Creating your own PowerShell modules for Azure Automation – Part 2

23rd of May, 2018 / / 1 Comment

In my previous article I explained the basic steps for creating a PowerShell module that you can upload to Azure Automation. Now, being pedantic by nature, I see a lot of scripts of really poor quality and as I write modules quite regularly, I want to share some useful tips to turn a rubbish module into something significantly better.
Previously, I wrote a basic module that looks like this:

You can run the module by using the command new-compliment -name “someone”.… [Keep reading] “Creating your own PowerShell modules for Azure Automation – Part 2”

Creating your own PowerShell modules for Azure Automation – Part 1

23rd of May, 2018 / / 1 Comment

Creating a PowerShell module is an easy way to create scripts you can use over and over again. If you Google  this you’ll find that to create a module is as simple as creating a PowerShell Script with the psm1 extension. However, that won’t work for Azure. Azure loads modules automatically, so you need to write your module to load automatically as well. To ensure a module loads correctly, you’ll need to create a module manifest file.… [Keep reading] “Creating your own PowerShell modules for Azure Automation – Part 1”