az-version

Display Azure CLI version information

TLDR

Show Azure CLI version

$ az version

Show version in JSON format

$ az version -o json

Show version in table format

$ az version --output table

SYNOPSIS

az version [-o|--output format]

az version displays version information for the Azure CLI and all installed extensions. It shows the core CLI version, Python version, and individual extension versions.The command is useful for troubleshooting and verifying installations.

PARAMETERS

-o, --output format

Output format. Accepted values: json, jsonc, none, table, tsv, yaml, yamlc. Default: json.

OUTPUT

Information displayed:- Azure CLI core version- Python version and platform- Installed extensions and their versions

WORKFLOW

$ # Show all version info
az version

# JSON output for parsing
az version -o json

# Check specific extension
az version -o json | jq '.extensions."some-extension"'

CAVEATS

Output format may vary between Azure CLI versions. Extension versions are listed separately from the core CLI version. The default output format is JSON.

HISTORY

az version has been available since Azure CLI 2.0 in 2017 as a diagnostic command for version information.