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How to set Az defaults using Azure PowerShell

Written by Titus Manohar, IT security team, ManageEngine Updated on September 2025

Description:

Set-AzDefault cmdlet adds or modifies the defaults in the current context.

Syntax:

Set-AzDefault [-ResourceGroupName <String>] [-Force] [-Scope <ContextModificationScope>] [-DefaultProfile <IAzureContextContainer>] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]

Example:

Set the default resource group to snowmanResourceGroup.

PS C:\> Set-AzDefault -ResourceGroupName snowmanResourceGroup
Id : /subscriptions/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx/resourceGroups/snowmanResourceGroup
Name : snowmanResourceGroup
Properties : Microsoft.Azure.Management.Internal.Resources.Models.ResourceGroupProperties
Location : southing
ManagedBy :
Tags :

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