Automation

Use the Azure Automation extension to perform local authoring and management of automation runbooks using VS Code

Onboard Azure Automation User Hybrid Runbook Worker based on VM extension platform for Azure Virtual machines and Arc-enabled servers. The extension-based platform leverages Azure Active Directory authentication.

Azure Automation now supports Az-module by default for all new Automation Accounts.

Use user-assigned identities for Azure Automation runbook jobs.

Encrypt your Automation account assests using Customer-managed keys.

Automate tasks across Azure & Non-Azure environment using PowerShell and Python based scripts.

Automate tasks across Azure & Non-Azure environment using PowerShell and Python based scripts.

Automate tasks across Azure & Non-Azure environment using PowerShell and Python based scripts.

Automate tasks across Azure & Non-Azure environment using PowerShell and Python based scripts.

Automate tasks across Azure & Non-Azure environment using PowerShell and Python based scripts.

Automate tasks across Azure & Non-Azure environment using PowerShell and Python based scripts.

Execute Python 3 runbooks in Cloud Sandbox and Hybrid Worker.

Ensure a secure channel to connect to your Automation Accounts resources with the help of Private Links in Automation.

Automate tasks across Azure & Non-Azure environment using PowerShell and Python based scripts.

Automate tasks across Azure & Non-Azure environment using Powershell and Python based scripts.

Create, monitor, deploy, and maintain resources in your Azure, on-premises, and third-party hybrid cloud environments using highly scalable and reliable process automation and state configuration engines.

You can now use Azure Private Link to securely connect virtual networks to Azure Automation using private endpoints (in preview).

To support new features in Azure Automation, like Azure Private Links, the automation URLs have been updated. Instead of region-specific URLs, there are now account-specific URLs.

Azure Automation is now available in the USGov Arizona region.

Azure Automation is now available in the US Gov Arizona region in preview.

Starting December 1, 2019, the meter IDs for Process Automation Watcher will change.

Migrate any Azure Automation Service Management REST APIs and PowerShell cmdlets for Azure Automation to Resource Manager REST APIs or the latest PowerShell cmdlets by January 30, 2020.

Azure Automation now supports the Azure PowerShell Az module.

Update Management now supports dynamic groups, pre/post tasks, and inclusion lists.

Azure Automation now supports Python 2 for general availability. You can import, author, and run Python 2 runbooks in Azure or on a Hybrid Runbook Worker.

New support has been added for more powerful tracking of Windows files, file content tracking and differencing, and adjustable Windows Service collection frequency.

Azure Automation is now available in the Azure Korea Central and West US 2 regions.

In Azure Automation, you can configure Hybrid Runbook Workers to run only signed runbooks. After you configure the worker, all unsigned runbooks will fail to run.

Start/Stop VMs during off-hours in Azure Automation has been updated in the areas of email functionality, dependent modules, and runbooks.

The Azure Automation service has been upgraded to support PowerShell modules that have a dependency on .NET Framework 4.6 or lower running from the service.

You can run an Automation runbook when an alert triggers an action group on an Azure resource. This capability extends the actions you can take in response to the alert.

Watcher tasks deliver the ability to author a watcher runbook that polls a system in your environment and then call an action runbook to process any events found.

For Azure Automation DSC, the names of the billing meters have changed.

Python 2 support and Hybrid Runbook Workers for Linux are both publicly available in preview for Azure Automation.

Azure Automation now supports update management, inventory, and change tracking. These capabilities are currently in preview.

Azure Automation is available in the Brazil South region.

Azure Automation will start using the latest modules in your automation account when a new scheduled job is run.

Azure Automation now supports importing both signed and unsigned node configurations.

Automation graphical runbooks have been improved with the ability to include error handling.

An update to the public preview of the Microsoft Azure Automation Graphical Authoring SDK has been released.

Azure Automation is now available in the Azure North Europe and Canada Central regions.

Monitor and create alerts for Automation runbooks by sending job status and streams to Log Analytics (Operations Management Suite).

Azure Automation will begin redirecting users from the classic Azure portal to the new Azure portal on September 1, 2016.

You can now create a Classic Run As account from the Azure portal.

Azure Automation schedules now support time zones and adjust for daylight saving based on the schedule’s time zone.

Automation supports weekly and monthly schedules. With these recurrence options, you can select days of the week or days of the month for your schedule to run on.