az-cli

name	az-cli
description	Use the Azure CLI (`az`) to manage Azure resources from the command line. Trigger this skill whenever the user asks to create, configure, manage, deploy, or interact with any Azure resource — even if they don't explicitly mention "az cli". Also trigger when the user asks about Azure CLI commands, syntax, or wants to know how to do something in Azure from the terminal.
compatibility	Requires az-cli installed (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/install-azure-cli) and configured with `az login`.
metadata	{"author":"Colby Timm","version":"1.0"}

Az CLI

Help users accomplish Azure tasks by identifying the right az commands, gathering required parameters, and executing them.

Workflow

When a user asks to do something with Azure:

1. Identify the command — find the right az subcommand from the reference docs below. If the task spans multiple commands, plan the sequence.
2. Check for required parameters — read the relevant reference file to understand what the command needs. If the user hasn't provided required values (resource group, name, SKU, location, etc.), ask them before running anything.
3. Construct and execute — build the command with the user's parameters and run it. If a command has optional flags that would be useful for the user's scenario, mention them.
4. Verify the result — after running a command, check the output for errors. If something fails, diagnose and suggest fixes (common issues: wrong resource group, missing provider registration, quota limits).

When a user asks about Azure CLI syntax or wants to know what commands are available for a service, read the relevant reference file and summarize what's available.

Command Groups

Compute

Command	Description	Status	Reference
az aks	Azure Kubernetes Service.	GA	ref
az aksarc	Manage provisioned clusters.	GA (ext)	ref
az appservice	Manage Appservice.	GA	ref
az batch	Manage Azure Batch.	GA	ref
az capacity	Manage capacity.	GA	ref
az cloud-service	Manage cloud service.	Experimental (ext)	ref
az compute-fleet	Manage for Azure Compute Fleet.	Preview	ref
az compute-recommender	Manage sku/zone/region recommender info for compute resources.	GA	ref
az computeschedule	Computeschedule batch virtual machine operations.	GA (ext)	ref
az container	Manage Azure Container Instances.	GA	ref
az containerapp	Manage Azure Container Apps.	GA	ref
az disk	Manage Azure Managed Disks.	GA	ref
az disk-access	Manage disk access resources.	GA	ref
az disk-encryption-set	Disk Encryption Set resource.	GA	ref
az disk-pool	Manage Azure disk pool.	GA (ext)	ref
az functionapp	Manage function apps. To install the Azure Functions Core tools, see the project repository.	GA	ref
az image	Manage custom virtual machine images.	GA	ref
az logicapp	Manage logic apps.	GA	ref
az ppg	Manage Proximity Placement Groups.	GA	ref
az restore-point	Manage restore point with res.	GA	ref
az serial-console	Connect to the Serial Console of a Linux/Windows Virtual Machine or VMSS Instance.	GA (ext)	ref
az sf	Manage and administer Azure Service Fabric clusters.	GA	ref
az sig	Manage shared image gallery.	GA	ref
az snapshot	Manage point-in-time copies of managed disks, native blobs, or other snapshots.	GA	ref
az spring	Commands to manage Azure Spring Apps.	Deprecated	ref
az ssh	SSH into resources (Azure VMs, Arc servers, etc) using AAD issued openssh certificates.	GA (ext)	ref
az sshkey	Manage ssh public key with vm.	GA	ref
az staticwebapp	Manage static apps.	GA	ref
az vm	Manage Linux or Windows virtual machines.	GA	ref
az vmss	Manage groupings of virtual machines in an Azure Virtual Machine Scale Set (VMSS).	GA	ref
az webapp	Manage web apps.	GA	ref

