Which of the following can be used to manage your Azure resources from an iPhone?

You can configure the Azure resources by utilizing a broad range of tools and platforms. These tools range from the command line, language-specific Software Development Kits (SDKs), developer tools for migration, and many others.
Some of these tools include:

  • Azure Portal
  • Azure Powershell
  • Azure Command-line (CLI)
  • Azure Cloud Shell
  • Azure Resource Manager
  • Azure Advisor

Azure Portal

Azure portal is the user interface that can be accessed through the web browser. A user within azure will manage services and resources through the Azure portal. In the event that you want to add a database or increase compute power to your virtual machines and monitor your monthly costs.

Azure PowerShell

Azure PowerShell enables you to connect to azure subscription and manage resources and services. You can install modules of Windows PowerShell or PowerShell core which are cross-platforms versions of PowerShell. The New-AzVM creates a virtual machine:

New-AzVM `-ResourceGroupName “MyResourceGroup” `-Name “TestVm” `-Image “UbuntuLTS” `

Azure Command Line Interface (CLI)

This is a cross-platform command-line program that connects to Azure. This means it can run on both Linux or macOS: We can use the command-line interface for automating repetitive tasks. This command such as:

az vm create \— resource-group MyResourceGroup \— name TestVm \— image UbuntuLTS \— generate-ssh-keys \

Azure Cloud Shell

This is a browser-based scripting environment: Bash or PowerShell. The Cloud shell is launched from the Azure portal. This requires a storage account and upon launching one will be created for you.

Azure Mobile App

The Microsoft Azure mobile app allows you to access, manage, and monitor all your Azure accounts and resources from your iOS or Android phone or tablet. Once installed, you can perform various azure tasks.

Azure Resource Manager(ARM)

The Azure resource manager is a management service in azure. It provides a management layer that enables you to create, update, and delete resources in our Azure subscription.

Azure Advisor

Provides best practices for optimization it will make a recommendation for cost-saving, performance enhancement, high availability, and security options. This recommendation can save us a .csv or .pdf file.

This is a part of a series of blogs about understanding Microsoft Azure

  1. Microsoft Azure
  2. Azure Management Tools < You are Here
  3. Azure Compute
  4. Azure Network
  5. Azure Storage
  6. Azure Database
  7. Azure Security, Privacy, Compliance, And Trust Part 1
  8. Azure Security, Privacy, Compliance, And Trust Part 2

Azure Mobile App is one of my favorite essential iOS mobile apps on my iPhone. It helps me perform essential tasks to manage my Azure cloud services on the go!

As a Software Developer creating, learning and developing cloud services in Microsoft Azure, accessing the Azure Portal is part of the routine. Aside from using resources for development, it is important for me to check on the statuses of my subscriptions on my Azure account.

Microsoft Azure have Cost Management features that enable me (the account administrator) to set the spending limit of my cloud resources and send me cost alerts. I like using the Azure Mobile app as an extra add-on. It is comes handy when needed.

Features and Limitations

The mobile app for Microsoft Azure have some good features but it does not have the full capabilities as accessing it via a web browser. It should not be misunderstood as a replacement of the Azure Portal.

Some of the things you can do on the mobile app are viewing important alerts, stopping or enabling your App Services, Azure Virtual Machines, and other existing Azure resources.

On the other hand, there are some limitations on the mobile app. Such limitations include the feature to add new cloud services, new resources, new subscriptions, or new resource groups. But hey who wants to do all those stuff that on mobile? As an Azure Developer or Azure Administrator, working on bigger screen is always better especially when you have to use Azure for development and cloud administration.

Which of the following can be used to manage your Azure resources from an iPhone?

The Azure Mobile app (as of date) is not designed to exactly simulate the management of Azure Subscriptions and cloud services like Azure Portal, which is accessed on a web browser. However, I personally consider the app very useful for on-the-go operations and administration. Operational tasks that you need to do last minute or you forgot to do after you logged off your computer. Perhaps, you want to monitor and check on the statuses of your Azure services while you are away from home or office. Or a need to use Microsoft Azure when you have limited and temporary access to a computer.

Benefits of Azure Mobile App

  • Check the status of Azure Subscriptions
  • Track and monitor the health and status of Azure resources
  • Quickly diagnose and fix issues
  • Run commands on Cloudshell to manage Azure resources on mobile
  • Access via Mobile is secured and encrypted
  • Important Alerts or Notifications

Check Status of Your Azure Subscriptions and Resources

Using the Azure Mobile App, you can check the current state of your subscriptions, resource groups and cloud resources in it. You can view the details of your subscriptions, latest activity logs, important alerts, check out your Access Control (IAM) and more.

Which of the following can be used to manage your Azure resources from an iPhone?
Azure Mobile App – Subscriptions

Track Status of Azure Resources

Since I am monitoring my spending limit for my personal Azure subscriptions, tracking the status of my existing Azure Resources on the go is convenient.

For example, checking the status of Azure Virtual Machines running or not after a demo or Dev/Test development.

Which of the following can be used to manage your Azure resources from an iPhone?
Example of Azure Virtual Machine on Azure Mobile App (Credit: Microsoft Azure)

Develop and Run Commands on Cloudshell – Azure Bash and Azure Powershell on Mobile

You can manage and develop using Azure Cloudshell – Bash or Powershell regardless if you have the commands by heart or not. The Azure Mobile App allows you to quickly manage the Azure services when necessary via mobile.

You do not need to be an expert in Azure CLI nor Azure Powershell commands because there’s always our superhero command “az help” which helps and gives a list of accepted commands in managing your Azure resources.

Which of the following can be used to manage your Azure resources from an iPhone?
Bash on Azure Mobile App
Which of the following can be used to manage your Azure resources from an iPhone?
Azure Cloudshell on Azure Mobile App

Where to Download Azure Mobile App?

It is free to download for both iPhones and Android. There are few ways to download the Azure Mobile App.

  • Via Azure’s Website https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/features/azure-portal/mobile-app/#features
  • iOS, just search for Azure in the App Store
  • Android, search Azure in Google Play

Demo – On my iPhone

I recorded my iPhone screen while browsing its menu to show how the app looks like on an iOS 😊 Check out the video below.

Azure Mobile App on iPhone

Demo on how Azure Mobile App looks on IPhone. For more info how to use and download the app check out https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/features/azure-portal/mobile-app/#features


About Author: Jonah Andersson is a Filipina-Swedish Software Developer who codes full stack system development in C# .NET/NET Core. She currently works as a Software Developer Consultant at Forefront Consulting in Sweden. Jonah is passionate about continuous learning, developing and sharing knowledge about Microsoft Azure cloud technologies. She one of the #AzureHeroes in Sweden. A woman who codes in tech who enjoys writing, advocating gender equality in the tech industry through mentorship and by being role model on her spare time.



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