Tag: Azure PowerShell

Use PowerShell to Add ACL, permission or Role assignment on all objects in all subscriptions


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The following script is made for those of you who has many subscriptions, or many objects, and you want to do something with them…
In my case, I needed to add the DBA’s AAD Group as Reader to all the disks of the SQL Server VM’s. Migrated servers, 6 disks each…you do not want to do that manually in the portal…

Run it a PowerShell tool of choice, prompt from script, ISE, VS Code or in CloudShell.
! However, there is a verified bug in a Az module used by New-AzRoleAssignment, tested and verified to work in CloudShell with Az module az.resources 2.5.1

  • Get-AzDisk can be replaced with Get-AzXXX to get any type of object you need.
  • New-AzRoleAssignment can be replaced with just about anything you want to do to the objects.
# Adds a Role assignment(ACL/RBAC) on all disks in all subscriptions based on strings in disks names
# In this example, the AAD Group ‘AAD-Group’ is added as Reader on all disks in all subscriptions, where the disks name contains the keywords: VM1, VM2 or SQL1
 
$Group = Get-AzADGroup -SearchString “AAD-Group”
$MySubs = Get-AzSubscription
Foreach ($Sub in $MySubs){
    Write-host $Sub.name
    Select-AzSubscription $sub.Name
    $Disks = Get-AzDisk | Where-Object { $_.Name -match ‘VM1’ -or $_.Name -match ‘VM2’ -or $_.Name -match ‘SQL1’}

    ForEach ($Disk in $Disks){
        Write-Host $Disk.name
        # Reader, Contributor, Owner, etc.
        New-AzRoleAssignment  -ObjectId $Group.Id -RoleDefinitionName ‘Reader’ -ResourceName $Disk.Name -ResourceGroupName $Disk.ResourceGroupName -ResourceType $Disk.Type
    }
}
 
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# Adds a Role assignment(ACL/RBAC) on all recovery vaults in all subscriptions
# In this example, the AAD Group ‘AAD-Group’ is added as Reader on all Recovery vaults in all subscriptions.
$Group = Get-AzADGroup -SearchString “AAD-Group”
$MySUbs = Get-AzSubscription # Get-AzSubscription
#Write-Output $MySubs
Foreach ($Sub in $MySubs){
    Write-host $Sub.name
    Select-AzSubscription $sub.Name
    $Vaults = Get-AzRecoveryServicesVault

    ForEach ($Vault in $Vaults){
        Write-Host $Vault.name
        # Reader, Contributor, Owner, etc.
        New-AzRoleAssignment  -ObjectId $Group.Id -RoleDefinitionName ‘Reader’ -ResourceName $Vault.Name -ResourceGroupName $Vault.ResourceGroupName -ResourceType $Vault.Type
    }
}
 
Happy PowerShell scripting!
 

References
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/azure/install-az-ps


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Enjoy!

Regards

 Thomas Odell Balkeståhl on LinkedIn

Install the PowerShell Az module (even if AzureRM is installed)


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If you are having trouble getting from the ‘old’ AzureRM PowerShell commends to the ‘new’ Az…
The following script solves it for you, run it and you will end up having the ‘new’ Az module installed (New-AzVM etc.) and if you had a conflicting AzureRM installed, that is resolved for you, by itself!

Run it a PowerShell tool of choice, prompt from script, ISE or VS Code. But run the tool as Administrator, the operation requires elevated mode.

# This script needs to be run in an elevated PowerShell, prompt, ISE or VSCode
# Written by Thomas Odell Balkeståhl - www.candelit.se

Write-Host "Starting AZ Module installer" -ForegroundColor Green

if ((New-Object Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal([Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent())).IsInRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole]::Administrator))
{
Write-host "Running in elevated mode - Ok'" -ForegroundColor Green
if ($PSVersionTable.PSEdition -eq 'Desktop' -and (Get-InstalledModule -ErrorAction Ignore -WarningAction Ignore -Name 'azureRM'))

{

Write-Warning -Message ('AzureRM module is installed. Having both the AzureRM and ' +

'Az modules installed at the same time is not supported.')

Write-host "Would you like to uninstall the AzureRM module now? (Default is Yes)" -ForegroundColor Yellow

$Readhost = Read-Host " ( y / n ) "

Switch ($ReadHost)

{

Y {Write-host "Yes, Uninstalling AzureRM"; $UninstallSetting=$true}

N {Write-Host "No, Skip uninstall..."; $UninstallSetting=$false}

Default {Write-Host "Default, Uninstalling AzureRM"; $UninstallSetting=$true}

}

If ($UninstallSetting){

Uninstall-Module AzureRM -Force

Write-Host "AzureRM module uninstalled"

Write-Host "Next, Installing Az Module"

try {

Install-Module -Name Az -AllowClobber -SkipPublisherCheck

Get-InstalledModule -Name Az -AllVersions

Write-Host "Az Module installed!" -ForegroundColor Green

}

catch {

Write-Host "Something went wrong, try running the command 'Install-Module -Name Az -AllowClobber' manually to see what went wrong" -ForegroundColor Yellow

}

}




}

else {

if (!(Get-InstalledModule -Name Az -AllVersions -ErrorAction Ignore)){

Write-Host "Az Module missing, Installing"

try {

Install-Module -Name Az -AllowClobber -SkipPublisherCheck

Get-InstalledModule -Name Az -AllVersions

Write-Host "Az Module installed!" -ForegroundColor Green

}

catch {

Write-Host "Something went wrong, try running the command 'Install-Module -Name Az -AllowClobber' manually to see what went wrong" -ForegroundColor Yellow

}

}

else {

Get-InstalledModule -Name Az -AllVersions

Write-Host "Az Module is installed" -ForegroundColor Green

}

}
}
else{
Write-host "You have to run the script in elevated mode - 'run as admin'" -ForegroundColor Yellow
}
Happy PowerShell scripting!

References
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/azure/install-az-ps


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Enjoy!

Regards

 Thomas Odell Balkeståhl on LinkedIn