Use PowerShell to create an Azure notification hub

This sample PowerShell script creates a sample Azure notification hub.

This sample requires Azure PowerShell Az 1.0 or later. Run Get-Module -ListAvailable Az to see which versions are installed. If you need to install, see Install Azure PowerShell module.

Run Connect-AzAccount to sign in to Azure.

Prerequisites

• Azure subscription - If you don't have an Azure subscription, create a free account before you begin.

Sample script

# Set appropriate values for these variables
$resourceGroupName = "<Enter a name for the resource group>"
$nhubnamespace = "<Enter a name for the notification hub namespace>"
$location = "East US"

# Create a resource group.
New-AzResourceGroup -Name $resourceGroupName -Location $location

# Create a namespace for the resource group
New-AzNotificationHubsNamespace -ResourceGroup $resourceGroupName -Namespace $nhubnamespace -Location $location

# Create an input JSON file that you use with the New-AzNotificationHub command
$text = '{"name": "MyNotificationHub",  "Location": "East US",  "Properties": {  }}'
$text | Out-File "inputfile2.json"

# Create a notification hub
New-AzNotificationHub -ResourceGroup $resourceGroupName -Namespace $nhubnamespace -InputFile .\inputfile.json

Clean up deployment

After you run the sample script, you can use the following command to remove the resource group and all resources associated with it:

Remove-AzResourceGroup -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName

Script explanation

This script uses the following commands:

Next steps

For more information on the Azure PowerShell, see Azure PowerShell documentation.