Powershell is a powerful interface to Azure, but the steps to do any given task are not obvious even from the documentation. Here is, for example, getting started with Azure to upload a file as a blob.Powershell Azure Upload: (<something> is a slug to be replaced with real data)//One time steps required to add Azure commandlets to Powershell* Install-Module AzureRM //Note, must be done as Administrator prompt.* Install-Module Azure //Note, must be done as Administrator prompt.//One time per session, to connect to Azure* Login-AzureRmAccount //Provide credentials for Azure portal in popup//Typical flow to find the correct destination and upload* Get-AzureRmSubscription //List subscriptions* Get-AzureRmSubscription -SubscriptionName "<Full name from above results>" | Select-AzureRmSubscription //Select one as the default to operate* Get-AzureRmContext //Verify settings, no storage account will display* Set-AzureRmCurrentStorageAccount -ResourceGroupName "<resourcegroupname>" -StorageAccountName "<storageaccountname>"* Get-AzureRmContext //Verify settings, storage account will be shown* //Change to local directory* Set-AzureStorageBlobContent -File "<localfiletotransfer>" -Container "<targetazureblobcontainer>"
