Azure Automation
An Azure service that is used to automate, configure, and install updates across hybrid environments.
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Doc page web unavailable
Hi everyone, I see the page URL resource is not availabe Azure Automation https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/automation/automation-send-email?source=docs
asked Feb 28, 2025, 1:52 PM
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Djamel Garar
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edited an answer Mar 1, 2025, 1:56 AM
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Ashok Gandhi Kotnana
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Azure Automation Accounts | Maximum number of Accounts reached
Getting the following error when trying to create an automation account via Terraform. "Maximum number of Accounts reached. If Deleted recently, please restore the same account". If I look at automation accounts for the subscription I have none…
asked Feb 28, 2025, 12:49 PM
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rhod3rz
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edited a comment Feb 28, 2025, 2:17 PM
Ashok Gandhi Kotnana
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Is it possible to upscale multiple Azure VMs in parallel without waiting for each job to finish?
I am trying to upscale multiple Azure VMs in parallel using an Azure Automation runbook. My goal is to stop, resize, and start all VMs simultaneously, without waiting for one job to finish before starting another. Current Approach: Using Azure…
asked Feb 28, 2025, 6:30 AM
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Niket Kumar Singh
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accepted Feb 28, 2025, 9:38 AM
Niket Kumar Singh
435
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Azure Automation State Configuration deprecation
Hi, According to the information on: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/automation/automation-dsc-getting-started quote: "The Add, Compose configuration, and Gallery navigation links will be removed from the portal on March 31, 2025." Does…
asked Feb 26, 2025, 9:29 AM
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Jimmy
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commented Feb 28, 2025, 12:59 AM
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Rahul Podila
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Azure Automation Runbook PowerShell Workflow v7.2 Support
Hello, Azure Automation Runbook supports PowerShell Workflow version 5.1 at the moment, is there any Preview/GA for version 7.2 anytime soon? Thank you, Michel
asked Feb 27, 2025, 5:48 PM
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Michel Sfeir
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edited a comment Feb 27, 2025, 7:37 PM
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Pranay Reddy Madireddy
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Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
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Azure automation account Hybrid Worker - failed to connect to MSI
Hi, I want to convert my PS runbook to Azure CLI and it has to run on a Hybrid Worker. The PS login is like this $AzureContext = (Connect-AzAccount -Identity).context Now, with Azure CLI, i suppose it's the following... $AzureContextcli = (az login…
asked Feb 27, 2025, 4:25 PM
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Charles Thivierge
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asked Feb 27, 2025, 4:25 PM
Charles Thivierge
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Managed identity on automation account not working as expected
I'm trying to use an Automation account to put some AVD hosts in azure local in drain so I can shut them down, I've configured an hybrid worker that is working with other runbooks but when I try to connect to azure using the managed identity of the…
asked Feb 26, 2025, 11:51 AM
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David Pereira
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commented Feb 27, 2025, 2:00 PM
David Pereira
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How to execute kubectl command in a PowerShell Runbook ?
We are trying to use an Azure Automation Runbook to interact with an Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster using a System Assigned Managed Identity. The goal is to auto-restart a deployment in a specific namespace at 23.59 every night. What We Are…
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Azure Tags
Hello All, I have many subscriptions in my azure tenant. And I have assigned multiple tags to multiple resources and resource. So Know I want to download the list of the tags that are assigned and their respective data. It is a bit urgent. If anyone…
asked Feb 14, 2025, 5:27 PM
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Om Bhosle
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edited a comment Feb 25, 2025, 6:21 AM
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Naveena Patlolla
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Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
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Error: pwsh.exe is not recognized as a command or operable program
I have 7 runbooks scheduled to run daily but there failed with exception error starting this week. runbooks were working fine previously on schedule. I can run manually successfully but it take long time at Queued status and end up failed on…
asked Feb 20, 2025, 7:39 AM
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Teja Alavelli
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answered Feb 24, 2025, 10:32 AM
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Pavan Minukuri
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Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
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How to publish a Runbook to latest runtime version using blob storage?
