Azure/azure-powershell v4.4.0-September2017

4.4.0 (Ignite)

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Azure PowerShell 4.4.0 Installer: link

Gallery Module for ARM Cmdlets: link

Gallery Module for Legacy Cmdlets for Service Management (RDFE): link

Changes in 4.4.0

• All cmdlets
  • Added 'AzureRmContext` parameter which allows passing a context to a cmdlet in a PSJob:

Start-Job {param ($ctx) New-AzureRMVM -AzureRmContext $ctx [... other params]} -ArgumentList (Get-AzureRmContext)

• Added opt-in persitence of Azure login across sessions, Enable-AzureRmContextAutosave to activate

• AnalysisServices
  • Added a new dataplane commandlet to allow synchronization of databases from read-write instance to read-only instances
    • Included help file for the commandlet
    • Added in-memory tests and a scenario test (only live)
  • Fixed bugs in Add-AzureAsAccount commandlet
• Automation
  • Fixed help documents for cmdlets fixed in the earlier release.
  • Added 4 new cmdlets to support staged rollout of DSC node configurations.
    • Start-AzureRmAutomationDscNodeConfigurationDeployment
    • Stop-AzureRmAutomationDscNodeConfigurationDeployment
    • Get-AzureRmAutomationDscNodeConfigurationDeployment
    • Get-AzureRmAutomationDscNodeConfigurationDeploymentSchedule
• CognitiveServices
  • Integrate with Cognitive Services Management SDK version 2.0.0.
  • Get-AzureRmCognitiveServicesAccount now can correctly support paging.
• Compute
  • Run Command feature:
    • New cmdlet: 'Invoke-AzureRmVMRunCommand' invokes a run command on a VM
    • New cmdlet: 'Get-AzureRmVMRunCommandDocument' shows available run command documents
  • Add 'StorageAccountType' parameter to Set-AzureRmDataDisk
  • Availability Zone support for virtual machine, VM scale set, and disk
    • New paramter: 'Zone' is added to New-AzureRmVM, New-AzureRmVMConfig, New-AzureRmVmssConfig, New-AzureRmDiskConfig
  • VM scale set rolling upgrade feature:
    • New cmdlet: 'Start-AzureRmVmssRollingOSUpgrade' invokes OS rolling upgrade of VM scale set
    • New cmdlet: 'Set-AzureRmVmssRollingUpgradePolicy' sets upgrade policy for VM scale set rolling upgrade.
    • New cmdlet: 'Stop-AzureRmVmssRollingUpgrade' cancels rolling upgrade of VM scale set
    • New cmdlet: 'Get-AzureRmVmssRollingUpgrade' shows the status of VM scale set rolling upgrade.
  • AssignIdentity switch parameter is introduced for system assigned identity.
    • New parameter: 'AssignIdentity' is added to New-AzureRmVMConfig, New-AzureRmVmssConfig and Update-AzureRmVM
  • Vmss disk encryption feature:
    • New cmdlet: 'Set-AzureRmVmssDiskEncryptionExtension' enables disk encryption on VM scale set
    • New cmdlet: 'Disable-AzureRmVmssDiskEncryption' disables disk encryption on VM scale set
    • New cmdlet: 'Get-AzureRmVmssDiskEncryptionStatus' shows the disk encryption status of a VM scale set
    • New cmdelt: 'Get-AzureRmVmssVMDiskEncryptionStatus' shows the disk encryption status of VMs in a VM scale set
• ContainerInstance
  • Add PowerShell cmdlets for Azure Container Instance
    • New-AzureRmContainerGroup
    • Get-AzureRmContainerGroup
    • Remove-AzureRmContainerGroup
    • Get-AzureRmContainerInstanceLog
• Insights
  * New cmdlet Disable-AzureRmActivityLogAlert
  - A new cmdlet to disable an existing activity log alert.
  - Optionally the Tags are settable with this cmdlet too.
  * New cmdlet Enable-AzureRmActivityLogAlert
  - A new cmdlet to enable an existing activity log alert.
  - Optionally the Tags are settable with this cmdlet too.
  * New cmdlet Get-AzureRmActivityLogAlert
