Azure PowerShell vs CloudShell

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Azure PowerShell		CloudShell
	Project
15	Mentions	5
4,068	Stars	237
1.8%	Growth	0.0%
9.9	Activity	7.4
4 days ago	Latest Commit	1 day ago
C#	Language	PowerShell
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later	License	MIT License

The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

Azure PowerShell

Posts with mentions or reviews of Azure PowerShell. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-11-04.

How to return release date when using Find-Package
1 project | /r/PowerShell | 3 Jun 2023

Author : Microsoft Corporation CompanyName : azure-sdk Copyright : Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. PublishedDate : 23-May-23 04:37:01 InstalledDate : UpdatedDate : LicenseUri : https://aka.ms/azps-license ProjectUri : https://github.com/Azure/azure-powershell #>
resources connected to log analytics workspace
1 project | /r/AZURE | 9 Mar 2023

Get-AzOperationalInsightsDataSource
Microsoft Graph Endpoint vs Az endpoints (not AzureAD)
1 project | /r/PowerShell | 23 Feb 2023

https://github.com/Azure/azure-powershell/issues/14568 looks like the Az cmdlets use the Azure Graph so likely they die as well. Would be nice if they would document that.
Azure Cloud Shell help more info in comments
2 projects | /r/AZURE | 4 Nov 2022

Since the first error is the write-warning from connect-azaccount (see GitHub) and the second is a cmdlet in that same module.
ForEach-Object Scoping and Runspace issues
1 project | /r/PowerShell | 17 Aug 2022
Using Azure CLI/PowerShell to add a diagnostic setting
1 project | /r/AZURE | 3 Jun 2022
Az PowerShell v7 is out today
1 project | /r/AZURE | 7 Dec 2021

Downloads over here: https://github.com/Azure/azure-powershell/releases
How do I Import-AzAutomationRunbook a 7.1 runtime version powershell runbook?
1 project | /r/AZURE | 22 Nov 2021
Book recommendation for PowerShell programming needed (programming API, PS modules, scripts embedded in C# applications )
1 project | /r/csharp | 20 Sep 2021

You might also want to have a look at the source for some PowerShell modules, for example https://github.com/Azure/azure-powershell/
How to fix "ERROR: Parameter 'Disk.location' can not be None."
1 project | /r/AZURE | 26 Aug 2021

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure-stack/aks-hci/container-storage-interface-disks

CloudShell

Posts with mentions or reviews of CloudShell. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-11-04.

Can I create this point to site tunnel without cloud shell
1 project | /r/AZURE | 25 Apr 2023

CloudShell is just PowerShell in the browser (https://shell.azure.com). You don't need it though, you can just install the Azure PowerShell module (Install-Module Az). Also I'd recommend following the steps here instead of the post you're looking at: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/vpn-gateway/vpn-gateway-howto-point-to-site-rm-ps
Deploy Azure Resources with Terraform
1 project | dev.to | 31 Jan 2023

Navigate over to https://shell.azure.com
Deploying Azure Bicep using GitHub Actions
1 project | dev.to | 1 Dec 2022

Open the Azure Cloud Shell and set it to use bash. Enter the following command:
Azure Cloud Shell help more info in comments
2 projects | /r/AZURE | 4 Nov 2022

Might possibly be https://github.com/Azure/CloudShell/issues/106
Azure cloud shell, doesn't have MS Graph by default?
1 project | /r/PowerShell | 20 Jul 2022

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Azure PowerShell and CloudShell you can also consider the following projects:

Octokit.NET - A GitHub API client library for .NET

PowerShell - PowerShell functions and scripts (Azure, Active Directory, SCCM, SCSM, Exchange, O365, ...)

AWS SDK - The official AWS SDK for .NET. For more information on the AWS SDK for .NET, see our web site:

Microsoft-Integration-and-Azure-Stencils-Pack-for-Visio - Microsoft Integration, Azure, Power Platform, Office 365 and much more Stencils Pack it’s a Visio package that contains fully resizable Visio shapes (symbols/icons) that will help you to visually represent On-premise, Cloud or Hybrid Integration and Enterprise architectures scenarios (BizTalk Server, API Management, Logic Apps, Service Bus, Event Hub…), solutions diagrams and features or systems that use Microsoft Azure and related cloud and on-premises technologies in Visio 2016/2013

Bot Builder SDK - Bot Framework provides the most comprehensive experience for building conversation applications.

AzureHunter - A Cloud Forensics Powershell module to run threat hunting playbooks on data from Azure and O365

Getty Images API SDK - Getty Images API SDK - .NET

AutomatedLab - AutomatedLab is a provisioning solution and framework that lets you deploy complex labs on HyperV and Azure with simple PowerShell scripts. It supports all Windows operating systems from 2008 R2 to 2022, some Linux distributions and various products like AD, Exchange, PKI, IIS, etc.

DropNet - Client Library for the Dropbox API

ansible-windows-docker - Run Ansible in a Windows container

Dropbox.NET - The Official Dropbox API V2 SDK for .NET

Countly SDK for Windows - Windows Phone & Windows SDK for Countly Analytics