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 description: Overview of features in Azure Cloud Shell
 ms.contributor: jahelmic
-ms.date: 12/06/2023
+ms.date: 02/15/2024
 ms.topic: article
 tags: azure-resource-manager
 title: Azure Cloud Shell features
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 # Features & tools for Azure Cloud Shell
 
-Azure Cloud Shell is a browser-based shell experience to manage and develop Azure resources.
-
-Cloud Shell offers a browser-accessible, preconfigured shell experience for managing Azure
-resources without the overhead of installing, versioning, and maintaining a machine yourself.
-
-Cloud Shell allocates machines on a per-request basis and as a result machine state doesn't
-persist across sessions. Since Cloud Shell is built for interactive sessions, shells automatically
-terminate after 20 minutes of shell inactivity.
+Azure Cloud Shell is a browser-based terminal that provides an authenticated, preconfigured shell
+experience for managing Azure resources without the overhead of installing and maintaining a machine
+yourself.
 
 Azure Cloud Shell runs on **Azure Linux**, Microsoft's Linux distribution for cloud infrastructure
-edge products and services. Microsoft internally compiles all the packages included in the **Azure
-Linux** repository to help guard against supply chain attacks.
+edge products and services. You can choose Bash or PowerShell as your default shell.
 
 ## Features
 
-### Secure automatic authentication
+### Secure environment
+
+Microsoft internally compiles all the packages included in the **Azure Linux** repository to help
+guard against supply chain attacks. For more information or to request changes to the **Azure
+Linux** image, see the [Cloud Shell GitHub repository][24].
 
-Cloud Shell securely and automatically authenticates account access for the Azure CLI and Azure
-PowerShell.
+Cloud Shell automatically authenticates your Azure account to allow secure access for Azure CLI,
+Azure PowerShell, and other cloud management tools.
 
 ### $HOME persistence across sessions
 
-To persist files across sessions, Cloud Shell walks you through attaching an Azure file share on
-first launch. Once completed, Cloud Shell will automatically attach your storage (mounted as
-`$HOME\clouddrive`) for all future sessions. Additionally, your `$HOME` directory is persisted as an
-.img in your Azure File share. Files outside of `$HOME` and machine state aren't persisted across
-sessions. Learn more about [Persisting files in Cloud Shell][09].
+When you start Cloud Shell for the first time, you have the option of using Cloud Shell with or
+without an attached storage account. Choosing to continue without storage is the fastest way to
+start using Cloud Shell. In Cloud Shell, this is known as an _ephemeral session_. When you close the
+Cloud Shell window, all files you saved are deleted and don't persist across sessions.
+
+To persist files across sessions, you can choose to mount a storage account. Cloud Shell
+automatically attaches your storage (mounted as `$HOME\clouddrive`) for all future sessions.
+Additionally, your `$HOME` directory is persisted as an `.img` file in your Azure File share. The
+machine state and files outside of `$HOME` aren't persisted across sessions. Learn more about
+[Persisting files in Cloud Shell][32].
 
 Use best practices when storing secrets such as SSH keys. You can use Azure Key Vault to securely
-store and retrieve your keys. For more information, see [Manage Key Vault using the Azure CLI][02].
+store and retrieve your keys. For more information, see [Manage Key Vault using the Azure CLI][05].
 
 ### Azure drive (Azure:)
 
 PowerShell in Cloud Shell provides the Azure drive (`Azure:`). You can switch to the Azure drive
 with `cd Azure:` and back to your home directory with `cd  ~`. The Azure drive enables easy
 discovery and navigation of Azure resources such as Compute, Network, Storage etc. similar to
-filesystem navigation. You can continue to use the familiar [Azure PowerShell cmdlets][14] to manage
-these resources regardless of the drive you are in. Any changes made to the Azure resources, either
-made directly in Azure portal or through Azure PowerShell cmdlets, are reflected in the Azure drive.
-You can run `dir -Force` to refresh your resources.
-
-![Screenshot of an Azure Cloud Shell being initialized and a list of directory resources.][06]
-
-### Manage Exchange Online
+filesystem navigation. You can continue to use the familiar [Azure PowerShell cmdlets][09] to manage
+these resources regardless of the drive you are in.
 
-PowerShell in Cloud Shell contains the ExchangeOnlineManagement module. Run the following command to
-get a list of Exchange cmdlets.
-
-```powershell
-Get-Command -Module ExchangeOnlineManagement
-```
-
-For more information about using the ExchangeOnlineManagement module, see
-[Exchange Online PowerShell][15].
+> [!NOTE]
+> Any changes made to the Azure resources, either made directly in Azure portal or through Azure
+> PowerShell cmdlets, are reflected in the `Azure:` drive. However, you must run `dir -Force` to
+> refresh the view of your resources in the `Azure:`.
 
