This project provides a set of Python packages that make it easy to access Management (Virtual Machines, ...) or Runtime (ServiceBus using HTTP, Batch, Monitor) components of Microsoft Azure Complete feature list of this repo and where to find Python packages not in this repo can be found on our Azure SDK for Python features chapter on ReadTheDocs.

The SDK supports Python 2.7, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5 and 3.6.

If you're currently using the azure package < 1.0 then please read important information in this issue.

You can install each Azure service's library individually:

$ pip install azure-batch          # Install the latest Batch runtime library
$ pip install azure-mgmt-storage   # Install the latest Storage management library

Preview packages can be installed using the --pre flag:

$ pip install --pre azure-mgmt-compute # will install only the latest Compute Management library

You can also install a set of Azure libraries in a single line using the azure meta-package.

$ pip install azure

We publish a preview version of this package, which you can access using the --pre flag:

$ pip install --pre azure

The full list of available packages and their latest version can be found on our installation page on ReadTheDocs.

If you want to install all packages of the repo from source:

git clone git://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python.git
cd azure-sdk-for-python
python setup.py install

For detailed documentation, please view our documentation on ReadTheDocs.

For further examples please visit the Microsoft Azure Python Developer Center or the Azure Samples website.

Be sure to check out the Microsoft Azure Developer Forums on Stack Overflow if you have trouble with the provided code.

If you would like to become an active contributor to this project please follow the instructions provided in Microsoft Azure Projects Contribution Guidelines.

If you encounter any bugs with the library please file an issue in the Issues section of the project.

Microsoft Azure Python Developer Center