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Devtest Lab Delete Lab Vm
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Bias Analysis
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Summary:
The documentation provides only a PowerShell script for automating VM deletion, with no equivalent Bash, Azure CLI, or Linux-friendly example. The automation section is Windows/PowerShell-centric, and there is no mention of cross-platform tools or alternatives for Linux/macOS users.
Recommendations:
- Add an Azure CLI (az) example for deleting all VMs in a lab, as Azure CLI is cross-platform and commonly used on Linux/macOS.
- Include Bash script examples or instructions for Linux users where automation is discussed.
- Explicitly mention that PowerShell Core is cross-platform if recommending PowerShell, and provide installation guidance for non-Windows systems.
- Ensure that any automation or scripting guidance is presented with parity for both Windows and Linux users, ideally showing both PowerShell and CLI/Bash alternatives side by side.
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Flagged Code Snippets
# Delete all the VMs in a lab.
# Values to change:
$subscriptionId = "<Enter Azure subscription ID here>"
$labResourceGroup = "<Enter lab's resource group here>"
$labName = "<Enter lab name here>"
# Sign in to your Azure account.
Connect-AzAccount
# Select the Azure subscription that has the lab. This step is optional
# if you have only one subscription.
Select-AzSubscription -SubscriptionId $subscriptionId
# Get the lab that has the VMs that you want to delete.
$lab = Get-AzResource -ResourceId ('subscriptions/' + $subscriptionId + '/resourceGroups/' + $labResourceGroup + '/providers/Microsoft.DevTestLab/labs/' + $labName)
# Get the VMs from that lab.
$labVMs = Get-AzResource | Where-Object {
$_.ResourceType -eq 'microsoft.devtestlab/labs/virtualmachines' -and
$_.Name -like "$($lab.Name)/*"}
# Delete the VMs.
foreach($labVM in $labVMs)
{
Remove-AzResource -ResourceId $labVM.ResourceId -Force
}