How to Get Azure VM Properties using Azure PowerShell

Connect to Microsoft Azure PowerShell

First, you need connect to Microsoft Azure PowerShell, there’re two ways to run PowerShell commands in Microsoft Azure:

Method 1: From Azure PowerShell modules installed in a computer.

Method 2: From Azure Cloud Shell using browsers.

Get Azure VM Properties using Azure PowerShell

The purpose of using the Azure PowerShell Commands is to quickly analyze the overall properties of VM/VMs at once the filtering the with select and where conditions. To find the properties of an Azure VM, you can perform the following commands in Azure Cloud Shell to get the details.

Get-AzVM

PS /home/bon> Get-AzVM -Status

ResourceGroupName   Name Location          VmSize  OsType          NIC Provisioning Zone PowerState MaintenanceAllowed
-----------------   ---- --------          ------  ------          --- ------------ ---- ---------- ------------------
EASTUS-RG         vm-001   eastus    Standard_B2s Windows   vm-001-NIC    Succeeded      VM running                   
EASTUS-RG         vm-002   eastus Standard_D2s_v3   Linux vm-002815_z1    Succeeded    1 VM running

1. Get all properties of an Azure Virtual Machine Server

Use the below command to get all properties of an Azure VM server:

Get-AzVM -Name "vm_name" -ResourceGroup "resource_group_name"

PS /home/bon> Get-AzVM -Name vm-001 -ResourceGroupName eastus-rg                  

ResourceGroupName  : eastus-rg
Id                 : /subscriptions/089d4ee9-0b8d-4bac-ab78-c120f115e79e/resourceGroups/eastus-rg/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/vm-001
VmId               : f7c580d3-4880-479c-b31e-bbdc08f1e7cc
Name               : vm-001
Type               : Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines
Location           : eastus
Tags               : {}
DiagnosticsProfile : {BootDiagnostics}
Extensions         : {BGInfo}
HardwareProfile    : {VmSize}
NetworkProfile     : {NetworkInterfaces}
OSProfile          : {ComputerName, AdminUsername, WindowsConfiguration, Secrets, AllowExtensionOperations, RequireGuestProvisionSignal}
ProvisioningState  : Succeeded
StorageProfile     : {ImageReference, OsDisk, DataDisks}

2. Expand the properties of Azure VM Extensions

Use the below command to expand the complete properties of an Azure VM Extension:

Get-AzVM -Name "vm_name" -ResourceGroup "resource_group_name" | Select -ExpandProperty Extensions

PS /home/bon> Get-AzVM -Name vm-001 -ResourceGroupName eastus-rg | Select -ExpandProperty Extensions

ForceUpdateTag                : 
Publisher                     : Microsoft.Compute
VirtualMachineExtensionType   : BGInfo
TypeHandlerVersion            : 2.2
AutoUpgradeMinorVersion       : True
EnableAutomaticUpgrade        : 
Settings                      : 
ProtectedSettings             : 
ProvisioningState             : Succeeded
InstanceView                  : 
SuppressFailures              : 
ProtectedSettingsFromKeyVault : 
Location                      : eastus
Id                            : /subscriptions/089d4ee9-0b8d-4bac-ab78-c120f115e79e/resourceGroups/eastus-rg/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/vm-001/extensions/BGInfo
Name                          : BGInfo
Type                          : Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/extensions
Tags                          :

3. Get the Names of Azure VM Extensions

To get the names of Azure VM extensions, use the below command:

Get-AzVM -Name "vm_name" -ResourceGroup "resource_group_name" `
| Select -ExpandProperty Extensions `
| Select Name

PS /home/bon> Get-AzVM -Name vm-001 -ResourceGroupName eastus-rg | Select -ExpandProperty Extensions | Select Name

Name
----
BGInfo
IaaSAntimalware
WindowsOpenSSH

4. Size of an Azure VM

Use the below command to get the size of an Azure VM:

Get-AzVM -Name "vm_name" -ResourceGroup "resource_group_name" `
| Select -ExpandProperty HardwareProfile

PS /home/bon> Get-AzVM -Name vm-001 -ResourceGroupName eastus-rg | Select -ExpandProperty HardwareProfile         

VmSize       VmSizeProperties
------       ----------------
Standard_B2s