Azure Resource Graph

Azure Resource Graph is an Azure service designed to extend Azure Resource Management by providing efficient and performant resource exploration with the ability to query at scale across a given set of subscriptions so that you can effectively govern your environment.

Requirements

To use Azure Resource Graph, ensure you have the following:

• Azure PowerShell 1.0.0 or higher
• PowerShellGet 2.0.1 or higher Let’s create a cleaner and more organized version of this page. Here’s a proposed layout:

Installation

Install the Module

Open an administrative terminal and run:

Install-Module -Name Az.ResourceGraph

Validate Installation

Check that the commands are available:

Get-Command -Module 'Az.ResourceGraph' -CommandType 'Cmdlet'

Example Queries

Query All Resources with a CreatedOnDate Tag

az graph query -q "Resources | where todatetime(tags.CreatedOnDate) < now(-30d) | project name"

Query All Resource Groups with a CreatedOnDate Tag

az graph query -q "ResourceContainers | where type=='microsoft.resources/subscriptions/resourcegroups' | where todatetime(tags.CreatedOnDate) < now(-30d) | project name"

Query Resources with Specific Tag Value

Search-AzGraph -Query "Resources | where tags.environment=~'internal' | project name"

Query All VMs Ordered by Name

Search-AzGraph -Query "Resources | project name, location, type| where type =~ 'Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines' | order by name desc"

References

• Azure Resource Graph Documentation
• First Query with Azure Resource Graph using PowerShell
• Azure Resource Graph: Zero to Hero
• Azure Resource Graph Query Examples
• Install Azure PowerShell
• Install PowerShellGet