AriPlus

AriPlus is an enhanced version of the Azure Resource Inventory (ARI) tool. ARI is a robust PowerShell script provided by Microsoft that generates an Excel report of any Azure environment to which you have read access. This tool aims to assist Cloud Administrators and other professionals in creating a comprehensive Excel report of an Azure Environment quickly and easily. AriPlus enhances the original script by capturing additional utilization metrics.

Table of Contents

• Prerequisites
• Installation
• Running the Script
• Acknowledgments

Prerequisites

AriPlus can be executed in both Azure Cloudshell and PowerShell Desktop environments.

Requirements

Note: By default, Azure Resource Inventory will attempt to install the necessary PowerShell modules and Azure CLI components, but you need administrator privileges during the script execution.

• PowerShell 7 or Azure CloudShell
• Azure CLI
• Azure CLI Account Extension
• Azure CLI Resource-Graph Extension

Dependencies

Install the required PowerShell module:

Install-Module ImportExcel

Installation

1. Clone the repository or download the ResourceInventory.ps1 script.

git clone https://github.com/stefoy/AriPlus

2. Run the script. If you are in Azure CloudShell, you're already authenticated. In PowerShell Desktop, you will be redirected to the Azure sign-in page.

./ResourceInventory.ps1 -Online

Running the Script

AriPlus uses concurrency to execute commands in parallel, especially when gathering metrics. By default, the concurrency limit is set to 6. To change this, use the -ConcurrencyLimit option.

The -Online option fetches the latest modules from GitHub, meaning you only need to download the ResourceInventory.ps1.

Standard ARI+ Output:

./ResourceInventory.ps1 -Online -ConcurrencyLimit 8

Consumption ARI+ Output

This provides the Consumption in the ARI+ which will give a more comprehensive mapping of the Azure Environment

./ResourceInventory.ps1 -Online -ConcurrencyLimit 10 -Consumption -Debug

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Parameters

The following table lists the parameters that can be used with the script:

Parameter	Type	Description
$TenantID	String	Specifies the Tenant ID you want to create a Resource Inventory
$Appid	String	Service Principal Authentication ID.
$SubscriptionID	String	Specifies the Subscription which will be run for Inventory.
$Secret	String	Client Secret of the Service Principal key.
$ResourceGroup	String	Specifies the Resource Group.
$Online	Switch	A switch to indicate if online mode is used.
$Debug	Switch	Enable Debug Mode
$SkipMetrics	Switch	A switch to skip metrics retrieval.
$Help	Switch	A switch to display the help message.
$Consumption	Switch	A switch to indicate if consumption metrics should be gathered.
$DeviceLogin	Switch	A switch to trigger device login.
$ConcurrencyLimit	Integer	Specifies the concurrency limit for parallel command execution. Default value is 6.

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Script Output/Reports

When the script has completed, a zip file of the report will be saved in the folder AriPlusReports.

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⚠️ Warning Messages

• Important: Azure Resource Inventory will not upgrade the current version of the Powershell modules.

• Important: If you're running the script inside Azure CloudShell, the final Excel will not have auto-fit columns, and you will see warnings during the script execution. This is an issue with the Import-Excel module but it does not affect the inventory which will remain accurate.

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Acknowledgments

Special thanks to Doug Finke, the author of the PowerShell ImportExcel Module.

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