Infrastructure Specialist

Phil Mapfumo

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Many thanks for the assistance with this issue, really assisted me in creating the Visio diagram without having to manually create it.
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Many thanks for the assistance with this issue, really assisted me in creating the Visio diagram without having to manually create it.

IT Professional

Albert Widjaja

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&nbsp;Hi<br>&nbsp;I am trying to find a way in which l can auto-create a Visio diagram of our Azure estate. l know there are tools you can pay for that will create them for you, however l am looking for a free method using PowerShell if possible. I would appreciate your assistance.
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 Hi
 I am trying to find a way in which l can auto-create a Visio diagram of our Azure estate. l know there are tools you can pay for that will create them for you, however l am looking for a free method using PowerShell if possible. I would appreciate your assistance.

How to create Azure Visio diagrams

Windows PowerShell is a task automation and configuration management framework from Microsoft, consisting of a command-line shell and associated scripting language built on the .NET Framework. PowerShell provides full access to the Component Object Model (COM) and Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), enabling administrators to perform administrative tasks on both local and remote Windows systems as well as WS-Management and Common Information Model (CIM) enabling management of remote Linux systems and network devices.

Powershell

Visio is a diagramming and vector graphics application that is part of the Microsoft Office family that allows the user to create diagrams for organizational and planning purposes. The Premium edition has additional templates for more advanced diagrams and layouts, as well as capabilities intended to make it easy for users to connect their diagrams to data sources and to display their data graphically, as well as intelligent rules, validation, subprocess (diagram breakdown). one-step connectivity with Excel data, information rights management (IRM) protection for Visio files, modernized shapes for office layout, detailed shapes for site and floor plans, modern shapes for home plans, and IEEE compliant shapes for electrical diagrams.

Microsoft Visio

Microsoft Azure is a cloud computing platform and infrastructure for building, deploying and managing applications and services through datacenters. It provides both platform-as-a-service (PaaS) and infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) services and supports many different programming languages, tools and frameworks, including both Microsoft-specific and third-party software and systems. Cloud Services is a PaaS environment and can be used to create scalable applications and services; there are specific software development kits (SDKs) provided by Microsoft for Python, Java, Node.js and .NET. Azure also has file and storage services, data management, analytics and DNS services.