Optimizing Cloud Management: Leveraging Azure Update Manager with Pre and Post Events

Introduction As Azure Update Manager becomes the go-to solution for patching Azure VMs, it’s crucial to integrate efficient pre and post tasks to enhance reliability and control. This blog outlines a systematic approach to setting up these tasks, starting with initiating specific VMs based on their tags, and creating snapshots…

20/05/2024Core Infrastructure and Security Blog

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