Az.exe -

The Azure CLI is a cross-platform command-line tool used to connect to Azure and execute administrative commands on resources.

Depending on your specific task within Azure, you might encounter other .exe files that are sometimes confused with the core CLI: Troubleshooting Azure Windows VM extension failures AZ.exe

: It allows you to create, manage, and delete Azure resources—like virtual machines ( az vm ), storage accounts, and networks—directly from your terminal or through scripts. The Azure CLI is a cross-platform command-line tool

In a Windows environment, the Azure CLI is often mistakenly referred to as az.exe because the command used to trigger it in the terminal (CMD or PowerShell) is az . What is the Azure CLI ( az )? What is the Azure CLI ( az )

: It uses the --query argument to filter data from Azure using JMESPath, which is useful for scripting and extracting specific resource properties like IP addresses. Common Related Files