Azure actions
Article 12/16/2022
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Important
You need an active Azure subscription to deploy Azure actions in your desktop flows.
Power Automate allows you to manage Azure virtual machines through the Azure group of actions. To implement Azure functionality in your desktop flows, create a new Azure session using the Create session action.
This action requires you to enter the Client ID , an authentication key for the specific application, and the respective password. Additionally, enter the Tenant ID that is the Microsoft Entra in which you've created the application.
Lastly, populate the appropriate Subscription ID . The subscription ID is a GUID that uniquely identifies your subscription to Azure services.
After creating the session and deploying all the needed Azure actions, use the End session action to terminate the Azure session.
Get resource groups
Gets the resource groups based on the specified criteria.
Argument
Optional
Accepts
Default Value
Description
Azure client
No
Azure client The client used to connect to Azure
Resource group name
Yes
Text value The name of the resource group
Variables produced
Exceptions
Exception
Description
Failed to get the resource groups with the specified criteria
Indicates that getting the resource groups with the specified criteria failed
Create resource group
Creates a new resource group.
Argument
Optional
Accepts
Default Value
Description
Azure client
No
Azure client The client used to connect to Azure
Resource group name
No
Text value The name of the resource group
Location
No
Text value The location where the new disk will be created
Variables produced
Exceptions
Exception
Description
Resource group already exists
Indicates that the resource group already exists and can't be created
Failed to create resource group
Indicates that creating the resource group failed
Delete resource group
Deletes the specified resource group and all the contained resources.
Argument
Optional
Accepts
Default Value
Description
Azure client
No
Azure client The client used to connect to Azure
Resource group name
No
Text value The name of the resource group
Variables produced
This action doesn't produce any variables.
Exceptions
Exception
Description
Failed to delete the resource group
Indicates that deleting the resource group failed
Get disks
Gets the disks based on the specified criteria.
Argument
Optional
Accepts
Default Value
Description
Azure client
No
Azure client The client used to connect to Azure
Retrieve disks
N/A
All, With the specified resource group, With the specified name in all resource groups, With specific name in the specified resource group
All
Specify which disks to retrieve
Resource group
No
Text value The resource group where the disks reside
Disk name
No
Text value The name of the disk
Variables produced
Exceptions
Exception
Description
Disk wasn't found
Indicates that the disk with the specified criteria doesn't exist
Resource group wasn't found
Indicates that the specified resource group wasn't found
Failed to get the disks with the specified criteria
Indicates that getting the disks with the specified criteria failed
Attach disk
Attaches an existing disk to the virtual machine with the specified name and resource group.
Argument
Optional
Accepts
Default Value
Description
Azure client
No
Azure client The client used to connect to Azure
Virtual machine name
No
Text value The VM where the disk will be attached
VM resource group
No
Text value The resource group of the VM
Disk is managed
N/A
Boolean value True
Specify whether the disk to attach is managed
Disk name
No
Text value The name of the disk to attach
Disk's resource group
No
Text value The resource group of the disk
Storage account
No
Text value The storage account where VHD file is located
Container
No
Text value The container that holds the VHD file
VHD file
No
Text value The name of the VHD file
Variables produced
This action doesn't produce any variables.
Exceptions
Exception
Description
VM wasn't found
Indicates that the specified VM wasn't found
Disk wasn't found
Indicates that the disk with the specified criteria doesn't exist
Both unmanaged and managed disk can't exist together in a VM
Indicates that the attachment failed because both unmanaged and managed disk can't exist together in a VM
Failed to attach the disk
Indicates that the disk attachment failed
Detach disk
Detaches the disk from the virtual machine with the specified name and resource group.
Argument
Optional
Accepts
Default Value
Description
Azure client
No
Azure client The client used to connect to Azure
Virtual machine name
No
Text value The VM from where the disk will be detached
Virtual machine's resource group
No
Text value The resource group of the VM
Disk name
No
Text value The name of the disk to detach
Disk is managed
N/A
Boolean value True
Specify whether the disk to detach is managed
Variables produced
This action doesn't produce any variables.
Exceptions
Exception
Description
VM wasn't found
Indicates that the specified VM wasn't found
Failed to detach because the disk isn't attached to the specified VM
Indicates that the detachment failed because the disk isn't attached to the specified VM
Failed to detach disk
Indicates that detaching the disk failed
Create managed disk
Creates a managed disk with the specified settings.
