Using container to run multiple different scheduled PowerShell scripts regularly?

Question

People,

I need some help and guidance in deploying Docker or Container on Azure, my aim here is to be able to run Active Directory, M365, Azure and other PowerShell scripts as scheduled tasks.

Using this [https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/install/powershell-in-docker

My current situation is that I am running Windows Server 2022 VM OnPremise and then manually installing all the required PowerShell script modules, just to run a few PowerShell scripts that are no more than 600 KB in total size.

It is rather overkilling to deploy an 80 GB VM just to run a script regularly.

Any help and suggestion would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Answer 1

Hi.

Looking at your request, it would me better to check the Azure Automation Account solution. Check more info at the next to link: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/automation/overview

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Answer 2

Hello @Enterprise Architect

Welcome to Microsoft Q&A Platform, thanks for posting your query here.

Adding to previous response of ioan corcodel, if you needs to interact with other Azure services via PowerShell scripts, it is recommended to go with Azure Automation Account/Runbook. It has built in support for scheduling, supports the PS runtime 5.1 and 7.1 and support for managed identity to provide a granular RBAC permissions on different Azure resources.

Hope this helps.

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