Tools for Microsoft Azure

Azure PowerShell Modules

Run an elevated PowerShell or PowerShell ISE console.

Install-Module AzureAD
Install-Module MSOnline
#Install-Module AzureRM
Install-Module Az # Replaces AzureRM

Azure CLI


Click the Install on Windows link. Download and run the installer.

Azure Storage Explorer


Click the Download Storage Explorer Free link. Download and run the installer.

AzCopy


Click the Download the latest version of AzCopy on Windows link. Download and run the installer.

Visual Studio


Click the Community edition Free Download link. Download and run the installer.

Add the following workloads:
- Web & Cloud section
ASP.NET and web development
Azure development
Data storage and processing

SQL Server Management Studio


Download and run the installer.

Installing, imaging

Methods of automating or scripting install.
Answer files.
Unattend.

PowerShell code signing (course 10961B)

On LON-DC1

Install the full UI.
Install-WindowsFeature User-Interfaces-Infra –IncludeAllSubFeature
Restart.

Install AD Certificate Services.
Install-WindowsFeature AD-Certificate, ADCS-Cert-Authority –IncludeManagementTools
Server Manager, Post-deployment Configuration.
Create an Enterprise Root CA called “ADatum CA”.

Run Certification Authority management tool.
Right click Certificate Templates, choose Manage.
Right-click Code Signing, choose Duplicate Template.
General tab, Template display name “Code Signing II”.
Request Handling tab, select Allow private key to be exported.
Click OK.
Close Manage Templates.

Switch to Certification Authority management tool.
Right click Certificate Templates, choose New Certificate template to Issue.
Code Signing II.

On LON-CL1

Start, Run, certmgr.msc.
Right-click Personal, choose All Tasks, Request New Certificate.
Select Certificate Enrollment Policy page, click Next.
Request Certificates page, select Code Signing II, click Enroll.

Open Personal \ Certificates.
Right-click the certificate with a template of Code Signing II, choose Copy.
Right-click Trusted Publishers, choose Paste.

Note: In practice you should use Group Policy to distribute the Trusted Publisher certificate, probably to machines' certificate stores.

Run a PowerShell prompt.
cd CERT:\CurrentUser\my
$CSCert = (dir -CodeSigningCert)[0]
Set-AuthenticodeSignature -Certificate $CSCert -FilePath E:\Democode\
Demo-Signing2.ps1

If the signing is successful then you will see something similiar to the following.
SignerCertificate                         Status                  Path
-----------------                         ------                  ----
84623FD8D796C6E722DE330B4DDFD6FEB01AF412  Valid                   Demo-Signing2.ps1