Azure/azure-powershell v5.6.0-March2021

Az 5.6.0

on GitHub

Gallery Module for Azure PowerShell : https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/Az/5.6.0

To install Az from the PowerShell Gallery, run the following command:

Install-Module -Name Az -Repository PSGallery -Force

To update from an older version of Az, run the following command:

Update-Module -Name Az

Docker images

• mcr.microsoft.com/azure-powershell:latest
• mcr.microsoft.com/azure-powershell:ubuntu-18.04
• mcr.microsoft.com/azure-powershell:5.6.0-ubuntu-18.04
• mcr.microsoft.com/azure-powershell:debian-9
• mcr.microsoft.com/azure-powershell:5.6.0-debian-9
• mcr.microsoft.com/azure-powershell:centos-7
• mcr.microsoft.com/azure-powershell:5.6.0-centos-7
• mcr.microsoft.com/azure-powershell:alpine-3.10
• mcr.microsoft.com/azure-powershell:5.6.0-alpine-3.10

5.6.0 - March 2021

Az.Accounts

• Upgrade Azure.Identity to fix the issue that Connect-AzAccount fails when ADFS credential is used [#13560]

Az.Automation

• Fixed the issue that string cannot be serialized correctly. [#14215]
• Added Support for Python3 Runbook Type

Az.Compute

• Added parameter '-EnableHotpatching' to the 'Set-AzVMOperatingSystem' cmdlet for Windows machines.
• Added parameter '-PatchMode' to the Linux parameter sets in the cmdlet 'Set-AzVMOperatingSystem'.
• [Breaking Change] Breaking changes for users in the public preview for the VM Guest Patching feature.
  • Removed property 'RebootStatus' from the 'Microsoft.Azure.Management.Compute.Models.LastPatchInstallationSummary' object.
  • Removed property 'StartedBy' from the 'Microsoft.Azure.Management.Compute.Models.LastPatchInstallationSummary' object.
  • Renamed property 'Kbid' to 'KbId' in the 'Microsoft.Azure.Management.Compute.Models.VirtualMachineSoftwarePatchProperties' object.
  • Renamed property 'patches' to 'availablePatches' in the 'Microsoft.Azure.Management.Compute.Models.VirtualMachineAssessPatchesResult' object.
  • Renamed object 'Microsoft.Azure.Management.Compute.Models.SoftwareUpdateRebootBehavior' to 'Microsoft.Azure.Management.Compute.Models.VMGuestPatchRebootBehavior'.
  • Renamed object 'Microsoft.Azure.Management.Compute.Models.InGuestPatchMode' to 'Microsoft.Azure.Management.Compute.Models.WindowsVMGuestPatchMode'.
• [Breaking Change] Removed all 'ContainerService' cmdlets. The Container Service API was deprecated in January 2020.
  • 'Add-AzContainerServiceAgentPoolProfile'
  • 'Get-AzContainerService'
  • 'New-AzContainerService'
  • 'New-AzContainerServiceConfig'
  • 'Remove-AzContainerService'
  • 'Remove-AzContainerServiceAgentPoolProfile'
  • 'Update-AzContainerService'

Az.ContainerRegistry

• Fixed authentication for Connect-AzContainerRegistry

Az.CosmosDB

• Introduced NetworkAclBypass and NetworkAclBypassResourceIds for Database Account cmdlets.
• Introduced ServerVersion parameter to Update-AzCosmosDBAccount.
• Introduced BackupInterval and BackupRetention for Database Account cmdlets

Az.DataFactory

• Updated ADF .Net SDK version to 4.14.0

Az.Migrate

• Az.Migrate GA
• Incorporated Initialize-AzMigrateReplicationInfrastructure as a cmdlet in the Az.Migrate module, from the external script that is run currently today.
• Made some parameters of New-AzMigrateServerReplication, New-AzMigrateDiskMapping case insensitive.
• Added support for scale appliance change, to handle new V3 keys.

Az.RecoveryServices

• Added null check for target storage account in FileShare restore.

Az.Resources

• Added support for Azure resources deployment in Bicep language
• Fixed issues with TemplateSpec deployments in 'New-AzTenantDeployment' and 'New-AzManagementGroupDeployment'
• Added support for '-QueryString' parameter in 'Test-Az*Deployments' cmdlets
• Fixed issue with dynamic parameters when 'New-Az*Deployments' is used with '-QueryString'
• Added support for '-TemplateParameterObject' parameter while using '-TemplateSpecId' parameter in 'New-Az*Deployments' cmdlets
• Fixed the inaccurate error message received on trying to deploy a non-existent template spec

Az.Storage

• Upgraded to Microsoft.Azure.Management.Storage 19.0.0, to support new API version 2021-01-01.
• Supported resource access rule in NetworkRuleSet
  • 'Update-AzStorageAccountNetworkRuleSet'
  • 'Add-AzStorageAccountNetworkRule'
  • 'Remove-AzStorageAccountNetworkRule'
• Supported Blob version and Append Blob type in Management Policy
  • 'Add-AzStorageAccountManagementPolicyAction'
  • 'New-AzStorageAccountManagementPolicyFilter'
  • 'Set-AzStorageAccountManagementPolicy'
• Supported create/update account with AllowSharedKeyAccess
  • 'New-AzStorageAccount'
  • 'Set-AzStorageAccount'
• Supported create Encryption Scope with RequireInfrastructureEncryption
  • 'New-AzStorageEncryptionScope'
• Supported copy block blob synchronously, with encryption scope
  • 'Copy-AzStorageBlob'
• Fixed issue that Get-AzStorageBlobContent use wrong directory separator char on Linux and MacOS [#14234]

Az.Websites

• Introduced an option to give custom timeout for 'Publish-AzWebApp'
• Added support for App Service Environment
  • 'New-AzAppServiceEnvironment'
  • 'Remove-AzAppServiceEnvironment'
  • 'Get-AzAppServiceEnvironment'
  • 'New-AzAppServiceEnvironmentInboundServices'

Thanks to our community contributors

• @alunmj, Small spelling, formatting changes (#14155)
• @chakra146, Update Add-AzLoadBalancerInboundNatPoolConfig.md (#14231)
• Martin Ehrnst (@ehrnst), Fixed a typo in the cmdlet (#14112)
• Jan David Narkiewicz (@jdnark)
  • Examples used New-AzAks which is legacy cmdlet and the alias for New-AzAksCluster. Changed examples to use New-AzAksCluster which is the cmdlet this documentation page targets. (#14088)
  • Type fox: changed SshKeyVaule to SshKeyValue (#14087)
• Ivan Kulezic (@kukislav), Add sql mi maintenance configuration examples (#14216)
• @webguynj, Update Set-AzNetworkSecurityRuleConfig.md (#14176)
• Yannick Dils (@yannickdils), Added an additional cmdline to the example which applies the changes to the load balancer (#14185)