 ### Deep integration with open source tooling
 
 Cloud Shell includes preconfigured authentication for open source tools such as Terraform, Ansible,
 and Chef InSpec. For more information, see the following articles:
 
-- [Run Ansible playbook][11]
-- [Manage your Azure dynamic inventories][10]
-- [Install and configure Terraform][12]
+- [Run Ansible playbook][03]
+- [Manage your Azure dynamic inventories][02]
+- [Install and configure Terraform][04]
 
-### Preinstalled tools
+## Preinstalled tools
 
-The most commonly used tools are preinstalled in Cloud Shell.
+The most commonly used tools are preinstalled in Cloud Shell. If you're using PowerShell, use the
+`Get-PackageVersion` command to see a more complete list of tools and versions. If you're using
+Bash, use the `tdnf list` command.
 
-#### Azure tools
+### Azure tools
 
 Cloud Shell comes with the following Azure command-line tools preinstalled:
 
-|           Tool            | Version  |            Command             |
-| ------------------------- | -------- | ------------------------------ |
-| [Azure CLI][13]           | 2.55.0   | `az --version`                 |
-| [Azure PowerShell][14]    | 11.1.0   | `Get-Module Az -ListAvailable` |
-| [AzCopy][04]              | 10.15.0  | `azcopy --version`             |
-| [Azure Functions CLI][01] | 4.0.5390 | `func --version`               |
-| [Service Fabric CLI][03]  | 11.2.0   | `sfctl --version`              |
-| [Batch Shipyard][18]      | 3.9.1    | `shipyard --version`           |
-| [blobxfer][19]            | 1.11.0   | `blobxfer --version`           |
-
-You can verify the version of the language using the command listed in the table.
-Use the `Get-PackageVersion` to see a more complete list of tools and versions.
-
-#### Linux tools
-
-- bash
-- zsh
-- sh
-- tmux
-- dig
-
-#### Text editors
+- [Azure CLI][08]
+- [Azure PowerShell][09]
+- [Az.Tools.Predictor][10]
+- [AzCopy][07]
+- [Azure Functions CLI][01]
+- [Service Fabric CLI][06]
+- [Batch Shipyard][17]
+- [blobxfer][18]
+
+### Other Microsoft services
+
+- [Office 365 CLI][28]
+- [Exchange Online PowerShell][11]
+- A basic set of [Microsoft Graph PowerShell][12] modules
+  - Microsoft.Graph.Applications
+  - Microsoft.Graph.Authentication
+  - Microsoft.Graph.Groups
+  - Microsoft.Graph.Identity.DirectoryManagement
+  - Microsoft.Graph.Identity.Governance
+  - Microsoft.Graph.Identity.SignIns
+  - Microsoft.Graph.Users.Actions
+  - Microsoft.Graph.Users.Functions
+- [MicrosoftPowerBIMgmt][13] PowerShell modules
+- [SqlServer][14] PowerShell modules
+
+### Productivity tools
+
+Linux tools
+
+- `bash`
+- `zsh`
+- `sh`
+- `tmux`
+- `dig`
+
+Text editors
 
 - Cloud Shell editor (code)
 - vim
 - nano
 - emacs
 
-#### Source control
+### Cloud management tools
 
-- Git
-- GitHub CLI
+- [Docker Desktop][23]
+- [Kubectl][27]
+- [Helm][26]
+- [D2iQ Kubernetes Platform CLI][22]
+- [Cloud Foundry CLI][21]
+- [Terraform][31]
+- [Ansible][30]
+- [Chef InSpec][20]
+- [Puppet Bolt][29]
+- [HashiCorp Packer][19]
 
-#### Build tools
+## Developer tools
 
-- make
-- maven
-- npm
-- pip
+Build tools
 
-#### Containers
+- `make`
+- `maven`
+- `npm`
+- `pip`
 
-- [Docker Desktop][24]
-- [Kubectl][29]
-- [Helm][28]
-- [D2iQ Kubernetes Platform CLI][23]
+Source control
+
+- Git
+- GitHub CLI
 
-#### Databases
+Database tools
 
 - MySQL client
 - PostgreSql client
-- [sqlcmd Utility][17]
-- [mssql-scripter][27]
-
-#### Other
-
-- iPython Client
-- [Cloud Foundry CLI][22]
-- [Terraform][33]
-- [Ansible][32]
-- [Chef InSpec][21]
-- [Puppet Bolt][31]
-- [HashiCorp Packer][20]
-- [Office 365 CLI][30]
-
-### Preinstalled developer languages
-
-Cloud Shell comes with the following languages preinstalled:
+- [sqlcmd Utility][15]
+- [mssql-scripter][25]
 
