Select-AzureRmContext

NAME Select-AzureRmContext



SYNOPSIS

Select a subscription and account to target in Azure PowerShell cmdlets





SYNTAX

Select-AzureRmContext [-DefaultProfile <IAzureContextContainer>] -InputObject <PSAzureContext> [-Scope {Process | CurrentUser}] [-Confirm]

[-WhatIf] [<CommonParameters>]



Select-AzureRmContext [-Name] <String> [-DefaultProfile <IAzureContextContainer>] [-Scope {Process | CurrentUser}] [-Confirm] [-WhatIf]

[<CommonParameters>]





DESCRIPTION

Select a subscription to target (or account or tenant) in Azure PowerShell cmdlets. After this cmdlet, future cmdlets will target the selected

context.





PARAMETERS

-DefaultProfile <IAzureContextContainer>

The credentials, tenant and subscription used for communication with azure



Required? false

Position? named

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-InputObject <PSAzureContext>

A context object, normally passed through the pipeline.



Required? true

Position? named

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? True (ByValue)

Accept wildcard characters? false



-Name <String>

The name of the context



Required? true

Position? 0

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-Scope <ContextModificationScope>

Determines the scope of context changes, for example, whether changes apply only to the current process, or to all sessions started by this

user



Required? false

Position? named

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-Confirm [<SwitchParameter>]

Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value False

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-WhatIf [<SwitchParameter>]

Shows what would happen if the cmdlet runs. The cmdlet is not run.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value False

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,

ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,

OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see

about_CommonParameters (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).



INPUTS

None







OUTPUTS

Microsoft.Azure.Commands.Profile.Models.PSAzureContext







NOTES









Example 1 : Target a named context



PS C:\\> Select-AzureRmContext "Work"



Target future Azure PowerShell cmdlets at the account, tenant, and subscription in the 'Work' context.







RELATED LINKS

Online Version: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powers ... ermcontext