Get-AzPolicyDefinition

Reference

Module:: Az.Resources

Gets policy definitions.

Note

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Syntax

Get-AzPolicyDefinition
   [-Name <String>]
   [-ApiVersion <String>]
   [-Pre]
   [-DefaultProfile <IAzureContextContainer>]
   [<CommonParameters>]

Get-AzPolicyDefinition
   [-Name <String>]
   -ManagementGroupName <String>
   [-ApiVersion <String>]
   [-Pre]
   [-DefaultProfile <IAzureContextContainer>]
   [<CommonParameters>]

Get-AzPolicyDefinition
   [-Name <String>]
   -SubscriptionId <Guid>
   [-ApiVersion <String>]
   [-Pre]
   [-DefaultProfile <IAzureContextContainer>]
   [<CommonParameters>]

Get-AzPolicyDefinition
   -Id <String>
   [-ApiVersion <String>]
   [-Pre]
   [-DefaultProfile <IAzureContextContainer>]
   [<CommonParameters>]

Get-AzPolicyDefinition
   [-ManagementGroupName <String>]
   [-SubscriptionId <Guid>]
   [-Builtin]
   [-ApiVersion <String>]
   [-Pre]
   [-DefaultProfile <IAzureContextContainer>]
   [<CommonParameters>]

Get-AzPolicyDefinition
   [-ManagementGroupName <String>]
   [-SubscriptionId <Guid>]
   [-Custom]
   [-ApiVersion <String>]
   [-Pre]
   [-DefaultProfile <IAzureContextContainer>]
   [<CommonParameters>]

Description

The Get-AzPolicyDefinition cmdlet gets a collection of policy definitions or a specific policy definition identified by name or ID.

Examples

Example 1: Get all policy definitions

Get-AzPolicyDefinition

This command gets all the policy definitions.

Example 2: Get policy definition from current subscription by name

Get-AzPolicyDefinition -Name 'VMPolicyDefinition'

This command gets the policy definition named VMPolicyDefinition from the current default subscription.

Example 3: Get policy definition from management group by name

Get-AzPolicyDefinition -Name 'VMPolicyDefinition' -ManagementGroupName 'Dept42'

This command gets the policy definition named VMPolicyDefinition from the management group named Dept42.

Example 4: Get all built-in policy definitions from subscription

Get-AzPolicyDefinition -SubscriptionId '3bf44b72-c631-427a-b8c8-53e2595398ca' -Builtin

This command gets all built-in policy definitions from the subscription with ID 3bf44b72-c631-427a-b8c8-53e2595398ca.

Example 5: Get policy definitions from a given category

Get-AzPolicyDefinition | where-object {$_.Properties.metadata.category -eq "Virtual Machine"}

This command gets all policy definitions in category "Virtual Machine".

Parameters

-ApiVersion

Specifies the version of the resource provider API to use. If you do not specify a version, this cmdlet uses the latest available version.

Type:	String
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-Builtin

Limits list of results to only built-in policy definitions.

Type:	SwitchParameter
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-Custom

Limits list of results to only custom policy definitions.

Type:	SwitchParameter
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-DefaultProfile

The credentials, account, tenant, and subscription used for communication with azure

Type:	IAzureContextContainer
Aliases:	AzContext, AzureRmContext, AzureCredential
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-Id

Specifies the fully qualified resource ID for the policy definition that this cmdlet gets.

Type:	String
Aliases:	ResourceId
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Accept pipeline input:	True
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-ManagementGroupName

The name of the management group of the policy definition(s) to get.

Type:	String
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Accept pipeline input:	True
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-Name

Specifies the name of the policy definition that this cmdlet gets.

Type:	String
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Accept pipeline input:	True
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-Pre

Indicates that this cmdlet considers pre-release API versions when it automatically determines which version to use.

Type:	SwitchParameter
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-SubscriptionId

The subscription ID of the policy definition(s) to get.

Type:	Nullable<T>[Guid]
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Accept pipeline input:	True
Accept wildcard characters:	False

Inputs

String

Nullable<T>[[System.Guid, System.Private.CoreLib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=7cec85d7bea7798e]]

Outputs

PSObject