Get-AzureStorageKey

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Get-AzureStorageKey

Returns the primary and secondary storage account keys for a Windows Azure storage account.

Parameter Set: Default
Get-AzureStorageKey [-StorageAccountName] <String> [ <CommonParameters>]

The Get-AzureStorageKey cmdlet returns an object with the storage account name, the primary account key, and the secondary account key of the specified Windows Azure storage account as properties.

-StorageAccountName<String>

Specifies the storage account name.

Aliases	none
Required?	true
Position?	1
Default Value	none
Accept Pipeline Input?	true (ByPropertyName)
Accept Wildcard Characters?	false

<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Verbose, -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -OutBuffer, and -OutVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=113216).

-------------- Example 1 --------------

This command gets an object with the primary and secondary storage keys for the "mystore1" storage account.

PS C:\> Get-AzureStorageKey –StorageAccountName "mystore1"

-------------- Example 2 --------------

This command puts the primary storage account key for the "mystore1" storage account in the $myStoreKey variable.

PS C:\> $myStoreKey = (Get-AzureStorageKey –StorageAccountName "mystore1").Primary

Get-AzureStorageKey