-|  Language  |    Version    |      Command       |
-| ---------- | ------------- | ------------------ |
-| .NET Core  | [7.0.400][25] | `dotnet --version` |
-| Go         | 1.19.11       | `go version`       |
-| Java       | 17.0.8        | `java --version`   |
-| Node.js    | 16.20.1       | `node --version`   |
-| PowerShell | [7.4.0][16]   | `pwsh -Version`    |
-| Python     | 3.9.14        | `python --version` |
-| Ruby       | 3.1.4p223     | `ruby --version`   |
+Programming languages
 
-You can verify the version of the language using the command listed in the table.
+- .NET Core 7.0
+- PowerShell 7.4
+- Node.js
+- Java
+- Python 3.9
+- Ruby
+- Go
 
 ## Next steps
 
-- [Cloud Shell Quickstart][05]
-- [Learn about Azure CLI][13]
-- [Learn about Azure PowerShell][14]
+- [Cloud Shell Quickstart][16]
+- [Learn about Azure CLI][08]
+- [Learn about Azure PowerShell][09]
 
 <!-- link references -->
-[01]: ../azure-functions/functions-run-local.md
-[02]: ../key-vault/general/manage-with-cli2.md#prerequisites
-[03]: ../service-fabric/service-fabric-cli.md
-[04]: ../storage/common/storage-use-azcopy-v10.md
-[05]: ./get-started.md
-[06]: ./media/features/azure-drive.png
-[09]: ./persisting-shell-storage.md
-[10]: /azure/developer/ansible/dynamic-inventory-configure
-[11]: /azure/developer/ansible/getting-started-cloud-shell
-[12]: /azure/developer/terraform/quickstart-configure
-[13]: /cli/azure/
-[14]: /powershell/azure
-[15]: /powershell/exchange/exchange-online-powershell
-[16]: /powershell/scripting/whats-new/what-s-new-in-powershell-74
-[17]: /sql/tools/sqlcmd-utility
-[18]: https://batch-shipyard.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
-[19]: https://blobxfer.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
-[20]: https://developer.hashicorp.com/packer/docs
-[21]: https://docs.chef.io/
-[22]: https://docs.cloudfoundry.org/cf-cli/
-[23]: https://docs.d2iq.com/dkp/2.6/azure-infrastructure
-[24]: https://docs.docker.com/desktop/
-[25]: https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet/7.0
-[27]: https://github.com/microsoft/mssql-scripter/blob/dev/doc/usage_guide.md
-[28]: https://helm.sh/docs/
-[29]: https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/kubectl/
-[30]: https://pnp.github.io/office365-cli/
-[31]: https://puppet.com/docs/bolt/latest/bolt.html
-[32]: https://www.ansible.com/microsoft-azure
-[33]: https://www.terraform.io/docs/providers/azurerm/
+[01]: /azure/azure-functions/functions-run-local
+[02]: /azure/developer/ansible/dynamic-inventory-configure
+[03]: /azure/developer/ansible/getting-started-cloud-shell
+[04]: /azure/developer/terraform/quickstart-configure
+[05]: /azure/key-vault/general/manage-with-cli2#prerequisites
+[06]: /azure/service-fabric/service-fabric-cli
+[07]: /azure/storage/common/storage-use-azcopy-v10
+[08]: /cli/azure/
+[09]: /powershell/azure
+[10]: /powershell/azure/predictor-overview
+[11]: /powershell/exchange/exchange-online-powershell
+[12]: /powershell/module/?term=Microsoft.Graph
+[13]: /powershell/module/?term=MicrosoftPowerBIMgmt
+[14]: /powershell/module/sqlserver
+[15]: /sql/tools/sqlcmd-utility
+[16]: get-started.md
+[17]: https://batch-shipyard.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
+[18]: https://blobxfer.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
+[19]: https://developer.hashicorp.com/packer/docs
+[20]: https://docs.chef.io/
+[21]: https://docs.cloudfoundry.org/cf-cli/
+[22]: https://docs.d2iq.com/dkp/2.6/azure-infrastructure
+[23]: https://docs.docker.com/desktop/
+[24]: https://github.com/Azure/CloudShell
+[25]: https://github.com/microsoft/mssql-scripter/blob/dev/doc/usage_guide.md
+[26]: https://helm.sh/docs/
+[27]: https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/kubectl/
+[28]: https://pnp.github.io/office365-cli/
+[29]: https://puppet.com/docs/bolt/latest/bolt.html
+[30]: https://www.ansible.com/microsoft-azure
+[31]: https://www.terraform.io/docs/providers/azurerm/
+[32]: persisting-shell-storage.md