At Build 2017, Microsoft announced the new Azure Cloud Shell, built into the Azure Portal, which made it easier than ever to use Azure PowerShell. With the Cloud Shell, you don't have to work around copying-and-pasting tokens to authenticate yourself. Also, it is always there. It even provides you with storage so that you can store your scripts.
The following features are some of its highlights:
- Browser-based integration on the Azure portal
- A choice between Bash and PowerShell consoles
- It's a lightweight tool that has multiple access points from various platforms, such as the following:
- portal.azure.com
- shell.azure.com
- Azure CLI
- Azure mobile app
- VS Code Azure Extension
- Loads all Azure-related modules
- Storage support