| title | description | services | author | ms.service | ms.subservice | ms.topic | ms.date | ms.author | ms.custom |
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Quickstart - Create an Azure Key Vault with Azure PowerShell |
Quickstart showing how to create an Azure Key Vault using Azure PowerShell |
key-vault |
msmbaldwin |
key-vault |
general |
quickstart |
01/30/2024 |
mbaldwin |
mode-api, devx-track-azurepowershell |
Azure Key Vault is a cloud service that provides a secure store for keys, secrets, and certificates. For more information on Key Vault, see About Azure Key Vault; for more information on what can be stored in a key vault, see About keys, secrets, and certificates.
If you don't have an Azure subscription, create a free account before you begin.
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In this quickstart, you create a key vault with Azure PowerShell. If you choose to install and use PowerShell locally, this tutorial requires Azure PowerShell module version 1.0.0 or later. Type $PSVersionTable.PSVersion to find the version. If you need to upgrade, see Install Azure PowerShell module. If you are running PowerShell locally, you also need to run Connect-AzAccount to create a connection with Azure.
Connect-AzAccount
[!INCLUDE Create a resource group]
[!INCLUDE Create a key vault]
[!INCLUDE Create a key vault]
In this quickstart you created a Key Vault using Azure PowerShell. To learn more about Key Vault and how to integrate it with your applications, continue on to the articles below.
- Read an Overview of Azure Key Vault
- See the reference for the Azure PowerShell Key Vault cmdlets
- Review the Azure Key Vault security overview .md)