Argument
Optional
Accepts
Default Value
Description
Azure client
No
Azure client The client used to connect to Azure
Disk name
No
Text value The name of the managed disk to create
Resource group option
N/A
Use existing, Create new
Use existing
Specify whether a new resource group will be created or an existing one will be used
Resource group name
No
Text value The resource group of the disk
Location
No
Text value The location where the new disk is created
Source type
N/A
None, Snapshot, Storage blob
None
Specifies whether to create an empty disk or use the snapshot of another disk or use a blob in a storage account
Snapshot name
No
Text value The managed snapshot to use as a source
Snapshot's resource group
No
Text value The resource group of the snapshot
Blob URL
No
Text value The URL of the blob
Disk size in GB
No
Numeric value Size of the disk in GB
Storage account type
N/A
Standard HDD, Premium SSD, Standard SSD, Ultra disk SSD
Standard HDD
The disk type
Storage account name
No
Text value The name of the storage account where VHD file is stored
Availability zone
Yes
Text value The availability zone for the managed disk
Variables produced
Exceptions
Exception
Description
Resource group already exists
Indicates that the resource group already exists and can't be created
Resource group wasn't found
Indicates that the specified resource group wasn't found
The resource with the specified name already exists
Indicates that the resource with the specified name already exists
Snapshot wasn't found
Indicates that the specified snapshot wasn't found
Failed to create disk
Indicates that creating the disk failed
Delete disk
Deletes the managed disk with the specified name and resource group.
Argument
Optional
Accepts
Default Value
Description
Azure client
No
Azure client The client used to connect to Azure
Disk name
No
Text value The name of the managed disk to delete
Resource group
No
Text value The resource group of the disk
Variables produced
This action doesn't produce any variables.
Exceptions
Exception
Description
Disk wasn't found
Indicates that the disk with the specified criteria doesn't exist
Failed to delete the disk because it's attached to a VM
Indicates a problem deleting the disk because it's attached to a VM
Failed to delete disk
Indicates that deleting the disk failed
Get snapshots
Gets the snapshots based on the specified criteria.
Argument
Optional
Accepts
Default Value
Description
Azure client
No
Azure client The client used to connect to Azure
Retrieve snapshots
N/A
All, With the specified resource group, With the specified name in all resource groups, With specific name in the specified resource group
All
Specify which snapshots to retrieve
Resource group
No
Text value The resource group where the snapshots reside
Snapshot name
No
Text value The name of the snapshot
Variables produced
Argument
Type
Description
Snapshots
List of Azure snapshots The retrieved snapshots with all the related information
Exceptions
Exception
Description
Snapshot wasn't found
Indicates that the specified snapshot wasn't found
Resource group wasn't found
Indicates that the specified resource group wasn't found
Failed to get the snapshots with the specified criteria
Indicates that getting the snapshots with the specified criteria failed
Create snapshot
Creates a snapshot from the specified disk.
Argument
Optional
Accepts
Default Value
Description
Azure client
No
Azure client The client used to connect to Azure
Snapshot name
No
Text value The name of the snapshot to create
Resource group option
N/A
Use existing, Create new
Use existing
Specifies whether a new resource group will be created or an existing one will be used
Resource group
No
Text value The resource group where the snapshot will be created
Location
No
Text value The location where the new disk will be created
Source disk
No
Text value The name of the managed disk that will be used as source data
Source disk's resource group
No
Text value The resource group of the managed disk that will be used as source data
Variables produced
Argument
Type
Description
Snapshot
Azure snapshot The created snapshot
Exceptions
Exception
Description
Resource group already exists
Indicates that the resource group already exists and can't be created
Resource group wasn't found
Indicates that the specified resource group wasn't found
The resource with the specified name already exists
Indicates that the resource with the specified name already exists
Disk wasn't found
Indicates that the disk with the specified criteria doesn't exist
Failed to create snapshot
Indicates that creating the snapshot failed
Delete snapshot
Deletes the snapshot with the specified name and resource group.
Argument
Optional
Accepts
Default Value
Description
Azure client
No
Azure client The client used to connect to Azure
Snapshot name
No
Text value The name of the snapshot to delete
Resource group
No
Text value The resource group of the snapshot
Variables produced
This action doesn't produce any variables.
Exceptions
Exception
Description
Snapshot wasn't found
Indicates that the specified snapshot wasn't found
Failed to delete snapshot
Indicates that deleting the snapshot failed
Get virtual machines
Gets the basic information for the virtual machines.
