Az 8.1.0

Gallery Module for Azure PowerShell: https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/Az/8.1.0

To install Az from the PowerShell Gallery, run the following command:

Install-Module -Name Az -Repository PSGallery -Force

To update from an older version of Az, run the following command:

Update-Module -Name Az

SHA256 Hashes of the release artifacts

• Az-Cmdlets-8.1.0.36048.tar.gz
  • 586F0ABAEA4E20E50C5D0712DF49DB777CF6085710F8082EED9FD7B96E80D74B

8.1.0 - July 2022

Az.Accounts

• Supported exporting and importing configurations by 'Export-AzConfig' and 'Import-AzConfig'.
• Fixed an issue that Az.Accounts may fail to be imported in parallel PowerShell processes. [#18321]
• Fixed incorrect access token [#18105]
• Upgraded version of Microsoft.Identity.Client for .NET Framework. [#18495]
• Fixed an issue that Az.Accounts failed to be imported if multiple environment variables, which only differ by case, are set. [#18304]

Az.Aks

• Added parameter 'CommandContextAttachmentZip' for 'Invoke-AzAksRunCommand'. [#17454]
• Added ManagedIdentity support for Aks[#15656].
• Added property 'PowerState' for the output of 'Get-AzAksCluster'[#18271]
• Updated the logic of 'Set-AzAksCluster' for parameter 'NodeImageOnly'.
• Added parameter 'NodeImageOnly' for 'Update-AzAksNodePool'.
• Added parameter 'AvailabilityZone' for 'New-AzAksCluster'. [#18658]

Az.ApplicationInsights

• Fixed parameters for Set-AzApplicationInsightsDailyCap [#18315]
• Fixed parameter 'DocumentType' for 'New-AzApplicationInsightsContinuousExport' and 'Set-AzApplicationInsightsContinuousExport' [#18350]
• Fixed parameter 'ResourceId' for 'Get-AzApplicationInsights' [#18707]

Az.Compute

• Added image alias 'Win2022AzureEditionCore'
• Added the '-DisableIntegrityMonitoring' switch parameter to the 'New-AzVM' cmdlet.
  Changed the default behavior for 'New-AzVM' and 'New-AzVmss' when these conditions are met:
  1. '-DisableIntegrityMonitoring' is not true.
  2. 'SecurityType' on the SecurityProfile is 'TrustedLaunch'.
  3. 'VTpmEnabled' on the SecurityProfile is true.
  4. 'SecureBootEnabled' on the SecurityProfile is true.
     Now 'New-AzVM' will install the 'Guest Attestation' extension to the new VM when these conditions are met.
     Now 'New-AzVmss' will install the 'Guest Attestation' extension to the new Vmss when these conditions are met and installed to all VM instances in the Vmss.
• Added '-UserAssignedIdentity' and '-FederatedClientId' to the following cmdlets:
  • 'New-AzDiskEncryptionSetConfig'
  • 'Update-AzDiskEncryptionSet'
• Added '-TreatFailureAsDeploymentFailure' to cmdlets 'Add-AzVmGalleryApplication' and 'Add-AzVmssGalleryApplication'
• Removed Exceptions for when SinglePlacementGroup is set to true in 'OrchestrationMode'

Az.CosmosDB

• Added support for partition key and id paths to be part of client encryption policy.
• Fixed bug related to Update-AzCosmosDBSqlContainer command on containers with Client Encryption Policy.

Az.DataFactory

• Updated ADF .Net SDK version to 6.3.0

Az.EventHub

• Added cmdlets for CRUD operations on EventHub Application Groups. The added cmdlets include,
  -New-AzEventHubApplicationGroup
  -Set-AzEventHubApplicationGroup
  -Remove-AzEventHubApplicationGroup
  -Get-AzEventHubApplicationGroup
  -New-AzEventHubThrottlingPolicyConfig
• Get-AzEventHubNamespace returned a maximum of 100 namespaces for list by resource groups or list by subscriptions so far. From here onwards, for resource groups and subscriptions with over a 100 namespaces, the cmdlet will return all the namespaces. You will not see a change in the cmdlet behaviour if your resource groups or subscriptions have less than a 100 namespaces.
• Added cmdlets for manual approval of EventHubs Private Endpoint Connections. The added cmdlets include,
  -Approve-AzEventHubPrivateEndpointConnection
  -Deny-AzEventHubPrivateEndpointConnection
  -Get-AzEventHubPrivateEndpointConnection
  -Remove-AzEventHubPrivateEndpointConnection
  -Get-AzEventHubPrivateLink

