PowerShell Azure module updated to version 16.0.0

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Introduction

Microsoft recently released the new version 16.0.0 of the PowerShell module for Microsoft Azure.

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Installation

You can check the version of the installed module via the following PowerShell command :

Get-InstalledModule -Name "Az*"

You can install the Az module via the following PowerShell command :

Install-Module -Name Az

You can update the Az module via the following PowerShell command :

Update-Module Az -Force

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What’s new ?

Version 16.0.0 includes the following updates :

Az.Accounts

• Added ChangeSafety Support.
• Upgraded Azure.Identity to 1.17.2.
  
  

Az.Aks

• Added ChangeSafety Support.
  
  

Az.AnalysisServices

• Added ChangeSafety Support.
  
  

Az.ApiManagement

• Added ChangeSafety Support.
  
  

Az.Attestation

• Added ChangeSafety Support.
  
  

Az.Automation

• Added ChangeSafety Support.
  
  

Az.Batch

• Added ChangeSafety Support.
  
  

Az.Billing

• Added ChangeSafety Support.
  
  

Az.CloudService

• [Upgraded code generator] https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2340249.
  
  

Az.CognitiveServices

• Added ChangeSafety Support.
  
  

Az.Compute

• Added ChangeSafety Support.
• Added -ZonalPlatformFaultDomainAlignMode to New-AzVmssConfig, New-AzVmss (SimpleParameterSet), and Update-AzVmss cmdlets.
• Added -OsDiskStorageFaultDomainAlignment parameter to Set-AzVmssStorageProfile cmdlet.
• Added -StorageFaultDomainAlignment parameter to Add-AzVmssDataDisk, Set-AzVMOSDisk, and Add-AzVMDataDisk cmdlets.
• Fixed Set-AzVMRunCommand and Set-AzVmssVMRunCommand to skip blank lines when processing local script files via -ScriptLocalPath, preventing invalid ”;;” syntax errors in shell scripts.
• Added -InstantAccess parameter to New-AzRestorePointCollection and Update-AzRestorePointCollection cmdlets.
• Added -InstantAccessDurationInMinutes parameter to New-AzRestorePoint cmdlet.
  
  

Az.ContainerInstance

• [Upgraded code generator] https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2340249.
  
  

Az.ContainerRegistry

• Added ChangeSafety Support.
  
  

Az.CosmosDB

• Added ChangeSafety Support.
  
  

Az.DataBoxEdge

• Added ChangeSafety Support.
  
  

Az.Databricks

• [Upgraded code generator] https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2340249.
  
  

Az.DataFactory

• Added ChangeSafety Support.
  
  

Az.DataLakeAnalytics

• Added ChangeSafety Support.
  
  

Az.DataLakeStore

• Added ChangeSafety Support.
  
  

Az.DataMigration

• Added ChangeSafety Support.
• [PREANNOUNCED BREAKING CHANGES] https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2333229.
  
  

Az.DataProtection

• Changed retention rule to require -Name Default_OperationalStore.
• Added RenameTo to restore request.
• [Upgraded code generator] https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2340249.
• Added Cosmos DB protection support.
  
  

Az.DataShare

• Added ChangeSafety Support.
  
  

Az.DesktopVirtualization

• Upgraded API version to 2025-10-10.
• Added MultiplePersistent enum value to HostPool property loadBalancerType.
• Fixed New-AzWvdRegistrationInfo, Remove-AzWvdRegistrationInfo.
  
  

Az.DevTestLabs

• Added ChangeSafety Support.
  
  

Az.Dns

• Added ChangeSafety Support.
  
  

Az.DnsResolver

• Added Invoke-AzDnsResolverBulkDnsResolverDomainList.
• [Upgraded code generator] https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2340249.
• Removed ActionBlockResponseCode from DNS security rule cmdlets.
• Made DnsResolverDomainList, Domain parameters optional.
  
  

Az.EventHub

• Added ChangeSafety Support.
  
  

Az.FileShare

• General availability for module Az.FileShare.
  
  

Az.FrontDoor

• Upgraded API version to 2025-11-01.
• Hid Network Experiment cmdlets.
• Fixed New/Remove-AzFrontDoorWafPolicy UriFormatException.
  
  

Az.Functions

• [Upgraded code generator] https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2340249.
• Validated SKU in Update-AzFunctionApp.
• Fixed cloud portability using dynamic StorageEndpointSuffix [#29034].
• Fixed Update-AzFunctionApp.
  
  

Az.HDInsight

• Added ChangeSafety Support.
  
  

Az.IotHub

• Added ChangeSafety Support.
  
  

Az.KeyVault

• Added ChangeSafety Support.
• Added support for creating AES oct-HSM keys via Add-AzKeyVaultKey -KeyType oct -Destination HSM.
• Fixed New-AzKeyVault RequestDisallowedByPolicy error.
• Removed certificate-backed items from Get-AzKeyVaultKey / Get-AzKeyVaultSecret ; use Get-AzKeyVaultCertificate instead [#26217].
  
  

Az.Kusto

• [Upgraded code generator] https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2340249.
  
  

Az.LoadTesting

• [Upgraded code generator] https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2340249.
  
  

Az.LogicApp

• Added ChangeSafety Support.
  
  

Az.MachineLearning

• Added ChangeSafety Support.
  
