When we mention Azure in this chapter, we mean Azure Resource Manager exclusively, as opposed to the old Azure Service Manager (ASM), with its cloud services. Azure has come a long way since ASM, and there is no reason to use it anymore.

The Azure PowerShell cmdlets are available with the Azure SDK, which includes a couple of additional features, such as a storage explorer. Being PowerShell enthusiasts, we can simply use PackageManagement and PowerShellGet, as follows:

# Installing the Azure modules
# Pro tip: Get a coffee right now, this takes a little time...
Install-Module AzureRm -Force

# Before you can do anything, you need to login
Connect-AzureRmAccount -Subscription 'JHPaaS'

In order to establish a common understanding of what is going on in the cloud, we will need to define a couple of terms.