Argument
Optional
Accepts
Default Value
Description
Azure client
No
Azure client The client used to connect to Azure
Resource group
Yes
Text value The resource group of the virtual machine
Status
N/A
Running, Deallocating, Deallocated, Starting, Stopped, Stopping, Unknown, Any
Any
The status of the virtual machine
Variables produced
Exceptions
Exception
Description
Resource group wasn't found
Indicates that the specified resource group wasn't found
Failed to get the VMs with basic information
Indicates that getting the VMs with basic information failed
Describe virtual machine
Gets all the information for the virtual machine(s) based on the specified criteria.
Argument
Optional
Accepts
Default Value
Description
Azure client
No
Azure client The client used to connect to Azure
Describe virtual machines
N/A
All, With the specified resource group, With the specified name in all resource groups, With specific name in the specified resource group
All
Specify which virtual machines to describe
Resource group
No
Text value The resource group of the virtual machine
Virtual machine name
No
Text value The name of the virtual machine
Status
N/A
Running, Deallocating, Deallocated, Starting, Stopped, Stopping, Unknown, Any
Any
The status of the virtual machine
Variables produced
Argument
Type
Description
VirtualMachines
List of Azure virtual machines The retrieved virtual machines with all the related information
Exceptions
Exception
Description
VM wasn't found
Indicates that the specified VM wasn't found
Resource group wasn't found
Indicates that the specified resource group wasn't found
Failed to get basic information of the VM(s)
Indicates that getting basic information of the VM(s) failed
Start virtual machine
Starts the virtual machine.
Argument
Optional
Accepts
Default Value
Description
Azure client
No
Azure client The client used to connect to Azure
Virtual machine name
No
Text value The name of the virtual machine
Resource group
No
Text value The resource group of the virtual machine
Variables produced
This action doesn't produce any variables.
Exceptions
Exception
Description
VM wasn't found
Indicates that the specified VM wasn't found
Failed to start the VM
Indicates that an error occurred while trying to start the VM
Stop virtual machine
Stops the virtual machine and delocates the related hardware (CPU and memory) and network resources.
Argument
Optional
Accepts
Default Value
Description
Azure client
No
Azure client The client used to connect to Azure
Virtual machine name
No
Text value The name of the virtual machine
Resource group
No
Text value The resource group of the virtual machine
Variables produced
This action doesn't produce any variables.
Exceptions
Exception
Description
VM wasn't found
Indicates that the specified VM wasn't found
Failed to stop the VM
Indicates that an error occurred while trying to stop the VM
Shut down virtual machine
Shuts down the operating system of a virtual machine.
Argument
Optional
Accepts
Default Value
Description
Azure client
No
Azure client The client used to connect to Azure
Virtual machine name
No
Text value The name of the virtual machine
Resource group
No
Text value The resource group of the virtual machine
Variables produced
This action doesn't produce any variables.
Exceptions
Exception
Description
VM wasn't found
Indicates that the specified VM wasn't found
Failed to shut down the VM
Indicates an error occurred while trying to shut down the VM
Restart virtual machine
Restarts a virtual machine.
Argument
Optional
Accepts
Default Value
Description
Azure client
No
Azure client The client used to connect to Azure
Virtual machine name
No
Text value The name of the virtual machine
Resource group
No
Text value The resource group of the virtual machine
Variables produced
This action doesn't produce any variables.
Exceptions
Exception
Description
VM wasn't found
Indicates that the specified VM wasn't found
Failed to restart the VM
Indicates that an error occurred while trying to restart the VM
Create session
Creates an Azure session.
Argument
Optional
Accepts
Default Value
Description
Client ID
No
Text value The client ID of the application, also known as application ID, which identifies the application that is using the token
Client secret
No
Direct encrypted input or Text value
The secret for the client ID
Tenant ID
No
Text value The directory ID of the Microsoft Entra
Subscription ID
Yes
Text value The Azure subscription ID. If not provided, the default subscription will be used
Variables produced
Argument
Type
Description
AzureClient
Azure client The created Azure client
Exceptions
Exception
Description
Failed to create Azure client
Indicates that creating the Azure client failed
Get subscriptions
Gets subscriptions that the current account can access.
Argument
Optional
Accepts
Default Value
Description
Azure client
No
Azure client The client used to connect to Azure
Variables produced
Argument
Type
Description
Subscriptions
List of Azure subscriptions The retrieved subscriptions with all the related information
Exceptions
Exception
Description
Failed to get the subscriptions with the specified criteria
Indicates that getting the subscriptions with the specified criteria failed
End session
Ends an Azure session.
Argument
Optional
Accepts
Default Value
Description
Azure client
No
Azure client The client used to connect to Azure
Variables produced
This action doesn't produce any variables.
Exceptions
This action doesn't include any exceptions.
