Inventory Azure VMs
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Get-AzVM with -Status queries each machine's instance view in addition to its model, and that is what populates the PowerState property.
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Get-AzVM -Status | Select-Object Name,ResourceGroupName,Location,PowerState- Stage 1Get-AzVM
-Status - Stage 2Select-Object
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How it works
Get-AzVM with -Status queries each machine's instance view in addition to its model, and that is what populates the PowerState property. The projection keeps the name with its resource group, region, and that power state.
Adapting it
Restrict the sweep with -ResourceGroupName when only one workload is in question, which also avoids making the extra status calls against everything else in the subscription.
Requirements
Az.Compute with a Connect-AzAccount session and Reader on the subscription.
If the result is unexpected
The VM inventory misses machines in other subscriptions.
Resource queries commonly use the current subscription context rather than every accessible subscription.
- Confirm the current subscription and explicitly iterate the approved subscription scope where required.
Validate the result
Each VM row identifies its subscription and resource group.
Keep the check reliable
Do not merge multi-subscription output without retaining those identifiers.
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Read Azure VM status
An Azure read context is preloaded in this fictional lab. Return the fictional Azure VM status inventory.
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