  

Az.MachineLearningServices

• [Upgraded code generator] https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2340249.
  
  

Az.Maintenance

• Added ChangeSafety Support.
  
  

Az.ManagedServices

• [Upgraded code generator] https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2340249.
  
  

Az.Migrate

• [Upgraded code generator] https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2340249.
  
  

Az.Monitor

• Added ChangeSafety Support.
• Updated MonitorWorkspace module to API 2025-10-03 with CRUD cmdlets for issues, alerts, resources, investigation, visualization, metrics containers, Set-AzMonitorWorkspace.
• Upgraded Pipelines API to GA 2026-04-01 : added -DistributionMaxInstancesPerHost, -ExecutionPlacementConstraint, -TlsConfiguration ; removed -NetworkingConfiguration, UDP receiver, TcpUrl, JsonArrayMapperKey, SourceFieldName, SyslogProtocol, DestinationField ; expanded parameter sets.
  
  

Az.MySql

• [Upgraded code generator] https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2340249.
  
  

Az.NetAppFiles

• Added ChangeSafety Support.
  
  

Az.Network

• Added ChangeSafety Support.
• Changed UserAssignedIdentityId type to string[].
  
  

Az.NetworkCloud

• Upgraded API version to 2025-09-01.
• Preannounced breaking changes.
  
  

Az.NotificationHubs

• Added ChangeSafety Support.
  
  

Az.OperationalInsights

• Added ChangeSafety Support.
  
  

Az.PolicyInsights

• Changed output types : PSAttestation, PSPolicyMetadata, PSRemediation renamed ; flattened SystemData.
• Renamed ResourceTags and ManagementGroupIds to singular forms.
• Flattened Get-AzPolicyStateSummary, remediation output properties.
• Changed Start/Stop-AzPolicyRemediation default behavior (added -NoWait).
  
  

Az.PowerBIEmbedded

• Added ChangeSafety Support.
  
  

Az.PrivateDns

• Added ChangeSafety Support.
  
  

Az.RecoveryServices

• Added ChangeSafety Support.
• Added soft delete support for Azure File share backup items (Undo-AzRecoveryServicesBackupItemDeletion Get-AzRecoveryServicesBackupItem -DeleteState SoftDeleted).
  
  

Az.RedisCache

• Added ChangeSafety Support.
  
  

Az.RedisEnterpriseCache

• [Upgraded code generator] https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2340249.
  
  

Az.ResourceGraph

• Added ChangeSafety Support.
  
  

Az.ResourceMover

• [Upgraded code generator] https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2340249.
  
  

Az.Resources

• Added ChangeSafety Support.
• Updated deployment stack cmdlets to 2025-07-01 API; added -ResourcesWithoutDeleteSupport, -ValidationLevel.
• Fixed Set-AzRoleAssignment unable to delete conditions.
• Updated Policy.Autorest to 2025-03-01 : added -Expand, -EnforcementMode, -Version; removed -BackwardCompatible.
• Fixed Get-AzRoleDefinition null ABAC Condition [#29058] [#25940].
• [BREAKING CHANGE] Role definition cmdlets use Permissions array with per-permission conditions.
  
  

Az.Security

• Added ChangeSafety Support.
  
  

Az.SecurityInsights

• [Upgraded code generator] https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2340249.
  
  

Az.ServiceBus

• Added ChangeSafety Support.
  
  

Az.ServiceFabric

• Added ChangeSafety Support.
• Added Enable-AzServiceFabricManagedClusterMaintenanceWindow, Get-AzServiceFabricManagedClusterMaintenanceWindowStatus.
  
  

Az.SignalR

• Added ChangeSafety Support.
• [Upgraded code generator] https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2340249.
  
  

Az.Sql

• Added ChangeSafety Support.
• Removed EnableSoftDelete from New-AzSqlServer, Set-AzSqlServer. Used SoftDeleteRetentionDays instead : setting SoftDeleteRetentionDays.
• Reverted the support for UAMI authentication in Data Sync cmdlets.
  
  

Az.SqlVirtualMachine

• [Upgraded code generator] https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2340249.
  
  

Az.StackHCI

• [Upgraded code generator] https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2340249.
  
  

Az.StackHCIVM

• Fixed missing export of Save-AzStackHCIVMVirtualMachine, Suspend-AzStackHCIVMVirtualMachine.
  
  

Az.Storage

• Added ChangeSafety Support.
• Updated prompt in Start-AzStorageAccountMigration.
• Added MockRun TriggerType in New/Update-AzStorageTaskAssignment.
• Added Smart access tier, AllowedCopyScope in New/Set-AzStorageAccount.
• Added static website config in Update-AzStorageBlobServiceProperty.
• Added tags replication in Set-AzStorageObjectReplicationPolicy.
  
  

Az.StorageAction

• Internal code generation updated.
  
  

Az.StorageMover

• Upgraded API version to 2025-12-01.
  
  

Az.StorageSync

• Added ChangeSafety Support.
  
  

Az.Synapse

• Added ChangeSafety Support.
  
  

Az.TrafficManager

• Added ChangeSafety Support.
  
  

Az.Websites

• Added ChangeSafety Support.
• [Upgraded code generator] https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2340249.

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Conclusion

Go update your Azure module for PowerShell to benefit from the latest updates and possible configurations.

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Sources

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