Azure Management Tools
Table of Content:
Accessing Azure
Azure can be accessed and managed through:
Azure Classic Portal
Azure ARM portal
Azure Resource Manager
Client Tools like
PowerShell
Azure CLI
Visual Studio with Azure SDK for .NET
Client Tools
While Azure portals provide a GUI for managing your Azure subscriptions and services, in some scenarios, these portals may not offer the most optimal management capabilities.
For teams that want to perform service management in an automated fashion by using REST API and creating scripts for repetitive or cumbersome administrative tasks, Azure offers options like:
Azure PowerShell modules - to run scripts from Windows.
Azure command-line interface (CLI) - to run scripts on all operating systems like Windows, Linux, and macOS.