The Management Portal<\/a> is historically where techies have gone to get stuff going. You get a pretty easy to use UI, with each major element of Azure having it\u2019s own section. When you deploy something in here, there\u2019s usually a Quick Start, some of which can be really simple to use.<\/p>\n You might have noticed that there is a second UI portal \u2013 yes; it can be confusing. Here\u2019s how I think of things:<\/p>\n Microsoft launched the \u201cPreview Portal<\/a>\u201d around 14 months ago. It\u2019s gone through many redesigns. Rather than being quick to navigate, it\u2019s got a very \u201cWindows 8\u201d crossed with PhotoShopped-insane UI. But the reality is, if you want to work with new sub-features via a UI, then this site is where you go. If you want as much stuff presented to you as possible, this is where you go. And it does seem that more effort goes into this site as time goes by.<\/p>\n There are at least 2 types of PowerShell that you\u2019ll use with Azure:<\/p>\n With PowerShell you really can do things much more quickly. Creating, changing (if you can), and removing things in Azure is painfully slow via the UI tools. PowerShell isn\u2019t much quicker, but it allows you to script a number of things you want done while you get coffee or work on something else.<\/p>\n There are other options, but as an IaaS person, I\u2019m focused on the above tools.<\/p>\n In this post, I will share with you some details on the different options for managing Azure. It\u2019s not all-encompassing; I\u2019m leaving programing REST API and Visual Studio to the nut jobs. Account Portal This is where you start off creating your subscription (under Open or direct-billing), and where you go to get a breakdown … Continue reading “Choosing Azure Management Tools”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18406,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[170,172,59,65],"class_list":["post-18404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-azure","tag-azure","tag-cloud","tag-cloud-computing","tag-hybrid-cloud"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t![\"image\"](\"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/image_thumb1.png\" "\\"image\\"")
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