  - A new cmdlet to retrieve one or more activity log alerts.
  - The alerts can be retrieved by name, resource group, or subscription.
  * New cmdlet New-AzureRmActionGroup
  - A new cmdlet to create an ActionGroup object in memory (no request involved.)
  * New cmdlet New-AzureRmActivityLogAlertCondition
  - A new cmdlet to create an activity log alert leaf condition object in memory (no request involved.)
  * New cmdlet Set-AzureRmActivityLogAlert
  - A new cmdlet to create or update an activity log alert.
  * New cmdlet Remove-AzureRmActivityLogAlert
  - A new cmdlet to remove one activity log alert.
  * New cmdlet Set-AzureRmActionGroup
  - A new cmdlet to create a new or update an existing action group.
  * New cmdlet Get-AzureRmActionGroup
  - A new cmdlet to retrieve one or more action groups.
  - The action groups can be retrieved by name, resource group, or subscription.
  * New cmdlet Remove-AzureRmActionGroup
  - A new cmdlet to remove one action group.
  * New cmdlet New-AzureRmActionGroupReceiver
  - A new cmdlet to create an new action group receiver in memory.
• KeyVault
  • New/updated Cmdlets to support soft-delete for KeyVault certificates
    • Get-AzureKeyVaultCertificate
    • Remove-AzureKeyVaultCertificate
    • Undo-AzureKeyVaultCertificateRemoval
• Network
  • Added support for endpoint services to Virtual Network Subnets
    • Updated Add-AzureRmVirtualSubnetConfig: Added optional parameter -ServiceEndpoint
    • Updated New-AzureRmVirtualSubnetConfig: Added optional parameter -ServiceEndpoint
    • Updated Set-AzureRmVirtualSubnetConfig: Added optional parameter -ServiceEndpoint
  • Added cmdlet to list endpoint services available in the location
    • Get-AzureRmVirtualNetworkAvailableEndpointService
  • Added the ability to configure external radius based P2S authentication to the following commandlets
    • New-AzureVirtualNetworkGateway
    • Set-AzureVirtualNetworkGateway
    • Set-AzureRmVirtualNetworkGatewayVpnClientConfig
  • Added cmdlet to allow generation of VpnProfiles for external radius based P2S
    • New-AzureRmVpnClientConfiguration
      • Get-AzureRmVpnClientConfiguration
  • Added support for SKU parameter to Public IP Addresses and Load Balancers
    • Updated New-AzureRMLoadBalancer: Added optional parameter -Sku
    • Updated New-AzureRMPublicIpAddress: Added optional parameter -Sku
  • Added support for DisableOutboundSNAT to Load Balancer Rules
    • Updated New-AzureRMLoadBalancerRuleConfig: Added optional parameter DisableOutboundSNAT
    • Updated Add-AzureRMLoadBalancerRuleConfig: Added optional parameter DisableOutboundSNAT
    • Updated Set-AzureRMLoadBalancerRuleConfig: Added optional parameter DisableOutboundSNAT
  • Added support for IkeV2 P2S
    • Updated New-AzureRmVirtualNetworkGateway: Added optional parameter -VpnClientProtocol, defaults to [ "SSTP", "IkeV2" ]
    • Updated Set-AzureRmVirtualNetworkGateway: Added optional parameter -VpnClientProtocol
  • Added support for MultiValued rules in Network Security Rules and Effective Network Security Rules
    • Updated Add-AzureRmNetworkSecurityRuleConfig: Updated SourcePortRange, DestinationPortRange, SourceAddressPrefix parameters to accept a list of strings
    • Updated New-AzureRmNetworkSecurityRuleConfig: Updated SourcePortRange, DestinationPortRange, SourceAddressPrefix parameter to accept a list of strings
    • Updated Set-AzureRmNetworkSecurityRuleConfig: Updated SourcePortRange, DestinationPortRange, SourceAddressPrefix parameter to accept a list of strings
