Azure PowerShell Compute Cmdlets

Overview

Azure PowerShell provides a set of cmdlets to manage compute resources such as Virtual Machines, VM Scale Sets, and disks. Below is a quick reference for the most commonly used compute cmdlets.

CmdletDescriptionExample
Get-AzVMRetrieves information about one or more virtual machines.
New-AzVMCreates a new virtual machine.
Start-AzVMStarts a stopped virtual machine.
Stop-AzVMStops a running virtual machine.
Remove-AzVMDeletes a virtual machine.
Resize-AzVMChanges the size of a virtual machine.