As a Developer I need to have a simple way to start and connect to virtual machines is Azure in order to save time.

Here is the steps for making the command hexa run devops connect do that by connecting to Azure using your credentials, then scan through all machines you have access to and find the relevant by matching on name. Then if the VM is not started, start it, then create a RDP file on the desktop and store credentials for accessing that.

Do you need this?

If you have ever worked with Virtual Machines which have an auto shutdown job running every evening, the next time you need to access the VM, you will have to start it again and generate a new RDP file which you can use for repeating connecting to the machine.

Create a new PowerBrick

Run the following commands in the folder where you like the PowerBrick created

Create the file vm.ps1

Create the file vm.ps1 in src/jobs/powershell

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Create the file connect.ps1

Navigate to the the Root of your PowerBrick and create the file connect.ps1

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Ready to Execute!

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