    • Updated Add-AzureRmNetworkSecurityRuleConfig: Updated SourcePortRange, DestinationPortRange, SourceAddressPrefix parameter to accept a list of strings
    • Updated New-AzureRmNetworkSecurityGroup : Updated SecurityRules parameter to accept SourcePortRange, DestinationPortRange, SourceAddressPrefix parameters which are list of strings in PSSecurityRule object
    • Updated Get-AzureRmEffectiveNetworkSecurityGroup: Added parameter TagMap
    • Updated Get-AzureRmEffectiveNetworkSecurityGroup: Updated returned PSEffectiveSecurityRule object with SourcePortRange, DestinationPortRange, SourceAddressPrefix parameters which are list of strings.
  • Added support for DDoS protection for virtual networks
    • Updated New-AzureRmVirtualNetwork: Added switch parameters EnableDDoSProtection and EnableVmProtection
    • Added properties EnableDDoSProtection and EnableVmProtection in PSVirtualNetwork object
  • Added support for Highly Available Internal Load Balancer
    • Updated Add-AzureRmLoadBalancerRuleConfig: Added All as an acceptable value for Protocol parameter
    • Updated New-AzureRmLoadBalancerRuleConfig: Added All as an acceptable value for Protocol parameter
    • Updated Set-AzureRmLoadBalancerRuleConfig: Added All as an acceptable value for Protocol parameter
  • Added support for Application Security Groups
    • Added New-AzureRmApplicationSecurityGroup
    • Added Get-AzureRmApplicationSecurityGroup
    • Added Remove-AzureRmApplicationSecurityGroup
    • Updated New-AzureRmNetworkInterface: Added optional parameters ApplicationSecurityGroup and ApplicationSecurityGroupId
    • Updated New-AzureRmNetworkInterfaceIpConfig: Added optional parameters ApplicationSecurityGroup and ApplicationSecurityGroupId
    • Updated Add-AzureRmNetworkInterfaceIpConfig: Added optional parameters ApplicationSecurityGroup and ApplicationSecurityGroupId
    • Updated Set-AzureRmNetworkInterfaceIpConfig: Added optional parameters ApplicationSecurityGroup and ApplicationSecurityGroupId
    • Updated New-AzureRmNetworkSecurityRuleConfig: Added optional parameters SourceApplicationSecurityGroup, SourceApplicationSecurityGroupId, DestinationApplicationSecurityGroup, and DestinationApplicationSecurityGroupId
    • Updated Add-AzureRmNetworkSecurityRuleConfig: Added optional parameters SourceApplicationSecurityGroup, SourceApplicationSecurityGroupId, DestinationApplicationSecurityGroup, and DestinationApplicationSecurityGroupId
    • Updated Set-AzureRmNetworkSecurityRuleConfig: Added optional parameters SourceApplicationSecurityGroup, SourceApplicationSecurityGroupId, DestinationApplicationSecurityGroup, and DestinationApplicationSecurityGroupId
  • Added new commands for VpnDeviceConfiguration Scripts
    • Get-AzureRmVirtualNetworkGatewaySupportedVpnDevices
    • Get-AzureRmVirtualNetworkGatewayConnectionVpnDeviceConfigScript
• Profile
  • Start-Job Support for AzureRm cmdlets.
    • All AzureRmCmdlets add -AzureRmContext parameter, which can accept a context (output of a Context cmdlet).
      • Common pattern for jobs with context persistence DISABLED: Start-Job {param ($context) New-AzureRmVM -AzureRmContext $context [... other parameters]} -ArgumentList (Get-AzureRmContext)
      • Common pattern for jobs with context persistence ENABLED:Start-Job {New-AzureRmVM [... other parameters]}
  • Persist login information across sessions, new cmdlets:
    • Enable-AzureRmContextAutosave - Enable login persistence across sessions.
    • Disable-AzureRmContextAutosave - Disable login persistence across sessions.
  • Manage context information, new cmdets
    • Select-AzureRmContext - Select the active named context.
