Authenticate.

Add-AzureAccount

Websites

List all websites.

Switch-AzureMode AzureServiceManagement
Get-AzureWebsite

Create new website.

New-AzureWebsite –Name the-website-name

Create new website, with specified server farm (aka web hosting plan)

Coming soon.

List all websites, sort by compute mode then name, view as table. Use this to determine what sites are running in different compute modes (e.g. Free, Dedicated)

Get-AzureWebsite | Sort-Object { $.ComputeMode, $.Name } | format-table -Property Name, HostNames, ComputeMode –autosize

Set WebSite’s AppSettings (e.g. deployment project)

$settings = New-Object Hashtable;

$settings[“Project”] = “TheProjectName.csproj”;

Set-AzureWebsite the-website-name –AppSettings $settings

View Website’s AppSettings

(Get-AzureWebsite the-website-name).AppSettings

Delete a website, without confirmation.

Remove-AzureWebsite –Name some-name –Force

Resources

List all resources.

Switch-AzureMode AzureResourceManager
Get-AzureResource

List all resources, websites only, view as table.

Get-AzureResource | Where-Object { $_.ResourceType -eq 'Microsoft.Web/Sites' } | format-table

List all resource properties.

Get-AzureResource | Get-Member

Get Azure PowerShell API Version

$DebugPreference='Continue'
Get-AzureResourceGroup
$DebugPreference='SilentlyContinue'

Change the Website Hosting Plan (aka Server Farm) of a Website

Set-AzureResource 
    -Name the-website-name
    -ResourceGroupName 'Default-Web-WestUS' 
    -ResourceType 'Microsoft.Web/sites' 
    -ApiVersion '2014-04-01-preview' 
    -PropertyObject @{ 'ServerFarm' = 'Default1' }