Azure PowerShell – Compute Disks

Azure Disk Cmdlets

Manage Azure Managed Disks using PowerShell. These cmdlets let you create, retrieve, update, and delete disks, as well as manage snapshots and access.

Cmdlet	Purpose
`Get-AzDisk`	Retrieve one or more managed disks.
`New-AzDisk`	Create a new managed disk.
`Remove-AzDisk`	Delete a managed disk.
`Update-AzDisk`	Update properties of an existing disk.
`Set-AzDisk`	Alias for `Update-AzDisk`.
`Resize-AzDisk`	Change the size of a disk.
`Grant-AzDiskAccess`	Generate a SAS URI for the disk.
`Revoke-AzDiskAccess`	Revoke a previously granted SAS URI.
`New-AzSnapshot`	Create a snapshot of a managed disk.
`Get-AzSnapshot`	Retrieve snapshots.
`Remove-AzSnapshot`	Delete a snapshot.

Getting Started

# Install the Az module (if not installed)
Install-Module -Name Az -Scope CurrentUser -Repository PSGallery -Force

# Connect to your Azure account
Connect-AzAccount

# List all managed disks in a subscription
Get-AzDisk | Select-Object Name, ResourceGroupName, DiskSizeGB, ProvisioningState

Create a New Managed Disk

$diskConfig = @{
    ResourceGroupName = "MyResourceGroup"
    DiskName          = "myDataDisk"
    DiskSizeGB        = 128
    Location          = "EastUS"
    CreationData      = @{
        CreateOption = "Empty"
    }
}
New-AzDisk @diskConfig

Resize an Existing Disk

$disk = Get-AzDisk -ResourceGroupName "MyResourceGroup" -DiskName "myDataDisk"
$disk.DiskSizeGB = 256
Update-AzDisk -ResourceGroupName $disk.ResourceGroupName -DiskName $disk.Name -Disk $disk

Grant Temporary Access to a Disk

$sas = Grant-AzDiskAccess -ResourceGroupName "MyResourceGroup" `
    -DiskName "myDataDisk" -Access "Read" -DurationInSecond 3600
Write-Host "SAS URL: $($sas.AccessSas)"