    • Rename-AzureRmContext - Rename an exsiting context for easy reference.
    • Remove-AzureRmContext - Remove an existing context.
    • Remove-AzureRmAccount - Remove all credentials, subscriptions, and tenants associated with an account.
  • Manage context information, cmdlet changes:
    • Added Scope = (Process | CurrentUser) to all cmdlets that change credentials
    • Get-AzureRmContext - Added ListAvailable parameter to list all saved contexts
• Resources
  • Add PolicySetDefinition cmdlets
    • New-AzureRmPolicySetDefinition cmdlet to create a policy set definition
    • Get-AzureRmPolicySetDefinition cmdlet to list all policy set definitions or to get a specific policy set definition
    • Remove-AzureRmPolicySetDefinition cmdlet to delete a policy set definition
    • Set-AzureRmPolicySetDefinition cmdlet to update an existing policy set definition
  • Add -PolicySetDefinition, -Sku and -NotScope parameters to New-AzureRmPolicyAssignment and Set-AzureRmPolicyAssignment cmdlets
  • Add support to pass in policy url to New-AzureRmPolicyDefinition and Set-AzureRmPolicyDefinition cmdlets
  • Add -Mode parameter to New-AzureRmPolicyDefinition cmdlet
  • Add Support for removal of roleassignment using PSRoleAssignment object
    • Users can now use PSRoleassignmnet inputobject with Remove-AzureRMRoleAssignment commandlet to remove the roleassignment.
  • Add ManagedApplication cmdlets
    • New-AzureRmManagedApplication cmdlet to create a managed application
    • Get-AzureRmManagedApplication cmdlet to list all managed applications under a subscription or to get a specific managed application
    • Remove-AzureRmManagedApplication cmdlet to delete a managed application
    • Set-AzureRmManagedApplication cmdlet to update an existing managed application
  • Add ManagedApplicationDefinition cmdlets
    • New-AzureRmManagedApplicationDefinition cmdlet to create a managed application definition using a zip file uri or using mainTemplate and createUiDefinition json files
    • Get-AzureRmManagedApplicationDefinition cmdlet to list all managed application definitions under a resource group or to get a specific managed application definition
    • Remove-AzureRmManagedApplicationDefinition cmdlet to delete a managed application definition
    • Set-AzureRmManagedApplicationDefinition cmdlet to update an existing managed application definition
• Sql
  • Adding support for Virtual Network Rules
    • Adding Get-AzureRmSqlServerVirtualNetworkRule cmdlet which gets the virtual network rules by a specific rule name or a list of virtual network rules in an Azure Sql server.
    • Adding Set-AzureRmSqlServerVirtualNetworkRule cmdlet which changes the virtual network that the rule points to.
    • Adding Remove-AzureRmSqlServerVirtualNetworkRule cmdlet which removes a virtual network rule for an Azure Sql server.
    • Adding New-AzureRmSqlServerVirtualNetworkRule cmdlet which creates a new virtual network rule for an Azure Sql server.
• Websites
  • Add PremiumV2 Tier for App Service Plans
• Azure.Storage
  • Upgrade to Azure Storage Client Library 8.4.0 and Azure Storage DataMovement Library 0.6.1
  • Add PremiumPageBlobTier Support in Upload and Copy Blob API
    • Set-AzureStorageBlobContent
    • Start-AzureStorageBlobCopy
  • Refine the Console Output Format of AzureStorageContainer, AzureStorageBlob, AzureStorageQueue, AzureStorageTable
    • Get-AzureStorageContainer
    • Get-AzureStorageBlob
    • Get-AzureStorageQueue
    • Get-AzureStorageTable

Changes since last release: v4.3.1-August2017...v4.4.0-September2017