Powershell AZ Module Update

Recently was trying to build the Azure Bicep templates and tried executing them from Powershell. In order to use Bicep the AZ powershell modules should be using v5.6.0 or later.

Check your AZ module version

Get-InstalledModule -Name Az

Check specific AZ sub-modules version

Get-InstalledModule -Name Az.* -listAvailable

Here is the snippet of the powershell script that lets you update the AZ module to latest versions.

Firstly, Launch Powershell in Administrator mode.

Get-Module -Name az.* -ListAvailable |
  Where-Object -Property Name -ne ‘Az.’ |
  ForEach-Object {
      #Get the existing version
      $existingVersion = [Version] $_.Version
      
      # Query the new version of the module
      $newVersion = [Version] (Find-Module -Name $_.Name).Version
  
      # Check if the versions are different 
      if ($newVersion -gt $existingVersion) {
          Write-Host -Object "Updating $_ Module from $existingVersion to $newVersion"
          # Install the new version
          Update-Module -Name $_.Name -RequiredVersion $newVersion -Force
          
          # Delete the old version
          Uninstall-Module -Name $_.Name -RequiredVersion $existingVersion -Force
      }
  }

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Written on August 20, 2021