snapshot, and then you will deploy a VM from the new disk.
ASSIGNMENT: Deploy a VM from a Snapshot
3 questions

Reinforce what you've learned

QUIZ
3 questions