Get-AzPolicyDefinition
Gets policy set definitions.
Syntax
Get-AzPolicyDefinition
[-Name <String>]
[-BackwardCompatible]
[-DefaultProfile <PSObject>]
[<CommonParameters>]
Get-AzPolicyDefinition
[-Name <String>]
-ManagementGroupName <String>
[-BackwardCompatible]
[-DefaultProfile <PSObject>]
[<CommonParameters>]
Get-AzPolicyDefinition
[-Name <String>]
-SubscriptionId <String>
[-BackwardCompatible]
[-DefaultProfile <PSObject>]
[<CommonParameters>]
Get-AzPolicyDefinition
[-Name <String>]
[-Id <String>]
[-BackwardCompatible]
-Version <String>
[-DefaultProfile <PSObject>]
[<CommonParameters>]
Get-AzPolicyDefinition
[-Name <String>]
[-Id <String>]
[-ListVersion]
[-BackwardCompatible]
[-DefaultProfile <PSObject>]
[<CommonParameters>]
Get-AzPolicyDefinition
-Id <String>
[-BackwardCompatible]
[-DefaultProfile <PSObject>]
[<CommonParameters>]
Get-AzPolicyDefinition
[-SubscriptionId <String>]
[-ManagementGroupName <String>]
[-Builtin]
[-BackwardCompatible]
[-DefaultProfile <PSObject>]
[<CommonParameters>]
Get-AzPolicyDefinition
[-SubscriptionId <String>]
[-ManagementGroupName <String>]
[-Custom]
[-BackwardCompatible]
[-DefaultProfile <PSObject>]
[<CommonParameters>]
Get-AzPolicyDefinition
[-SubscriptionId <String>]
[-ManagementGroupName <String>]
[-Static]
[-BackwardCompatible]
[-DefaultProfile <PSObject>]
[<CommonParameters>]
Description
The Get-AzPolicyDefinition cmdlet gets a collection of policy set definitions or a specific policy set definition identified by name or ID.
Examples
Example 1: Get all policy definitions
Get-AzPolicyDefinition
This command gets all the policy definitions.
Example 2: Get policy definition from current subscription by name
Get-AzPolicyDefinition -Name 'VMPolicyDefinition'
This command gets the policy definition named VMPolicyDefinition from the current default subscription.
Example 3: Get policy definition from management group by name
Get-AzPolicyDefinition -Name 'VMPolicyDefinition' -ManagementGroupName 'Dept42'
This command gets the policy definition named VMPolicyDefinition from the management group named Dept42.
Example 4: Get all built-in policy definitions from subscription
Get-AzPolicyDefinition -SubscriptionId '3bf44b72-c631-427a-b8c8-53e2595398ca' -Builtin
This command gets all built-in policy definitions from the subscription with ID 3bf44b72-c631-427a-b8c8-53e2595398ca.
Example 5: Get policy definitions from a given category
Get-AzPolicyDefinition | Where-Object {$_.Properties.metadata.category -eq 'Tags'}
This command gets all policy definitions in the category Tags.
Example 6: Get the display name, description, policy type, and metadata of all policy definitions formatted as a list
Get-AzPolicyDefinition | Select-Object -Property DisplayName, Description, PolicyType, Metadata | Format-List
This command is useful when you need to find the reader-friendly DisplayName property of an Azure Policy definition. You can parse the Metadata property to discover the policy definition's version number and category assignment.
Example 7: [Backcompat] Get the display name, description, policy type, and metadata of all policy definitions formatted as a list
Get-AzPolicyDefinition -BackwardCompatible | Select-Object -ExpandProperty properties | Select-Object -Property DisplayName, Description, PolicyType, Metadata | Format-List
This command is useful when you need to find the reader-friendly DisplayName property of an Azure Policy definition. You can parse the Metadata property to discover the policy definition's version number and category assignment.
Parameters
-BackwardCompatible
Causes cmdlet to return artifacts using legacy format placing policy-specific properties in a property bag object.
Type: | SwitchParameter |
Position: | Named |
Default value: | None |
Required: | False |
Accept pipeline input: | False |
Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Builtin
Causes cmdlet to return only built-in policy definitions.
Type: | SwitchParameter |
Position: | Named |
Default value: | None |
Required: | True |
Accept pipeline input: | True |
Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Custom
Causes cmdlet to return only custom policy definitions.
Type: | SwitchParameter |
Position: | Named |
Default value: | None |
Required: | True |
Accept pipeline input: | True |
Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-DefaultProfile
The credentials, account, tenant, and subscription used for communication with Azure.
Type: | PSObject |
Aliases: | AzureRMContext, AzureCredential |
Position: | Named |
Default value: | None |
Required: | False |
Accept pipeline input: | False |
Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Id
The full Id of the policy definition to get.
Type: | String |
Aliases: | ResourceId |
Position: | Named |
Default value: | None |
Required: | True |
Accept pipeline input: | True |
Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-ListVersion
Causes cmdlet to return only custom policy definitions.
Type: | SwitchParameter |
Position: | Named |
Default value: | None |
Required: | True |
Accept pipeline input: | True |
Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-ManagementGroupName
The name of the management group.
Type: | String |
Position: | Named |
Default value: | None |
Required: | True |
Accept pipeline input: | True |
Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Name
The name of the policy definition to get.
Type: | String |
Aliases: | PolicyDefinitionName |
Position: | Named |
Default value: | None |
Required: | False |
Accept pipeline input: | True |
Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Static
Causes cmdlet to return only static policy definitions.
Type: | SwitchParameter |
Position: | Named |
Default value: | None |
Required: | True |
Accept pipeline input: | True |
Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-SubscriptionId
The ID of the target subscription.
Type: | String |
Position: | Named |
Default value: | None |
Required: | True |
Accept pipeline input: | True |
Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Version
The policy definition version in #.#.# format.
Type: | String |
Aliases: | PolicyDefinitionVersion |
Position: | Named |
Default value: | None |
Required: | True |
Accept pipeline input: | True |
Accept wildcard characters: | False |
Inputs
Outputs
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