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Select-AzContext

Select a subscription and account to target in Azure PowerShell cmdlets

Syntax

SelectByInputObject (Default)

Select-AzContext
 -InputObject <PSAzureContext>
 [-Scope <ContextModificationScope>]
 [-DefaultProfile <IAzureContextContainer>]
 [-WhatIf]
 [-Confirm]
 [<CommonParameters>]

SelectByName

Select-AzContext
 [-Name] <String>
 [-Scope <ContextModificationScope>]
 [-DefaultProfile <IAzureContextContainer>]
 [-WhatIf]
 [-Confirm]
 [<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.

Examples

Example 1: Target a named context

Select-AzContext "Work"
Name Account SubscriptionName Environment TenantId
---- ------- ---------------- ----------- --------
Work test@outlook.com Subscription1 AzureCloud xxxxxxxx-x...

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

Example 2

Select a subscription and account to target in Azure PowerShell cmdlets in this powershell session. (autogenerated)

Select-AzContext -Name TestEnvironment -Scope Process

Parameters

-Confirm

Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.

Parameter properties

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

Parameter sets

-DefaultProfile

The credentials, 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

-InputObject

A context object, normally passed through the pipeline.

Parameter properties

Type:PSAzureContext
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

-Scope

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

Parameter properties

Type:ContextModificationScope
Default value:None
Accepted values:Process, CurrentUser
Supports wildcards:False
DontShow:False

Parameter sets

-WhatIf

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

Parameter properties

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

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

PSAzureContext

Outputs

PSAzureContext


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