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Get-AzContext

Gets the metadata used to authenticate Azure Resource Manager requests.

Syntax

GetSingleContext (Default) 

Get-AzContext
 [[-Name] <String>]
 [-DefaultProfile <IAzureContextContainer>]
 [<CommonParameters>]

ListAllContexts 

Get-AzContext
 [-ListAvailable]
 [-RefreshContextFromTokenCache]
 [-DefaultProfile <IAzureContextContainer>]
 [<CommonParameters>]

Description

The Get-AzContext cmdlet gets the current metadata used to authenticate Azure Resource Manager requests. This cmdlet gets the Active Directory account, Active Directory tenant, Azure subscription, and the targeted Azure environment. Azure Resource Manager cmdlets use these settings by default when making Azure Resource Manager requests. When the available amount of subscription exceeds the default limit of 25, some subscriptions may not show up in the results of Get-AzContext -ListAvailable. Please run Connect-AzAccount -MaxContextPopulation <int> to get more contexts.

Examples

Example 1: Getting the current context

Connect-AzAccount
Get-AzContext

Name Account SubscriptionName Environment TenantId
---- ------- ---------------- ----------- --------
Subscription1 (xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxx... test@outlook.com Subscription1 AzureCloud xxxxxxxx-x...

In this example we are logging into our account with an Azure subscription using Connect-AzAccount, and then we are getting the context of the current session by calling Get-AzContext.

Example 2: Listing all available contexts

Get-AzContext -ListAvailable

Name Account SubscriptionName Environment TenantId
---- ------- ---------------- ----------- --------
Subscription1 (xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxx... test@outlook.com Subscription1 AzureCloud xxxxxxxx-x...
Subscription2 (xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxx... test@outlook.com Subscription2 AzureCloud xxxxxxxx-x...
Subscription3 (xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxx... test@outlook.com Subscription3 AzureCloud xxxxxxxx-x...

In this example, all currently available contexts are displayed. The user may select one of these contexts using Select-AzContext.

Parameters

-DefaultProfile

The credentials, account, tenant and subscription used for communication with azure

Parameter properties

Type:IAzureContextContainer
Default value:None
Supports wildcards:False
DontShow:False
Aliases:AzContext, AzureRmContext, AzureCredential

Parameter sets

-ListAvailable

List all available contexts in the current session.

Parameter properties

Type:SwitchParameter
Default value:None
Supports wildcards:False
DontShow:False

Parameter sets

-Name

The name of the context

Parameter properties

Type:String
Default value:None
Supports wildcards:False
DontShow:False

Parameter sets

-RefreshContextFromTokenCache

Refresh contexts from token cache

Parameter properties

Type:SwitchParameter
Default value:None
Supports wildcards:False
DontShow:False

Parameter sets

CommonParameters

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutBuffer, -OutVariable, -PipelineVariable, -ProgressAction, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

Inputs

None

Outputs

PSAzureContext

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