PowerShell common commands for Azure VMs

To get a list of resource groups in your subscription, use Get-AzureRmResourceGroup.

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List VMs in a subscription, Get-AzureRmVM

Filter List:

$armVms = Get-AzurermVM | select Name, ServiceName, ResourceGroupName
$armVms

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List VMs in a resource group, Get-AzureRmVM -ResourceGroupName myResourceGroup

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Get information about a VM, Get-AzureRmVM -ResourceGroupName myRG -Name $myVM

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To get the virtual machine core count usage for a location: Get-AzureRmVMUsage

Manage VMs

Task	Command
Start a VM	Start-AzureRmVM -ResourceGroupName $myResourceGroup -Name $myVM
Stop a VM	Stop-AzureRmVM -ResourceGroupName $myResourceGroup -Name $myVM
Restart a running VM	Restart-AzureRmVM -ResourceGroupName $myResourceGroup -Name $myVM
Delete a VM	Remove-AzureRmVM -ResourceGroupName $myResourceGroup -Name $myVM
Generalize a VM	Set-AzureRmVm -ResourceGroupName $myResourceGroup -Name $myVM -Generalized Run this command before you run Save-AzureRmVMImage.
Capture a VM	Save-AzureRmVMImage -ResourceGroupName $myResourceGroup -VMName $myVM -DestinationContainerName “myImageContainer” -VHDNamePrefix “myImagePrefix” -Path “C:\filepath\filename.json” A virtual machine must be prepared, shut down and generalized to be used to create an image. Before you run this command, run Set-AzureRmVm.
Update a VM	Update-AzureRmVM -ResourceGroupName $myResourceGroup -VM $vm Get the current VM configuration using Get-AzureRmVM, change configuration settings on the VM object, and then run this command.