Login-AzureRmAccount and Select-AzureRmSubscription

Question

I have installed AzureRm and Azure module on Windows server 2012 R2. I can run other cmdlets from this module (eg.AddAzureRmAccount, Get-AzureRmSubscription) but Login-AzureRmAc

Answer 1

NOTE: Please use azure RM login to connect via service principal as :

$applicationId = "$securePassword = "ServicePrincipal Passowrd" | ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText -Force
$credential = New-Object -TypeName System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -ArgumentList $applicationId, $securePassword
Connect-AzureRmAccount -ServicePrincipal -Credential $credential -TenantId "ServicePrincipal Tenant ID"

Answer 2

• Install Azure Powershell using latest version of Web Platform Installer.
• You may need to restart your machine - so that the latest upgrades of powershell will come into effect.
• Open Powershell or Powershell_ise and try executing the below command:

Login-AzureRmAccount

• A pop-up window comes up prompting your microsoft azure account credentials.

Install-Module AzureRM -Scope CurrentUser

• Also check your azure installed modules using the below command.

Get-Module -List

• You are done with setup. Go with your Azure powershell Scripting.

Answer 3

Seems like their powergallery setup is broken, I installed it using webPI and it is working fine.

For webPI download instructions:

https://regularitguy.com/2014/03/13/installing-the-windows-azure-powershell-cmdlets/