Hands-On Serverless Computing

Azure Cloud Shell

Microsoft Azure also provides you with a virtual machine (shell) that runs in Azure, which you can access using your browser to run interactive commands against your Azure environment. It provides you with the ability to administer your Azure account from anywhere using a browser through a shell called Cloud Shell. You can use common tools and programming languages to control your Azure environment. It provides you the ability to choose between a Linux-based Bash Shell or a Windows-based PowerShell.

The Cloud Shell is managed and maintained by Microsoft, which means it gets regularly patched and updated with the latest tools to interact with your Azure environment. The Cloud Shell comes with common Linux shell tools, PowerShell ...