Hi, so i have written a Powershell script that publish a files to my blob storage, and i got it to upload the file(s) to Process Automation/Runbooks. But i cant seem to get the Runtime version to the latest, how can i do that? Right now a part of the…
asked Feb 12, 2025, 12:46 PM
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André Lindqvist
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edited a comment Feb 24, 2025, 9:21 AM
Naveena Patlolla
655
Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
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managed identity intermitten issues
I have an Azure Automation Runbook that intermittently works with Managed Identities. I have multiple Automation Accounts that worked flawlessly up until around these time. What I've tried: Turning Managed Identities off/on, re-assigned proper…
asked Feb 21, 2025, 2:38 PM
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Tuan Nguyen
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commented Feb 21, 2025, 8:07 PM
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Vinod Pittala
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Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
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Hybrid Worker Extension setting up error: Provisioning failed
Can anyone please help? I'm new to this. I've added a Hybrid Worker to my group but it's failing. I'm trying to fix this error: Status message Extension '' of Handler 'Microsoft.Azure.Automation.HybridWorker.HybridWorkerForWindows' version '1.1.13'…
asked Feb 19, 2025, 3:35 PM
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Patrick F
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commented Feb 21, 2025, 11:20 AM
Pranay Reddy Madireddy
2,400
Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
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We have received a service alert from Microsoft regarding upcoming maintenance:
Maintenance Details: The maintenance will affect virtual machines in East US. Schedule: From 24 February 2025, 07:30 UTC, to 28 February 2025, 07:30 UTC. During this window, IaaS virtual machines will be migrated to newer network hardware. Each virtual…
asked Jan 24, 2025, 10:12 AM
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Raju Kothapally
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commented Feb 21, 2025, 4:35 AM
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Mounika Reddy Anumandla
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Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
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Error ejecución runbooks: Unable to acquire token for tenant 'organizations' with error 'A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host
Tengo creado 3 runbooks para prender VM a las 01:00, 02:00 y 03:00, han venido trabajando sin problema mas de 6 meses, sin embargo hoy no se encendió una VM cuando se ejecutó el runbooks de las 01:00, al revisar la ejecución tengo este…
asked Feb 17, 2025, 3:18 PM
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Edgar Jimbo
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commented Feb 21, 2025, 1:06 AM
Pranay Reddy Madireddy
2,400
Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
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Connect Azure Automation Account to Azure SQL using Managed Identity
Hello, I'm trying to create a Runbook (Powershell) to connect to Azure SQL Database and then add an Entra ID user in that database. If there is way to do so in CLI commands it's fine by me. The problem is that we're always stuck at the DB connection step…
asked Feb 19, 2025, 9:56 AM
Michel Sfeir
125
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accepted Feb 20, 2025, 5:21 PM
Michel Sfeir
125
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Source Control on Automation Account not starting on new commit
Hello, I'm encountering an issue with Incremental Sync on Automation Accounts. On uploading a new commit into our repo - the incremental Sync does not start. No error nothing. Starting a full sync works fine. I waited multiple times for at least 30…
asked Feb 18, 2025, 1:37 PM
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Maximilian W
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answered Feb 20, 2025, 3:04 PM
Ashok Gandhi Kotnana
3,975
Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
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Azure Automation - Source Control - Setup Errors
From the website i get this when i select authorize. Azure Repo (git) The authorization process could not be completed. my account is a azure global admin, azure repo project admin from powershell i get this: New-AzAutomationSourceControl :…
asked Jul 24, 2020, 2:22 PM
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GeorgeD16
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answered Feb 19, 2025, 6:51 PM
Caio Bauab
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How to load assembly path in the new runtime experience in Automation Accounts' runbooks?
We have a runbook that we use to log to Application Insights. We use it for making logs both from Azure and Hybrid workers. In hybrid workers the logging works correctly, but in Azure it fails with Cannot find type…
asked Apr 25, 2024, 10:08 AM
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Alibek Cholponbaev
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answered Feb 16, 2025, 10:46 PM
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Ambrose Wong
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How to Fix Runbook Error
I have an error which occasionally appears on my azure automation account runbook. This has only happened twice in the last month, and i'm unable to determine the cause of the error. Any help would be much appreciated. The error I get is "The SSL…
asked Oct 22, 2024, 9:47 PM
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Navaska
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commented Feb 16, 2025, 7:34 PM
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Wintill, Ethan
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