Microsoft is on its way toward enabling full automation of Azure tasks via PowerShell workflow scripts.

The Version PowerShell 2.0 version originally introduced with Windows 7 and integrated in Windows Server 2008 R2 should ...

The new release now supports 64-bits functionality, such as PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) and Workflow features, as well as Office and SharePoint scripting.

Microsoft is making generally available PowerShell Core 6.0, a version of PowerShell built on .NET Core that runs not just on Windows, but also macOS and Linux. But beware breaking changes.