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Getting Started with Azure CLI: Manage Your Cloud Like a Pro from CMD and VS Code

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🚀 Getting Started with Azure CLI on Windows (via CMD and VS Code)

Whether you're just exploring Azure or managing cloud infrastructure at scale, Azure CLI gives you powerful control from your terminal. In this guide, we’ll walk through installing Azure CLI on Windows, logging in, managing resource groups, VMs, storage accounts, and executing Bash scripts in VS Code.

📥 1. Install Azure CLI on Windows

👉 Install Azure CLI on Windows

az --version
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Azure CLI installation

🔐 2. Login to Azure 

az login
az login --tenant <your-tenant-id>
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Login using tenant ID

✅ 3. Subscription Selection 

az account set --subscription "<your-subscription-name>"
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Login success confirmation

📂 4. List Resource Groups 

az group list --output table
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Group list
Group list table

az group list --output yaml
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Group list yaml

📁 5. Create a Resource Group 

az group create --name azurecli-rg --location westus
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Create group

az group list --output table
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Updated group list (https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/8tf5pq9c7qaxhyrr7kn5.jpg)

💻 6. View Virtual Machines 

az vm list --output table
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VM list

💾 7. List Storage Accounts 

az storage account list
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Storage list

🧠 8. Use Bash for Variables

VS Code makes it easy to define variables for more advanced scripts.

Variables in Bash

🧪 9. Create a VM and Network

Run all setup commands together using defined variables.

Run commands at once (https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/fpkzx18lluqlx19w0ncg.JPG)

🧹 10. Delete Resources 

az vm delete --resource-group azurecli-rg --name TutorialVNet1 --yes
az group delete -n azurecli-rg
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Delete resources

🧵 Wrapping Up

You’ve now seen how to:

  • Install and run Azure CLI from CMD
  • Authenticate and manage subscriptions
  • Create/list/delete Azure resource groups and VMs
  • Use Bash in VS Code for efficient scripting

💬 Got feedback or tips? Drop a comment below!

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