Networking

Command	Description	Status	Reference
az afd	Manage Azure Front Door Standard/Premium.	GA	ref
az cdn	Manage Azure Content Delivery Networks (CDNs).	GA	ref
az dns-resolver	Manage Dns Resolver.	GA (ext)	ref
az internet-analyzer	Commands to manage internet analyzer.	GA (ext)	ref
az network	Manage Azure Network resources.	GA	ref
az network-analytics	Network Analytics command group Azure Operator Insights resource manipulation.	GA (ext)	ref
az network-function	Manage network function.	GA (ext)	ref
az networkcloud	Manage Network Cloud resources.	GA (ext)	ref
az networkfabric	Manage Azure Network Fabric Management Service API.	GA (ext)	ref
az private-link	Private-link association CLI command group.	GA	ref
az relay	Manage Azure Relay Service namespaces, WCF relays, hybrid connections, and rules.	GA	ref
az signalr	Manage Azure SignalR Service.	GA	ref
az webpubsub	Commands to manage Webpubsub.	GA (ext)	ref

Storage

Command	Description	Status	Reference
az amlfs	Manage Azure Managed Lustre Filesystem.	GA (ext)	ref
az dls	Manage Data Lake Store accounts and filesystems.	Preview	ref
az elastic-san	Manage Elastic SAN.	GA (ext)	ref
az hpc-cache	Commands to manage hpc cache.	GA (ext)	ref
az import-export	Manage Import Export.	Experimental (ext)	ref
az netappfiles	Manage Azure NetApp Files (ANF) Resources.	GA	ref
az storage	Manage Azure Cloud Storage resources.	GA	ref
az storage-actions	Manage StorageActions.	GA (ext)	ref
az storage-discovery	Manage Storage Discovery.	GA (ext)	ref
az storage-mover	Manage top-level Storage Mover resource.	GA (ext)	ref
az storagesync	Manage Azure File Sync.	GA (ext)	ref

Databases

Command	Description	Status	Reference
az cosmosdb	Manage Azure Cosmos DB database accounts.	GA	ref
az kusto	Manage Kusto.	Experimental (ext)	ref
az managed-cassandra	Azure Managed Cassandra.	GA	ref
az mariadb	Manage Azure Database for MariaDB servers.	GA	ref
az mongo-db	Manage MongoDB.	GA (ext)	ref
az mysql	Manage Azure Database for MySQL servers.	GA	ref
az postgres	Manage Azure Database for PostgreSQL.	GA	ref
az redis	Manage dedicated Redis caches for your Azure applications.	GA	ref
az redisenterprise	Manage the redisenterprise cache.	GA (ext)	ref
az sql	Manage Azure SQL Databases and Data Warehouses.	GA	ref

Containers & Registries

Command	Description	Status	Reference
az acr	Manage private registries with Azure Container Registries.	GA	ref
az connectedk8s	Commands to manage connected kubernetes clusters.	GA (ext)	ref
az k8s-configuration	Commands to manage resources from Microsoft.KubernetesConfiguration.	GA (ext)	ref
az k8s-extension	Commands to manage Kubernetes Extensions.	GA (ext)	ref
az k8s-runtime	Manage Arc Kubernetes Runtime resources.	GA (ext)	ref

Identity & Security

Command	Description	Status	Reference
az ad	Manage Microsoft Entra ID (formerly known as Azure Active Directory, Azure AD, AAD) entities needed for Azure role-based access control (Azure RBAC) through Microsoft Graph API.	GA	ref
az attestation	Manage Microsoft Azure Attestation (MAA).	Experimental (ext)	ref
az cloudhsm	Manage Cloud Hsm Cluster.	GA (ext)	ref
az confcom	Commands to generate security policies for confidential containers in Azure.	GA (ext)	ref
az confidentialledger	Manage Confidential Ledger.	GA (ext)	ref
az dedicated-hsm	Manage dedicated hsm with hardware security modules.	GA (ext)	ref
az identity	Manage Managed Identity.	GA	ref
az keyvault	Manage KeyVault keys, secrets, and certificates.	GA	ref
az policy	Manage resources defined and used by the Azure Policy service.	GA	ref
az role	Manage Azure role-based access control (Azure RBAC).	GA	ref
az security	Manage your security posture with Microsoft Defender for Cloud.	GA	ref
az sentinel	Manage Microsoft Sentinel.	GA (ext)	ref
az trustedsigning	Manage trusted signing account.	Preview (ext)	ref

