SOLVED: VIDEO: How to connect to AzureAD AzureRM & AzureCLI using PowerShell

In this short video we explain and demonstrate how to connect PowerShell to AzureAD AzureRM & AzureCLI:

How to Connect to AzureAD?

1. Launch a PowerShell as an administrator
2. Make sure you are running PowerShell 5.0 or newer:
   • $PSVersionTable.PSVersion
3. Install the required module:
   • Install-Module MSOnline
4. Sign into Azure:
   1. Connect-MsolService
5. Run your commands:
   • Get-Command -Module MSOnline

How to Connect to AzureRM (aka. Azure Resource Manager – ARM)?

1. Launch a PowerShell as an administrator
2. Make sure you are running PowerShell 5.0 or newer:
   • $PSVersionTable.PSVersion
3. Install the Azure Resource Manager module:
   • Install-Module AzureRM
4. Activate the Azure Resource Manager module:
   • Import-Module AzureRM</li>
5. Sign into Azure:
   • Connect-AzureRmAccount
6. Run your commands:
   • Get-AzureRmTenant

How to Connect to AzureCLI (aka. Azure Command Line Interface)?

1. Launch a PowerShell as an administrator
2. Make sure you are running PowerShell 5.0 or newer:
   • $PSVersionTable.PSVersion
3. Install Azure CLI software (only needs to be done once per machine you are working on)
   • Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://aka.ms/installazurecliwindows -OutFile .\AzureCLI.msi; Start-Process msiexec.exe -Wait -ArgumentList '/I AzureCLI.msi /quiet'; rm .\AzureCLI.msi
4. Sign into Azure:
   • az login
5. Run your commands:
   • az extension list-available --output table