Practice Sort Azure VMs by name

Sort Azure VMs by name

Exercise 1 min read Windows PowerShell 5.1 and PowerShell 7

Written and tested by Dhrub Bharali · Updated 02 October 2026

Return all VMs in alphabetical order with their power states.

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Get-AzVM -Status | Sort-Object Name | Select-Object Name, PowerState

The monthly inventory report lists every VM alphabetically, with its current state beside the name.

Return all VMs in alphabetical order with their power states.

Sort-Object Name orders the inventory; keeping PowerState in the selection shows which entries need attention.

Run the source by itself and inspect the sample objects. Add each filter separately, then check the final properties and order.

The browser uses a small fictional dataset. Real results depend on the host, module, account and target environment.

Choose an answer, then check your reasoning.

Worked solution

Reveal one approach

1PS> Get-AzVM -Status | Sort-Object Name | Select-Object Name, PowerState

Write your pipeline below and run it against the fictional sample data, then check your result against the expected answer.

Your pipeline

Interactive simulation · fictional data