Azure-pipelines-tasks: Request/Question - Update version of AzureRm module

[IanMoroney]

Azure Devops - Hosted Agents

I appreciate that this may not be one for this github but wanted to know more about this process and if there's anything the community can do to contribute.
The current latest version of AzureRM to select is 6.7 (3 months ago).
I have some features i'd like to use which were released in 6.9 (1 month ago), and i'm also conscious of the fact that 6.12 is now out (yesterday).

Are you dependent on these versions being made available inside the hosted agent itself?
If so, how do you detect what versions are available?
How can we contribute towards checking what versions are available in the build agent, and issuing a PR to get them added to this task?

On another note, if you happen to know:
Is it possible for the community to contribute towards what versions of powershell are available in the hosted agent?

Thanks

[jfindlay]

May be relevant: AzureRM is getting deprecated in favor of the Az CLI.

From AzureRM:

After November 2018, there will be no new features or cmdlets added to the AzureRM module. AzureRM will continue to be supported and receive bugfixes. New features will be provided in the Az module, which will reach 1.0 at the same time. Az has a backwards compatibility mode with AzureRM, and is designed to be easy to switch to. [...]

From Az:

The future of support for AzureRM

The existing AzureRM module will no longer receive new cmdlets or features when Az version 1.0 is released in December 2018. However, AzureRM is still officially maintained and will get bug fixes. To keep up with the latest Azure services and features, you should switch to the Az module.

[kmkumaran]

@jfindlay - Thanks for sharing. We are aware of this change and are working to update the hosted agent with appropriate Az modules. We will keep this thread posted once the image is updated.

[kmkumaran]

@IanMoroney - At this point, we don't have a mechanism for community to contribute to hosted agent version. In case you need a Azure PS version that is not pre-installed in the hosted, you should be able to do install-module of that specific version using a PS script and consume it.

[bryanmacfarlane]

Our hosted images are open sourced here: https://github.com/Microsoft/azure-pipelines-image-generation

We take contributions and images go out monthly

[keikumata]

Hi @kmkumaran, what is the expected date to support the Az module in Azure Powershell? We have a powershell script that we'd like to use in both our upgrade pipeline and to release to customers. I was unable forcefully remove the AzureRm modules.

[kmkumaran]

The work is currently in progress. It will be likely two sprints before we have the Az module support in relevant tasks and hosted agent and have it ready for users. @niadak will keep this thread posted once ready.

[jurajsucik]

any news about the expected date?

[20shivangi]

It will be done by end of February

[20shivangi]

Az module is being supported in Azure Powershell V4 task . You can try and let us know if it is working fine.