How to connect Azure by using the PowerShell cmdlet Connect-AzAccount

Question

I'm trying to apply VPN Gateway lesson on Azure Learn However I faced many issue to complete the following steps in many lessons, there are no clear lesson to follow or even steps

Azure by using the PowerShell cmdlet Connect-AzAccount

Could you help me by How to with an easy step by step methods? YouTube video will be much better to follow then?

Thanks

Answer 1

The Connect-AzAccount is required in PowerShell to connect and authenticate the PowerShell session with Azure.

After the Azure connection is successfully done you can use other Az cmdlets in the PowerShell script.

These are the basics to start with Connect-AzAccount:

# Get the credentials for Azure login  
$Cred = Get-Credential  
# Connect to Azure with the credentials   
Connect-AzAccount -Credential $Cred  

More details about Connect-AzAccount you will find here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/az.accounts/connect-azaccount?view=azps-5.1.0

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Answer 2

Hi folks,

@Anonymous Thanks for this article.

I am trying to connect to Azure using Thumbprint, but the Subscription Name is showing empty.

Account SubscriptionName TenantId Environment
------- ---------------- -------- -----------
xxx-xx-x-x-xx xxx-xx-xxx-x-xx AzureCloud

Any reasons why and please let me know how to fix this?

Thanks,
Naveen

Answer 3

NAME
Connect-AzAccount

SYNOPSIS
Connect to Azure with an authenticated account for use with cmdlets from the Az PowerShell modules.

------------ Example 1: Connect to an Azure account ------------

Connect-AzAccount

Account                SubscriptionName TenantId                Environment
-------                ---------------- --------                -----------
******@contoso.com  Subscription1    xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx     AzureCloud




Example 2: (Windows PowerShell 5.1 only) Connect to Azure using organizational ID credentials

$Credential = Get-Credential
Connect-AzAccount -Credential $Credential

Account                SubscriptionName TenantId                Environment
-------                ---------------- --------                -----------
******@contoso.com  Subscription1    xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx     AzureCloud




Example 3: Connect to Azure using a service principal account

$Credential = Get-Credential
Connect-AzAccount -Credential $Credential -Tenant 'xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx' -ServicePrincipal

Account                SubscriptionName TenantId                Environment
-------                ---------------- --------                -----------
xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx    Subscription1    xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx     AzureCloud




Example 4: Use an interactive login to connect to a specific tenant and subscription

Connect-AzAccount -Tenant 'xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx' -SubscriptionId 'yyyy-yyyy-yyyy-yyyy'

Account                SubscriptionName TenantId                Environment
-------                ---------------- --------                -----------
******@contoso.com  Subscription1    xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx     AzureCloud




----- Example 5: Connect using a Managed Service Identity -----

Connect-AzAccount -Identity

Account                SubscriptionName TenantId                Environment
-------                ---------------- --------                -----------
MSI@50342              Subscription1    xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx     AzureCloud




Example 6: Connect using Managed Service Identity login and ClientId

$identity = Get-AzUserAssignedIdentity -ResourceGroupName 'myResourceGroup' -Name 'myUserAssignedIdentity'
Get-AzVM -ResourceGroupName contoso -Name testvm | Update-AzVM -IdentityType UserAssigned -IdentityId $identity.Id
Connect-AzAccount -Identity -AccountId $identity.ClientId # Run on the virtual machine

Account                SubscriptionName TenantId                Environment
-------                ---------------- --------                -----------
yyyy-yyyy-yyyy-yyyy    Subscription1    xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx     AzureCloud




------------ Example 7: Connect using certificates ------------

$Thumbprint = '0SZTNJ34TCCMUJ5MJZGR8XQD3S0RVHJBA33Z8ZXV'
$TenantId = '4cd76576-b611-43d0-8f2b-adcb139531bf'
$ApplicationId = '3794a65a-e4e4-493d-ac1d-f04308d712dd'
Connect-AzAccount -CertificateThumbprint $Thumbprint -ApplicationId $ApplicationId -Tenant $TenantId -ServicePrincipal

Account             SubscriptionName TenantId            Environment
-------             ---------------- --------            -----------
xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx Subscription1    xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx AzureCloud

Account          : 3794a65a-e4e4-493d-ac1d-f04308d712dd
SubscriptionName : MyTestSubscription
SubscriptionId   : 85f0f653-1f86-4d2c-a9f1-042efc00085c
TenantId         : 4cd76576-b611-43d0-8f2b-adcb139531bf
Environment      : AzureCloud