Az.KeyVault

• Supported importing pem certificate by 'Import-AzKeyVaultCertificate' [#18494]
• Supported accepting rotation policy in a JSON file
• [Breaking Change] Changed parameter 'ExpiresIn' in 'Set-AzKeyVaultKeyRotationPolicy' from TimeSpan? to string. It must be an ISO 8601 duration like 'P30D' for 30 days.
• [Breaking Change] Changed output properties 'ExpiresIn', 'TimeAfterCreate' and 'TimeBeforeExpiry' of 'Set-AzKeyVaultKeyRotationPolicy' and 'Get-AzKeyVaultKeyRotationPolicy' from TimeSpan? to string.
• Supported creating/updating key with release policy in a Managed HSM
• Removed default value for 'EnabledForDeployment', 'EnabledForTemplateDeployment', 'EnabledForDiskEncryption' and 'EnableRbacAuthorization' during the process of key vault creation
• Changed default access policies for Key Vault secret, certificate and storage as 'All'

Az.Network

• Added support for CustomV2 ssl policies for Application Gateway.
  • Added 'CustomV2' to the validation set of 'PolicyType'
  • Added 'TLSv1_3' to the validation set of 'MinProtocolVersion'
  • Removed validation for null or empty cipher suites list since there can be empty cipher suites list for min protocol version of tls1.3
• [Breaking Change] Changed default value of '-PrivateEndpointNetworkPoliciesFlag' to 'Disabled' in 'Add-AzVirtualNetworkSubnetConfig' and 'New-AzVirtualNetworkSubnetConfig'
• Fixed bugs that cannot parse virtual network encryption paramemters when updating exsiting vnet.

Az.PowerBIEmbedded

• Updated SKU allowed values to support A7 and A8

Az.RecoveryServices

• Fixed delay in long running operations [#18567]

Az.Resources

• Added feedback when deleting role assignments even if passthru is not used
• Fixed relative path failure in -AsJob scenario [#18084]
• Fixed logic of 'createtime' and 'ChangedTime' in 'Get-AzResource --ExpandProperties'. [#18206]
• Fixed role assignment latency for 'New-AzADServicePrincipal' [#16777]

Az.ServiceBus

• Added cmdlets for manual approval of Service Bus Private Endpoint Connections. The added cmdlets include,
  -Approve-AzServiceBusPrivateEndpointConnection
  -Deny-AzServiceBusPrivateEndpointConnection
  -Get-AzServiceBusPrivateEndpointConnection
  -Remove-AzServiceBusPrivateEndpointConnection
  -Get-AzServiceBusPrivateLink

Az.ServiceFabric

• Fixed typo in verbose log message.
• Added Tag support for managed cluster create and update

Az.Sql

• Added 'GeoZone' option to 'BackupStorageRedundancy' parameter to 'New-AzSqlDatabase', 'Set-AzSqlDatabase', 'New-AzSqlDatabaseCopy', 'New-AzSqlDatabaseSecondary', and 'Restore-AzSqlDatabase' to enable create, update, copy, geo secondary and PITR support for GeoZone hyperscale databases
• Added additional input validation to 'Stop-AzSqlInstanceDatabaseLogReplay' cmdlet to ensure the target database was created by log replay service
• Bug fix for cmdlet 'Restore-AzSqlDatabase'. The optional property 'Tags' was not working as expected
• Added isManagedIdentityInUse get parameter for 'Get-AzSqlServerAudit' and 'Get-AzSqlDatabaseAudit'
• Added new cmdlet 'Set-AzSqlInstanceDatabase'

Az.StackHCI

• Added support to Stack HCI Cluster
• Added support to Stack HCI Extension
• Added support to Stack HCI Arc Settings

Az.Storage

• Supported BaseBlob DaysAfterCreationGreaterThan in Management Policy
  • 'Add-AzStorageAccountManagementPolicyAction'

Thanks to our community contributors

• @ayeshurun, Update SKU allowed values for PowerBI Embedded capacities (#18670)
• @JulianePadrao, [SQL] fix for deprecated term (#18620)
• @kaushik-ms, powershell changes for new ssl policies in appgw (#18287)
• Adrian Leonhard (@NaridaL), fix typo beging -> begin in 3 files (#18391)