Quickstart: Create a server - PowerShell

This quickstart describes using PowerShell from the command line to create an Azure Analysis Services server in your Azure subscription.

Prerequisites

• Azure subscription: Visit Azure Free Trial to create an account.
• Microsoft Entra ID: Your subscription must be associated with a Microsoft Entra tenant and you must have an account in that directory. To learn more, see Authentication and user permissions.
• Azure PowerShell. To find the installed version, run Get-Module -ListAvailable Az. To install or upgrade, see Install Azure PowerShell module.

Import Az.AnalysisServices module

To create a server in your subscription, you use the Az.AnalysisServices module. Load the Az.AnalysisServices module into your PowerShell session.

Import-Module Az.AnalysisServices

Sign in to Azure

Sign in to your Azure subscription by using the Connect-AzAccount command. Follow the on-screen directions.

Connect-AzAccount

Create a resource group

An Azure resource group is a logical container where Azure resources are deployed and managed as a group. When you create your server, you must specify a resource group in your subscription. If you do not already have a resource group, you can create a new one by using the New-AzResourceGroup command. The following example creates a resource group named myResourceGroup in the West US region.

New-AzResourceGroup -Name "myResourceGroup" -Location "WestUS"

Create a server

Create a new server by using the New-AzAnalysisServicesServer command. The following example creates a server named myServer in myResourceGroup, in the WestUS region, at the D1 (free) tier, and specifies philipc@adventureworks.com as a server administrator.

New-AzAnalysisServicesServer -ResourceGroupName "myResourceGroup" -Name "myserver" -Location WestUS -Sku D1 -Administrator "philipc@adventure-works.com"

Clean up resources

You can remove the server from your subscription by using the Remove-AzAnalysisServicesServer command. If you continue with other quickstarts and tutorials in this collection, do not remove your server. The following example removes the server created in the previous step.

Remove-AzAnalysisServicesServer -Name "myserver" -ResourceGroupName "myResourceGroup"

Next steps

In this quickstart, you learned how to create a server in your Azure subscription by using PowerShell. Now that you have server, you can help secure it by configuring an (optional) server firewall. You can also add a basic sample data model to your server right from the portal. Having a sample model is helpful when learning about configuring model database roles and testing client connections. To learn more, continue to the tutorial for adding a sample model.