How to Replace the AzureRM module with Az in Azure Automation Account

Question

I'm trying to use Azure Automation Account to run some jobs, but I'm struggling with the AzureRM Module installed. I manually installed some Az Modules but PowerShell ISE still using the AzureRM, like in trying to establish RunAs connectio below,

$RunAsConnection = Get-AutomationConnection -Name AzureRunAsConnection;try {$Login=Add-AzureRmAccount -ServicePrincipal
-TenantId $RunAsConnection.TenantId -ApplicationId $RunAsConnection.ApplicationId -CertificateThumbprint $RunAsConnection.CertificateThumbprint -ErrorAction Stop}catch{Sleep 10;$Login=Add-AzureRmAccount -ServicePrincipal -TenantId $RunAsConnection.TenantId -ApplicationId $RunAsConnection.ApplicationId -CertificateThumbprint $RunAsConnection.CertificateThumbprint};Set-AzureRmContext
-SubscriptionId $RunAsConnection.SubscriptionID

Then, I have to modify it manually to below code and it works.

$RunAsConnection = Get-AutomationConnection -Name AzureRunAsConnection;try {$Login=Add-AzureRmAccount -ServicePrincipal -TenantId $RunAsConnection.TenantId -ApplicationId $RunAsConnection.ApplicationId -CertificateThumbprint $RunAsConnection.CertificateThumbprint -ErrorAction Stop}catch{Sleep 10;$Login=Add-AzAccount -ServicePrincipal -TenantId $RunAsConnection.TenantId -ApplicationId $RunAsConnection.ApplicationId -CertificateThumbprint $RunAsConnection.CertificateThumbprint};Set-AzContext -SubscriptionId $RunAsConnection.SubscriptionID

How to fix this and how to force the automation account to use Az instead of Azure RM ?

Thanks!

[https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/automation/az-modules](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/automation/az-modules) — RoadRunner, Mar 08 '20 at 01:37
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score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 09 '20 at 02:45

After import Az module, you can use Connect-AzAccount for authentication, then use other Az cmdlet directly.

An example is using Get-AzWebApp(need to import Az.Websites modules as mentioned before) to get azure web app details, in automation runbook:

$connection = Get-AutomationConnection -Name AzureRunAsConnection
$connectionResult = Connect-AzAccount -ServicePrincipal -Tenant $connection.TenantID -ApplicationId $connection.ApplicationID -CertificateThumbprint $connection.CertificateThumbprint

#the cmdlet to get azure web app details
Get-AzWebApp -ResourceGroupName xxx

How to Replace the AzureRM module with Az in Azure Automation Account

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