Sad Tux - Windows bias detected
This page contains Windows bias

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This page is part of the Azure documentation. It contains code examples and configuration instructions for working with Azure services.

Bias Analysis

Detected Bias Types
powershell_heavy
missing_linux_example
windows_tools
Summary
The documentation provides only Azure PowerShell examples for command-line automation, with no mention of cross-platform alternatives such as Azure CLI (az), which is widely used on Linux and macOS. The exclusive use of PowerShell commands and the absence of bash/CLI examples or references to Linux-native tooling indicate a Windows-centric bias.
Recommendations
  • Add equivalent Azure CLI (az) command examples for each scenario alongside the PowerShell examples.
  • Explicitly mention that Azure CLI is cross-platform and can be used on Linux, macOS, and Windows.
  • Where scripting is shown, provide both PowerShell and bash (or shell-agnostic) script examples.
  • If certain features are only available in PowerShell, clearly state this and provide workarounds or alternatives for Linux users.
  • Review the documentation for any terminology or instructions that assume a Windows environment and generalize them for cross-platform audiences.
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Scan History

Date Scan Status Result
2026-01-14 00:00 #250 in_progress Biased Biased
2026-01-13 00:00 #246 completed Biased Biased
2026-01-11 00:00 #240 completed Biased Biased
2026-01-10 00:00 #237 completed Biased Biased
2026-01-09 00:34 #234 completed Biased Biased
2026-01-08 00:53 #231 completed Biased Biased
2026-01-06 18:15 #225 cancelled Clean Clean
2025-09-16 00:00 #113 completed Clean Clean
2025-09-15 00:00 #112 completed Clean Clean
2025-09-14 00:00 #111 completed Clean Clean
2025-09-13 00:00 #110 completed Clean Clean
2025-09-12 00:00 #109 completed Clean Clean
2025-09-11 00:00 #108 completed Clean Clean
2025-09-10 00:00 #107 completed Clean Clean
2025-08-17 00:01 #83 cancelled Clean Clean
2025-07-13 21:37 #48 completed Biased Biased
2025-07-12 23:44 #41 cancelled Biased Biased