Management & Governance

Command	Description	Status	Reference
az account	Manage Azure subscription information.	GA	ref
az advisor	Manage Azure Advisor.	GA	ref
az bicep	Bicep CLI command group.	GA	ref
az billing	Manage Azure Billing.	GA	ref
az billing-benefits	Azure billing benefits commands.	GA (ext)	ref
az blueprint	Commands to manage blueprint.	Deprecated (ext)	ref
az consumption	Manage consumption of Azure resources.	Preview	ref
az costmanagement	Costmanagement.	GA (ext)	ref
az data-boundary	Data boundary operations.	GA	ref
az deployment	Manage Azure Resource Manager template deployment at subscription scope.	GA	ref
az deployment-scripts	Manage deployment scripts at subscription or resource group scope.	GA	ref
az feature	Manage resource provider features.	GA	ref
az group	Manage resource groups and template deployments.	GA	ref
az lock	Manage Azure locks.	GA	ref
az managedapp	Manage template solutions provided and maintained by Independent Software Vendors (ISVs).	GA	ref
az managedservices	Manage the registration assignments and definitions in Azure.	GA	ref
az managementpartner	Allows the partners to associate a Microsoft Partner Network(MPN) ID to a user or service principal in the customer's Azure directory.	GA (ext)	ref
az provider	Manage resource providers.	GA	ref
az providerhub	Manage resources with ProviderHub.	GA (ext)	ref
az quota	Manag quota for Azure resource providers.	GA (ext)	ref
az reservations	Azure Reservations.	Preview (ext)	ref
az resource	Manage Azure resources.	GA	ref
az resourcemanagement	Resourcemanagement CLI command group.	GA	ref
az self-help	Azure SelfHelp will help you troubleshoot issues with Azure resources.	Preview (ext)	ref
az stack	A deployment stack is a native Azure resource type that enables you to perform operations on a resource collection as an atomic unit.	GA	ref
az support	Manage Azure support resource.	GA (ext)	ref
az tag	Tag Management on a resource.	GA	ref
az ts	Manage template specs at subscription or resource group scope.	GA	ref

Monitoring & Analytics

Command	Description	Status	Reference
az alerts-management	Manage Azure Alerts Management Service Resource.	GA (ext)	ref
az carbon	Manage Carbon.	GA (ext)	ref
az change-analysis	List changes for resources.	GA (ext)	ref
az databricks	Manage databricks workspaces.	GA (ext)	ref
az datafactory	Manage Data Factory.	GA (ext)	ref
az datashare	Manage Data Share.	Experimental (ext)	ref
az grafana	Commands to manage Azure Managed Grafana resources.	GA (ext)	ref
az hdinsight	Manage HDInsight resources.	GA	ref
az monitor	Manage the Azure Monitor Service.	GA	ref
az powerbi	Manage PowerBI resources.	GA (ext)	ref
az purview	Manage Purview.	Preview (ext)	ref
az stream-analytics	Manage Stream Analytics.	GA (ext)	ref
az synapse	Manage and operate Synapse Workspace, Spark Pool, SQL Pool.	GA	ref
az tsi	Manage Azure Time Series Insights.	GA (ext)	ref

