Accessing Azure

Our goal in this section is to describe how PowerShell can be used to connect a query with a resource within Azure.

Install and import the Azure PowerShell module

Before diving into reconnaissance, installing and importing the Azure PowerShell module is essential. This module provides cmdlets designed explicitly for interacting with Azure resources:

Install-Module -Name Az -Force -AllowClobber -Scope CurrentUser
Import-Module Az

Authenticate and connect to Azure

Authenticate and connect to your Azure subscription to access the resources within the environment:

PS C:\> $Creds = Get-Credential
PS C:\> Connect-AzAccount -Credential $Creds
Account                      SubscriptionName   TennantID                              Environment
-------                      ----------------   ------------------------------------   -----------
[e-mail]    Infinity           749a36a1-402a-481c-a0c0-66f677504ea8   AzureCloud

Once we have connected to an Azure Tenancy, we can query it to ensure it is correct:

PS C:\> Get-AzTenant
Id                                       Name              Category Domains
--                                       ----              -------- -------
749a36a1-402a-481c-a0c0-66f677504ea8     SnowCap Cyber     Home     {snowcapcyber.onmicrosoft.com, snowcapcyber.com}