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Azure Powershell : Operation returned an invalid status code 'BadRequest'

While working on few Azure Powershell scripts I was keep receiving an error 'BadRequest' whenever I was trying to create a new resource in Azure. I kept on trying to resolve an error but didn't find any proper solution to it. Initially the message was not much friendly so to dig down further I went through Get-Help of the cmdlet, tried debugging but I was not able to go to any conclusion to resolve the issue.

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New-AzAutomationAccount : Operation returned an invalid status code 'BadRequest'
At line:1 char:1
+ New-AzAutomationAccount -Name $automationAccount -Location $location  ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : CloseError: (:) [New-AzAutomationAccount], ErrorResponseException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.Azure.Commands.Automation.Cmdlet.NewAzureAutomationAccount

In the next attempt to troubleshoot further I tested and tried to create a new Automation Account on the Azure Portal, then I came to know the Name of Automation Account which I was using has some restrictions and Azure has some strict naming convention guidelines. The name can contain only letters, numbers, and hyphens. The name must start with a letter, and it must end with a letter or a number. The account name length must be from 6 to 50 characters.

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I tried azure PowerShell New-AzAutomationAccount with proper parameter arguments convention again as defined by Azure, command execution was successful. (Note: I even had mistyped location and it was giving same BadRequest error).

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