Creating a virtual network with PowerShell

PowerShell is a command-line shell and scripting language based on .NET Framework. It's often used by system administrators to automate tasks and manage operating systems. Azure PowerShell Az is a PowerShell module that allows us to automate and manage Azure resources. Az is also very often used to automate deployment tasks and can also be used to deploy a new Azure virtual network.

Getting ready

Before we start, we need to make sure that we have the latest Az modules installed. To install Az modules, we need to run this command in the PowerShell console:

Install-Module -Name Az -AllowClobber -Scope CurrentUser

For more information, you can visit https://docs.microsoft.com/powershell/azure/install-az-ps?view=azps-4.5.0.

Before we start, we need to connect to the Azure subscription from a PowerShell console. Here's the command to do this:

Connect-AzAccountAzAccount

This will open a pop-up window where we need...