DevOps & Integration

Command	Description	Status	Reference
az apic	Manage Azure API Center services.	GA (ext)	ref
az apim	Manage Azure API Management services.	GA	ref
az artifacts	Manage Azure Artifacts.	GA (ext)	ref
az boards	Manage Azure Boards.	GA (ext)	ref
az communication	Manage communication service with communication.	GA (ext)	ref
az connection	Commands to manage Service Connector local connections which allow local environment to connect Azure Resource. If you want to manage connection for compute service, please run 'az webapp/containerapp/spring connection'.	GA	ref
az devops	Manage Azure DevOps organization level operations.	GA (ext)	ref
az eventgrid	Manage Azure Event Grid topics, domains, domain topics, system topics partner topics, event subscriptions, system topic event subscriptions and partner topic event subscriptions.	GA	ref
az eventhubs	Eventhubs.	GA	ref
az logic	Manage logic.	GA (ext)	ref
az notification-hub	Manage notification hubs.	GA (ext)	ref
az pipelines	Manage Azure Pipelines.	GA (ext)	ref
az repos	Manage Azure Repos.	GA (ext)	ref
az servicebus	Servicebus.	GA	ref

AI & ML

Command	Description	Status	Reference
az bot	Manage Microsoft Azure Bot Service.	GA	ref
az cognitiveservices	Manage Azure Cognitive Services accounts.	GA	ref
az maps	Manage Azure Maps.	GA	ref
az ml	Manage Azure Machine Learning resources with the Azure CLI ML extension v2.	GA (ext)	ref
az ml	Manage Azure Machine Learning resources with the Azure CLI ML extension v1.	GA (ext)	ref
az search	Manage Search.	GA	ref

IoT & Edge

Command	Description	Status	Reference
az dt	Manage Azure Digital Twins solutions & infrastructure.	GA (ext)	ref
az edge-action	Manage Edge Action.	GA (ext)	ref
az edge-zones	Manage Edge Zone resources.	Preview (ext)	ref
az edgeorder	Manage Edge Order.	GA (ext)	ref
az iot	Manage Internet of Things (IoT) assets.	GA	ref
az sphere	Manage Azure Sphere resources.	GA (ext)	ref

Migration & Hybrid

Command	Description	Status	Reference
az arc-multicloud	Commands for arc-multicloud.	GA (ext)	ref
az arcappliance	Commands to manage Arc resource bridge.	GA (ext)	ref
az arcgateway	Manage gateway connection on Arc machine.	GA (ext)	ref
az backup	Manage Azure Backups.	GA	ref
az connectedmachine	Manage Azure Arc-Enabled Server.	GA (ext)	ref
az connectedvmware	Commands to manage Connected VMware.	GA (ext)	ref
az data-transfer	Commands for cross domain Service that enables customers to transfer data across security domains.	Preview (ext)	ref
az datamigration	Manage Datamigration.	GA (ext)	ref
az dataprotection	Manage dataprotection.	GA (ext)	ref
az dms	Manage Azure Data Migration Service (classic) instances.	GA	ref
az migrate	Manage Azure Migrate resources and operations.	Preview (ext)	ref
az offazure	Manage on-premise resources for migrate.	Experimental (ext)	ref
az resource-mover	Manage Resource Mover Service API.	GA (ext)	ref
az scvmm	Commands for managing Arc for SCVMM resources.	GA (ext)	ref
az site-recovery	Manage Site Recovery Service.	GA (ext)	ref

Compliance & Automation

Command	Description	Status	Reference
az acat	Manage App Compliance Automation Tool reports.	GA (ext)	ref
az automanage	Manage Automanage.	GA (ext)	ref
az automation	Manage Automation Account.	GA (ext)	ref
az guestconfig	Manage Guest Configuration.	GA (ext)	ref
az maintenance	Manage Maintenance.	GA (ext)	ref

