Select-AzureRmProfile

Reference

Module:: AzureRM.Profile

Loads Azure authentication information from a file.

Note

The cmdlets referenced in this documentation are for managing legacy Azure resources that use Service Management APIs. See the Az PowerShell module for cmdlets to manage Azure Resource Manager resources.

Syntax

Select-AzureRmProfile
      [-Profile] <AzureRMProfile>
      [<CommonParameters>]

Select-AzureRmProfile
      [-Path] <String>
      [<CommonParameters>]

Description

The Select-AzureRmProfile cmdlet loads authentication information from a file to set the Azure environment and context. Cmdlets that you run in the current session use this information to authenticate requests to Azure Resource Manager.

Examples

Example 1: Selecting a profile from a PSAzureProfile

PS C:\> Select-AzureRmProfile -Profile (Add-AzureRmAccount)

Environment           : AzureCloud
Account               : test@outlook.com
TenantId              : xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
SubscriptionId        : yyyyyyyy-yyyy-yyyy-yyyy-yyyyyyyyyyyy
SubscriptionName      : Test Subscription
CurrentStorageAccount :

This example selects a profile from a PSAzureProfile that is passed through to the cmdlet.

Example 2: Selecting a profile from a JSON file

PS C:\> Select-AzureRmProfile -Path C:\test.json

Environment           : AzureCloud
Account               : test@outlook.com
TenantId              : xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
SubscriptionId        : yyyyyyyy-yyyy-yyyy-yyyy-yyyyyyyyyyyy
SubscriptionName      : Test Subscription
CurrentStorageAccount :

This example selects a profile from a JSON file that is passed through to the cmdlet. This JSON file can be created from Save-AzureRmProfile.

Parameters

-Path

Specifies the path to profile information saved by using Save-AzureRMProfile.

Type:	String
Position:	1
Default value:	None
Required:	True
Accept pipeline input:	True
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-Profile

Specifies the Azure profile from which this cmdlet reads. If you do not specify a profile, this cmdlet reads from the local default profile.

Type:	AzureRMProfile
Position:	1
Default value:	None
Required:	True
Accept pipeline input:	True
Accept wildcard characters:	False

Outputs

PSAzureProfile