Get Azure global service status quickly and with no authentication needed.

Get-AzServiceStatus.ps1

# Thanks to Will Anderson for the inspiration (timw.info/rss)

Function Get-AzServiceStatus {

    BEGIN {

        Try {

            Invoke-WebRequest -Uri 'https://azurecomcdn.azureedge.net/en-us/status/feed/' -OutFile "$env:TEMP\test.xml" -ErrorAction Stop

        }#EndTry

        Catch [System.Exception] {

            $WebReqErr = $error[0] | Select-Object * | Format-List -Force
            Write-Error "An error occurred while attempting to connect to the requested site.  The error was $WebReqErr.Exception"

        }#EndCatch

        [xml]$Content = Get-Content "$env:TEMP\test.xml"
        $Feed = $Content.rss.channel

    }#EndBEGIN

    PROCESS {

        ForEach ($msg in $Feed.Item) {

            $title = $msg.title
            $description = $msg.description -replace '(<p>|<\/p>)', ''

            [PSCustomObject]@{
                'Title'       = $title
                'Description' = $description
            }#EndPSCustomObject
        }#EndForEach
    }#EndPROCESS
}#EndFunction

Get-AzServiceStatus | Format-List