Partner & Marketplace

Command	Description	Status	Reference
az arize-ai	Manage Arize Ai.	GA (ext)	ref
az astronomer	Manage Azure Astronomer resources.	GA (ext)	ref
az confluent	Manage confluent organization.	GA (ext)	ref
az datadog	Manage Datadog.	GA (ext)	ref
az dell	Manage Dell storage resources in Azure.	GA (ext)	ref
az dynatrace	Manage dynatrace.	GA (ext)	ref
az elastic	Manage Microsoft Elastic.	GA (ext)	ref
az informatica	Manage all resources related to Informatica within the Azure CLI.	GA (ext)	ref
az lambda-test	Manage Lambda Test.	GA (ext)	ref
az new-relic	Manage Azure New Relic resources.	GA (ext)	ref
az nginx	Manage NGINX deployment resources.	GA (ext)	ref
az palo-alto	Manage Palo Alto Networks resources within the Azure CLI.	GA (ext)	ref
az qumulo	Manage Qumulo file system storage resources with the Azure CLI.	GA (ext)	ref

CLI Tools

Command	Description	Status	Reference
az ai-examples	Add AI powered examples to help content.	Preview (ext)	ref
az alias	Manage Azure CLI Aliases.	GA (ext)	ref
az cli-translator	Translate ARM template or REST API to CLI scripts.	Experimental (ext)	ref
az cloud	Manage registered Azure clouds.	GA	ref
az command-change	Commands for CLI modules metadata management.	GA (ext)	ref
az config	Manage Azure CLI configuration.	Experimental	ref
az configure	Manage Azure CLI configuration. This command is interactive.	GA	ref
az extension	Manage and update CLI extensions.	GA	ref
az feedback	Send feedback to the Azure CLI Team.	GA	ref
az find	I'm an AI robot, my advice is based on our Azure documentation as well as the usage patterns of Azure CLI and Azure ARM users. Using me improves Azure products and documentation.	GA	ref
az fzf	Commands to select active or default objects via fzf.	GA (ext)	ref
az hack	Commands to manage resources commonly used for student hacks.	GA (ext)	ref
az init	It's an effortless setting up tool for configs.	Experimental (ext)	ref
az interactive	Start interactive mode. Installs the Interactive extension if not installed already.	Preview	ref
az login	Log in to Azure.	GA	ref
az logout	Log out to remove access to Azure subscriptions.	GA	ref
az next	Recommend the possible next set of commands to take.	Experimental (ext)	ref
az prototype	Rapidly create Azure prototypes using AI-driven agent teams.	Preview (ext)	ref
az rest	Invoke a custom request.	GA	ref
az scenario	E2E Scenario Usage Guidance.	GA (ext)	ref
az survey	Take Azure CLI survey.	GA	ref
az term	Manage marketplace agreement with marketplaceordering.	Experimental	ref
az upgrade	Upgrade Azure CLI and extensions.	Preview	ref
az version	Show the versions of Azure CLI modules and extensions in JSON format by default or format configured by --output.	GA	ref

