Functions/Export-AHPolicySetDefinition.ps1
<# .Synopsis Exports an Azure Policy Initiative definition (also known as a policy set) and the associated policy definitions .DESCRIPTION Exports an Azure Policy Initiative definition (also known as a policy set) and the associated policy definitions .EXAMPLE Export-AHPolicySetDefinition -PolicySetDefinitionId '/providers/Microsoft.Management/managementGroups/TestManagementGroup0/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/policySetDefinitions/General Policies V2' -Force .EXAMPLE I'm lazy, so if I want to export a ton of policy sets but I don't want to type out a bunch of stuff I use this .NOTES You can use the following one-liner to help you find the policy set definition ID you want $MyPolicySets = Get-AzPolicySetDefinition | select @{N='DisplayName';E={$_.Properties.DisplayName}}, @{N='Description';E={$_.Properties.Description}}, resourceId | ogv -PassThru ($MyPolicySet).ResourceId | %{Export-AHPolicySetDefinition -PolicySetDefinitionId $_ -OutputDir 'C:\myPolicies'} .PARAMETER PolicySetDefinitionId The PolicySet definition Id to export .PARAMETER OutputDir The directory to write the policy set to - by default it writes to the current working directory .PARAMETER Force Forces the overwriting of an existing policy set even if the folder already exists #> function Export-AHPolicySetDefinition { [CmdletBinding()] param ( [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)] [string] [ValidateScript({ $result = Get-AzPolicySetDefinition -id $_ If ($result.GetType().Name -eq 'PsPolicySetDefinition' -or $result.GetType().BaseType.Name -eq 'Object') { $true }Else { $false } })] $PolicySetDefinitionId, [Parameter(Mandatory = $false)] [string] [ValidateScript({ test-path $_ })] $OutputDir = '.', #set to . by default and validate it is valid [Parameter(Mandatory = $false)] [int] [ValidateRange(10, 100)] $NumChars = 40, [switch] $Force #include to overwrite directory ) begin { $numchars = 40 #number of characters to use of the display name before truncating - we don't want 300 character file names #define helper function function Copy-Property { [CmdletBinding()] param([Parameter(ValueFromPipeline = $true)]$InputObject, $SourceObject, [string[]]$Property, [switch]$Passthru, [switch]$ForceLowercaseKeys) $passthruHash = @{Passthru = $passthru.IsPresent } $propHash = @{} $property | Foreach-Object { If ($ForceLowercaseKeys) { $propHash += @{$_.ToLower() = $SourceObject.$_ } } Else { $propHash += @{$_ = $SourceObject.$_ } } } $inputObject | Add-Member -NotePropertyMembers $propHash @passthruHash } } process { $policySets = Get-AzPolicySetDefinition -Id $PolicySetDefinitionId ForEach ($policySet in $policySets) { #Region Create folder for the initiative If ([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($policySet.Properties.DisplayName)) { $folderName = $policySet.Name } Else { $folderName = If ($policySet.Properties.DisplayName.Length -le $numchars) { $policySet.Properties.DisplayName }else { $policySet.Properties.DisplayName.Substring(0, $numchars - 1) } } #$folderName += $policySet.Name $folderPath = Join-Path $OutputDir $folderName If (Test-Path $folderPath) { If ($Force) { remove-item $folderPath -Force -Confirm:$false -Recurse } Else { throw 'folder already exists' return 1 } } new-item -Path $folderPath -ItemType Directory | Out-Null #EndRegion #Region Export policy set definition $policySet.Properties.PolicyDefinitions | convertTo-Json -Depth 99 | out-file "$folderPath\$folderName-Policy.json" #export policy #EndRegion #Region Export Policy set parameters $policySet.Properties.Parameters | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 99 | out-file "$folderPath\$folderName-Parameters.json" # export parameters #EndRegion #Region Export each policy definition $nonce = 0 #introduce a nonce in case the first $numChars of a policy description are identical ForEach ($item in $policySet.Properties.PolicyDefinitions) { #$fileName = If ($item.policyDefinitionReferenceId.Length -le $numchars) { $item.policyDefinitionReferenceId }else { $item.policyDefinitionReferenceId.Substring(0, $numchars - 1) } #$policy = Get-AzPolicyDefinition -id $item.policyDefinitionId #$proposedName = $policy.Properties.DisplayName# + $nonce #$fileName = If ($proposedName.Length + $($nonce.tostring().length) -le $numchars) { $proposedName + $nonce.tostring() }else { $proposedName.Substring(0, $numchars - 1 - $($nonce.ToString().Length)) + $nonce.ToString() } $fileName = If ($item.policyDefinitionReferenceId.Length -le $numchars) { $item.policyDefinitionReferenceId }else { $item.policyDefinitionReferenceId.Substring(0, $numchars - 1) } $fileName += $item.policyDefinitionId.split('/')[-1] # just in case the first $numChars of the policyDefinitionReferenceId are the same on a bunch of policies in a policy set Export-AHPolicyDefinition -PolicyDefinitionId $item.policyDefinitionId | Out-File "$folderPath\$filename.json" $nonce += 1 } #EndRegion } } end { } } |