Announcing the general availability of Bash in AzureCloud Shell

Microsoft has announced the availability of Bash in Azure Cloud Shell. Bash in Cloud Shell comes equipped with commonly used CLI tools, including Linux shell interpreters, Azure tools, text editors, source control, build tools, container tools, database tools, and more.

Justin Luk, programme manager, Azure Compute, announced that Bash in Cloud Shell will provide an interactive Web-based, Linux command line experience from virtually anywhere. With a single click through the Azure portal, Azure documentation, or the Azure mobile app, users will gain access to a secure and authenticated Azure workstation to manage and deploy resources from a native Linux environment held in Azure.

Bash in Cloud Shell will enable simple, secure authentication to use Azure resources with Azure CLI 2.0. Azure file shares enable file persistence through CloudDrive to store scripts and settings.