Azure PowerShell v1.6.0 Release Notes

Release Date: 2019-03-01 // about 5 years ago
  • ๐Ÿš€ Highlights since the last major release

    • General availability of Az module
    • For more information about the Az module, please visit the following: https://aka.ms/azps-announce
    • โž• Added Location, ResourceGroup, and ResourceName completers: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/completers-in-azure-powershell/
    • โž• Added wildcard support to Get cmdlets for Az.Compute and Az.Network
    • โž• Added interactive and username/password authentication for Windows PowerShell 5.1 only
    • โž• Added support for Python 2 runbooks in Az.Automation
    • ๐Ÿ”ง Az.LogicApp: New cmdlets for Integration Account Assemblies and Batch Configuration

    Az.Automation

    • โšก๏ธ Azure automation update management change to support the following new features :
      • Dynamic grouping
      • Pre-Post script
      • Reboot Setting

    Az.Compute

    • ๐Ÿ›  Fix issue with path resolution in Get-AzVmBootDiagnosticsData
    • โšก๏ธ Update Compute client library to 25.0.0.

    Az.KeyVault

    • โž• Added wildcard support to KeyVault cmdlets

    Az.Network

    • โž• Add Threat Intelligence support for Azure Firewall
    • โž• Add Application Gateway Firewall Policy top level resource and Custom Rules
    • โž• Add Alert action type for Azure Firewall Network and Application Rule Collections
    • โž• Added support for conditions in RewriteRules in the Application Gateway
      • New cmdlets added:
        • New-AzApplicationGatewayRewriteRuleCondition
      • Cmdlets updated with optional parameter - RuleSequence and Condition
        • New-AzApplicationGatewayRewriteRule

    Az.RecoveryServices

    • โž• Added SnapshotRetentionInDays in Azure VM policy to support Instant RP
    • โž• Added pipe support for unregister container

    Az.Resources

    • โšก๏ธ Update wildcard support for Get-AzResource and Get-AzResourceGroup
    • โšก๏ธ Update credentials used when making generic calls to ARM

    Az.Sql

    • ๐Ÿ”„ changed Threat Detection's cmdlets param (ExcludeDetectionType) from DetectionType to string[] to make it future proof when new DetectionTypes are added and to support autocomplete as well.
    • โž• Add Vulnerability Assessment cmdlets on Server and Managed Instance

    Az.Storage

    • ๐Ÿ‘Œ Support Get/Set/Remove Management Policy on a Storage account
      • Set-AzStorageAccountManagementPolicy
      • Get-AzStorageAccountManagementPolicy
      • Remove-AzStorageAccountManagementPolicy
      • Add-AzStorageAccountManagementPolicyAction
      • New-AzStorageAccountManagementPolicyFilter
      • New-AzStorageAccountManagementPolicyRule

    Az.Websites

    • ๐Ÿ›  Fix ARM template bug that breaks cloning all slots using 'New-AzWebApp -IncludeSourceWebAppSlots'