Install Azure CLI and run az login command in same script with out restarting the power shell

Question

I am working on one automated process to upload a file using azure CLI (az storage blob upload) to Azure blob and it is working fine as expected.

Azure CLI version: 2.17.1
PoweShell version: PSVersion 5.1.19041.610

When the user run’s powershell the script for the first time if there is no azure CLI installed on the user machine. we are am installing(find below code). But the requirement here is after installing azure CLI from PowerShell when we execute "az login" we are getting below error

az : The term 'az' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is 
correct and try again.
At C:\Users\v-moush\Desktop\PowerShellerrorScript.ps1:13 char:1
+ az login
+ ~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (az:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

Function Set-AzModule(){
    $isAzureCliInstalled = Azure-CLI-Installed
    if (!$isAzureCliInstalled) {
        Write-Log “Trying to install Microsoft Azure CLI”
        Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://aka.ms/installazurecliwindows -OutFile .\AzureCLI.msi; Start-Process msiexec.exe -Wait -ArgumentList ‘/I AzureCLI.msi /quiet’; rm .\AzureCLI.msi
        $isAzureCliInstalled = Azure-CLI-Installed;
    
        if (!$isAzureCliInstalled) {
            Write-Log -message “Unable to install Microsoft Azure CLI”
        }
        else {
            Write-Log -message “Microsoft Azure CLI installed successfully”
            az login
            ## Here the command is failing power shell not able to find the az module
        }
    }
}

Function Azure-CLI-Installed()
{
    # Check Microsoft Azure CLI is installed or not.
    return (Get-ItemProperty HKLM:\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\* |
    Where { $_.DisplayName -eq “Microsoft Azure CLI” }) -ne $null
}

Query: How to execute the az login and other az commands after installing Azure CLI in the same script without restarting the Powershell script?

Note: I cannot use azCopy module.

user2282005 user2282005 · Accepted Answer · 2021-01-12T07:07:50

Fixed the issue with the following command

 $env:Path = [System.Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable("Path","Machine") + ";" + [System.Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable("Path","User")

Reference : Reload the path in PowerShell

Install Azure CLI and run az login command in same script with out restarting the power shell

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