Using the Windows Azure Platform PowerShell cmdlets

The Windows Azure Platform PowerShell cmdlets use the Windows Azure Service Management REST API to expose service management operations as PowerShell cmdlets. The cmdlets provide a convenient way to manage hosted services, including retrieving the properties of current deployments and uploading new and upgraded deployments.

In this recipe, we will learn how to use the Windows Azure Platform PowerShell cmdlets to invoke various service operations in the Windows Azure Service Management REST API.

Getting ready

If necessary, we can download PowerShell 2 from the Microsoft download center at the following URL:

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=11829

We need to download and install the Windows Azure Platform PowerShell cmdlets. The package with the cmdlets can be downloaded from the following URL:

http://wappowershell.codeplex.com/

Once the package has been downloaded, the cmdlets need to be built and installed. The installed...