Flagged Code Snippets

$roleDefinitionId = "f58310d9-a9f6-439a-9e8d-f62e7b41a168"
$principalId = "<principalId>"
$scope = "/subscriptions/<subscriptionId>"
$condition = "((!(ActionMatches{'Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments/write'})) OR (@Request[Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments:RoleDefinitionId] ForAnyOfAnyValues:GuidEquals {5e467623-bb1f-42f4-a55d-6e525e11384b, a795c7a0-d4a2-40c1-ae25-d81f01202912} AND @Request[Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments:PrincipalType] ForAnyOfAnyValues:StringEqualsIgnoreCase {'User', 'Group'})) AND ((!(ActionMatches{'Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments/delete'})) OR (@Resource[Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments:RoleDefinitionId] ForAnyOfAnyValues:GuidEquals {5e467623-bb1f-42f4-a55d-6e525e11384b, a795c7a0-d4a2-40c1-ae25-d81f01202912} AND @Resource[Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments:PrincipalType] ForAnyOfAnyValues:StringEqualsIgnoreCase {'User', 'Group'}))"
$conditionVersion = "2.0"
New-AzRoleAssignment -ObjectId $principalId -Scope $scope -RoleDefinitionId $roleDefinitionId -Condition $condition -ConditionVersion $conditionVersion
$roleDefinitionId = "f58310d9-a9f6-439a-9e8d-f62e7b41a168"
$principalId = "<principalId>"
$scope = "/subscriptions/<subscriptionId>"
$condition = "((!(ActionMatches{'Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments/write'})) OR (@Request[Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments:RoleDefinitionId] ForAnyOfAnyValues:GuidEquals {5e467623-bb1f-42f4-a55d-6e525e11384b, a795c7a0-d4a2-40c1-ae25-d81f01202912} AND @Request[Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments:PrincipalId] ForAnyOfAnyValues:GuidEquals {28c35fea-2099-4cf5-8ad9-473547bc9423, 86951b8b-723a-407b-a74a-1bca3f0c95d0})) AND ((!(ActionMatches{'Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments/delete'})) OR (@Resource[Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments:RoleDefinitionId] ForAnyOfAnyValues:GuidEquals {5e467623-bb1f-42f4-a55d-6e525e11384b, a795c7a0-d4a2-40c1-ae25-d81f01202912} AND @Resource[Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments:PrincipalId] ForAnyOfAnyValues:GuidEquals {28c35fea-2099-4cf5-8ad9-473547bc9423, 86951b8b-723a-407b-a74a-1bca3f0c95d0}))"
$conditionVersion = "2.0"
New-AzRoleAssignment -ObjectId $principalId -Scope $scope -RoleDefinitionId $roleDefinitionId -Condition $condition -ConditionVersion $conditionVersion
$roleDefinitionId = "f58310d9-a9f6-439a-9e8d-f62e7b41a168"
$principalId = "<principalId>"
$scope = "/subscriptions/<subscriptionId>"
$condition = "((!(ActionMatches{'Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments/write'})) OR (@Request[Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments:RoleDefinitionId] ForAnyOfAnyValues:GuidEquals {3498e952-d568-435e-9b2c-8d77e338d7f7, b1ff04bb-8a4e-4dc4-8eb5-8693973ce19b, 7f6c6a51-bcf8-42ba-9220-52d62157d7db, a7ffa36f-339b-4b5c-8bdf-e2c188b2c0eb} AND @Request[Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments:PrincipalId] ForAnyOfAnyValues:GuidEquals {ea585310-c95c-4a68-af22-49af4363bbb1})) AND ((!(ActionMatches{'Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments/delete'})) OR (@Resource[Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments:RoleDefinitionId] ForAnyOfAnyValues:GuidEquals {3498e952-d568-435e-9b2c-8d77e338d7f7, b1ff04bb-8a4e-4dc4-8eb5-8693973ce19b, 7f6c6a51-bcf8-42ba-9220-52d62157d7db, a7ffa36f-339b-4b5c-8bdf-e2c188b2c0eb} AND @Resource[Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments:PrincipalId] ForAnyOfAnyValues:GuidEquals {ea585310-c95c-4a68-af22-49af4363bbb1}))"
$conditionVersion = "2.0"
New-AzRoleAssignment -ObjectId $principalId -Scope $scope -RoleDefinitionId $roleDefinitionId -Condition $condition -ConditionVersion $conditionVersion
$roleDefinitionId = "f58310d9-a9f6-439a-9e8d-f62e7b41a168"
$principalId = "<principalId>"
$scope = "/subscriptions/<subscriptionId>"
$condition = "((!(ActionMatches{'Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments/write'})) OR (@Request[Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments:RoleDefinitionId] ForAnyOfAnyValues:GuidEquals {5e467623-bb1f-42f4-a55d-6e525e11384b, a795c7a0-d4a2-40c1-ae25-d81f01202912})) AND ((!(ActionMatches{'Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments/delete'})) OR (@Resource[Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments:RoleDefinitionId] ForAnyOfAnyValues:GuidEquals {5e467623-bb1f-42f4-a55d-6e525e11384b, a795c7a0-d4a2-40c1-ae25-d81f01202912}))"