Other

Command	Description	Status	Reference
az ams	Manage Azure Media Services resources.	GA	ref
az aosm	Manage Azure Operator Service Manager resources.	Preview (ext)	ref
az appconfig	Manage App Configurations.	GA	ref
az appnet	Azure Kubernetes Application Network.	Preview (ext)	ref
az aro	Manage Azure Red Hat OpenShift clusters.	GA	ref
az artifact-signing	Manage artifact signing account.	Preview (ext)	ref
az baremetalinstance	Handle Operations for Compute Azure Bare Instances.	GA (ext)	ref
az baremetalstorageinstance	Handle Operations for Storage Azure Bare Metal Instances.	GA (ext)	ref
az cache	Commands to manage CLI objects cached using the --defer argument.	GA	ref
az custom-providers	Commands to manage custom providers.	GA (ext)	ref
az customlocation	Commands to Create, Get, List and Delete CustomLocations.	GA (ext)	ref
az databox	Manage data box.	GA (ext)	ref
az databoxedge	Manage device with databoxedge.	GA	ref
az dependency-map	Manage Dependency Map.	GA (ext)	ref
az desktopvirtualization	Manage desktop virtualization.	GA (ext)	ref
az devcenter	Manage resources with devcenter.	GA (ext)	ref
az dnc	Manage Delegated Network.	Preview (ext)	ref
az durabletask	Commands to manage Durabletask schedulers and taskhubs.	GA (ext)	ref
az fabric	Manage Microsoft Fabric resources.	GA (ext)	ref
az firmwareanalysis	Commands to manage firmware analysis.	GA (ext)	ref
az fleet	Commands to manage fleet.	GA (ext)	ref
az fluid-relay	Manage Fluid Relay.	GA (ext)	ref
az footprint	Manage Footprint.	GA (ext)	ref
az gallery	Azure Compute Gallery.	GA (ext)	ref
az graph	Query the resources managed by Azure Resource Manager.	GA (ext)	ref
az graph-services	Make operations on Microsoft.GraphServices resource types.	GA (ext)	ref
az healthbot	Manage bot with healthbot.	Experimental (ext)	ref
az healthcareapis	Azure Healthcare APIs is a secure cloud platform for managing health data, supporting analytics, machine learning, and scalable solutions.	GA (ext)	ref
az lab	Manage azure devtest labs.	Preview	ref
az large-instance	Handle Operations for Compute Azure Large Instances.	GA (ext)	ref
az large-storage-instance	Handle Operations for Storage Azure Large Instances.	GA (ext)	ref
az load	Manage Azure Load Testing resources.	GA (ext)	ref
az managedcleanroom	Manage Azure Confidential Clean Room.	GA (ext)	ref
az mcc	Microsoft Connected Cache CLI Commands.	GA (ext)	ref
az mdp	Manage resources of Managed DevOps pools.	GA (ext)	ref
az mesh	(PREVIEW) Manage Azure Service Fabric Mesh Resources.	Preview (ext)	ref
az nexusidentity	Command to manage Nexusidentity keys.	GA (ext)	ref
az oracle-database	Command Modules for RP Oracle.Database.	GA (ext)	ref
az orbital	Azure Orbital Ground Station as-a-Service (GSaaS).	GA (ext)	ref
az partnercenter	Partner Center management.	GA (ext)	ref
az peering	Manage peering.	GA (ext)	ref
az portal	Manage Portal.	GA (ext)	ref
az pscloud	Manage Pure Storage Block resources.	GA (ext)	ref
az quantum	Manage Azure Quantum Workspaces and submit jobs to Azure Quantum Providers.	Preview (ext)	ref
az remote-rendering-account	Manage remote rendering account with mixed reality.	GA (ext)	ref
az sftp	Generate SSH certificates and access Azure Storage blob data via SFTP.	GA (ext)	ref
az site	Manage Site.	GA (ext)	ref
az stack-hci	Manage Azure Stack HCI.	GA (ext)	ref
az stack-hci-vm	Manage virtualmachine with stack-hci-vm.	GA (ext)	ref
az standby-container-group-pool	Manage Standby Container Group Pool.	GA (ext)	ref
az standby-vm-pool	Manage Standby Virtual Machine Pool.	GA (ext)	ref
az terraform	Azure Terraform experience.	Preview (ext)	ref
az vi	Commands to manage Video Indexer for Cloud and Edge.	GA (ext)	ref
az vme	Commands to manage version managed extensions on connected kubernetes clusters.	GA (ext)	ref
az vmware	Commands to manage Azure VMware Solution.	GA (ext)	ref
az workload-orchestration	Manage workload orchestration resources.	GA (ext)	ref
az workloads	Manage workloads.	GA (ext)	ref
az zones	Commands to validate Availability Zone Configuration. Use one of the options below.	Preview (ext)	ref

When a command isn't covered

If the user asks about an az subcommand that doesn't have a reference file here, use the Azure Docs MCP tools (microsoft_docs_search, microsoft_code_sample_search) to look up the command syntax and required parameters. The reference files above cover the most common command groups, but the Azure CLI has hundreds more — don't let a missing reference file stop you from helping.