$conditionVersion = "2.0"
New-AzRoleAssignment -ObjectId $principalId -Scope $scope -RoleDefinitionId $roleDefinitionId -Condition $condition -ConditionVersion $conditionVersion
$roleDefinitionId = "f58310d9-a9f6-439a-9e8d-f62e7b41a168"
$principalId = "<principalId>"
$scope = "/subscriptions/<subscriptionId>"
$condition = "((!(ActionMatches{'Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments/write'})) OR (@Request[Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments:RoleDefinitionId] ForAnyOfAnyValues:GuidEquals {1c0163c0-47e6-4577-8991-ea5c82e286e4, fb879df8-f326-4884-b1cf-06f3ad86be52} AND @Request[Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments:PrincipalId] ForAnyOfAnyValues:GuidEquals {ea585310-c95c-4a68-af22-49af4363bbb1})) AND ((!(ActionMatches{'Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments/delete'})) OR (@Resource[Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments:RoleDefinitionId] ForAnyOfAnyValues:GuidEquals {1c0163c0-47e6-4577-8991-ea5c82e286e4, fb879df8-f326-4884-b1cf-06f3ad86be52} AND @Resource[Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments:PrincipalId] ForAnyOfAnyValues:GuidEquals {ea585310-c95c-4a68-af22-49af4363bbb1}))"
$conditionVersion = "2.0"
New-AzRoleAssignment -ObjectId $principalId -Scope $scope -RoleDefinitionId $roleDefinitionId -Condition $condition -ConditionVersion $conditionVersion
$roleDefinitionId = "f58310d9-a9f6-439a-9e8d-f62e7b41a168"
$principalId = "<principalId>"
$scope = "/subscriptions/<subscriptionId>"
$condition = "((!(ActionMatches{'Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments/write'})) OR (@Request[Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments:RoleDefinitionId] ForAnyOfAnyValues:GuidEquals {7f951dda-4ed3-4680-a7ca-43fe172d538d} AND @Request[Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments:PrincipalType] ForAnyOfAnyValues:StringEqualsIgnoreCase {'ServicePrincipal'})) AND ((!(ActionMatches{'Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments/delete'})) OR (@Resource[Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments:RoleDefinitionId] ForAnyOfAnyValues:GuidEquals {7f951dda-4ed3-4680-a7ca-43fe172d538d} AND @Resource[Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments:PrincipalType] ForAnyOfAnyValues:StringEqualsIgnoreCase {'ServicePrincipal'}))"
$conditionVersion = "2.0"
New-AzRoleAssignment -ObjectId $principalId -Scope $scope -RoleDefinitionId $roleDefinitionId -Condition $condition -ConditionVersion $conditionVersion
$roleDefinitionId = "f58310d9-a9f6-439a-9e8d-f62e7b41a168"
$principalId = "<principalId>"
$scope = "/subscriptions/<subscriptionId>"
$condition = "((!(ActionMatches{'Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments/write'})) OR (@Request[Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments:RoleDefinitionId] ForAnyOfAnyValues:GuidEquals {5e467623-bb1f-42f4-a55d-6e525e11384b, a795c7a0-d4a2-40c1-ae25-d81f01202912}))"
$conditionVersion = "2.0"
New-AzRoleAssignment -ObjectId $principalId -Scope $scope -RoleDefinitionId $roleDefinitionId -Condition $condition -ConditionVersion $conditionVersion
$roleDefinitionId = "f58310d9-a9f6-439a-9e8d-f62e7b41a168"
$principalId = "<principalId>"
$scope = "/subscriptions/<subscriptionId>"
$condition = "((!(ActionMatches{'Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments/write'})) OR (@Request[Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments:RoleDefinitionId] ForAnyOfAllValues:GuidNotEquals {8e3af657-a8ff-443c-a75c-2fe8c4bcb635, f58310d9-a9f6-439a-9e8d-f62e7b41a168, 18d7d88d-d35e-4fb5-a5c3-7773c20a72d9})) AND ((!(ActionMatches{'Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments/delete'})) OR (@Resource[Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments:RoleDefinitionId] ForAnyOfAllValues:GuidNotEquals {8e3af657-a8ff-443c-a75c-2fe8c4bcb635, f58310d9-a9f6-439a-9e8d-f62e7b41a168, 18d7d88d-d35e-4fb5-a5c3-7773c20a72d9}))"
$conditionVersion = "2.0"
New-AzRoleAssignment -ObjectId $principalId -Scope $scope -RoleDefinitionId $roleDefinitionId -Condition $condition -ConditionVersion $conditionVersion