How to get RI saving Report in Azure?
Hello, We have 100s of RIs (reservations) with both 1 and 3 year RI Terms, how can we get the monthly RI saving and RI wastage report for a single or multiple Azure Services? Let's say we bought 1Y RI for VMs with 1200 bucks at 30% discount. Monthly RI…
How to split RI cost ?
Hello, We have bought RIs at resource group level and we want to split the RI cost among various application owners based on RI discount their resources got in billing for that hour. Let's assume there are three equal size VMs in an RG and we have…
How to remove permanently a automation account
I have created and deleted 10 automation accounts, currently I cannot create any more. It seems that the accounts I deleted have entered soft delete status, is there any way to permanently delete them? My problem is that I have deleted a resource group…
Distro module error on Azure runbook
I'm starting out with Azure Automation runbooks, because I would like to schedule some python scripts, which will use openAI GPT via the official openai Python package. I have this script working locally. After figuring out I needed to use the preview…
What permissions are needed for an Azure Runbook to execute the SQL command CREATE USER FROM EXTERNAL PROVIDER
I have an automation account that creates an Azure SQL database and attempts to provision a user from Microsoft Entra Id with access to the database My automation account is configured with a system assigned managed entity and a user assigned Managed…
BUG in Azure Automation Runtime Environment feature
There is a bug where if you want to test another (not published) Runtime by editing the Runbook, selecting the Runtime and hitting Test Pane and Start, the original (published) Runtime is used instead of the newly selected one. In my example you can see…
Migrating to Azure Update Manager issue with schedules
Hi, During the migration to Azure update manager from Update management I had failures under migrating the schedules step so I changed the setting to false…
Unable to enable autosync option under sourcecontrol in Azure Automation
Hi All, I'm trying to set up source control for Azure automation account, but when I click EnableAutoSync I'm seeing below error. An error occurred while updating the source control named 'SCReposGit'. Error details: SourceControl autoSync setup failed…
Azure Automation: [Unauthorized] : Insufficient privileges to perform requested operation by the application
Hello, I am experiencing issues with integrating the Azure application 00000003-0000-0000-c000-000000000000 (Microsoft Graph) through Azure Automation. I receive an authorization error when running scripts that use this application. Below are the details…
Automating Agent Installation on Linux VMs in Azure (Existing and New)
Hello Azure Community, I am seeking guidance on automating the installation of a security product agent on all Linux virtual machines (VMs) in my Azure environment. My Requirements: Automated Installation on Existing VMs: I need a method to…
Automation Account Schedules not triggering, is it due to service outage?
My Runbooks are working fine, but the schedule is not triggering them. Is there a known issue with the Automation Account Schedules service that could cause this?
Azure Virtual Desktop Auto Shutdown and Power On
Hello All, We're currently managing a pool of 30-40 VMs, and to optimize our licensing costs with Microsoft, we're planning to shut down idle VDI VMs that haven't been used in over 8 hours. To automate this process, could you assist us with a PowerShell…
How to push azure blob files data in to SharePoint
***What is the process to move data from Azure Blob files to SharePoint and subsequently manage it through the Microsoft Entra Admin Center? If anyone has encountered a similar issue or has insights on how to address this, your help would be greatly…
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An error occurred while creating the source control named 'devops'. Error details:SourceControl securityToken is invalid..
I'm trying add Azure Devops repo for Runbook sync into Azure Automation Accounts. I followed steps in this guide: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/automation/source-control-integration System managed identity has required role assigned. After…
Azure Automation Accounts Az.Accounts PowerShell module broken?
Since May 31st 2024 mid day UTC I see all our PowerShell 7.1 Runtime jobs failing due to the following error: Failed [91mWrite-Error: [0mC:\usr\src\tmp\accaf8e0-f99e-4d6b-8a7f-47b42ff95a77\runbooks\StartStop-AKS.ps1:223 [96mLine | [96m 223 | [0m …
Restarting VM automatically if NIC is not responding
Hello, Is there any way to create automation where if VM NIC stops responding to ICMP then it restarts VM automatically.
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Default Path location differences between Powershell 7.2 and Powershell 5.1 environments
Hi, I am in the process of moving our runbooks to use a PowerShell 7.2 environment and in the process of that migration we noticed that the default path for the runbooks are different when running on the Hybrid Worker. Can anyone tell me why the change…
Issue with Automation Account SourceControl autoSync
Hi, Has anyone else faced this issue with source control in Automation Accounts? From one day to the next, the auto-sync feature just stopped working, and when we try to enable it, we get the following error: We have a lot of source control configured…
The automation account script to list usedIpAddress in vnet attached or associated to which vm in csv report
We are looking for automation script to list the usedIpAddress in vnet is attached or associated to which backed(vm) in csv report and list privateipv4address which attached or associated with backend server(private endpoint or virtual machine)
Job was suspended as the job limit for a Hybrid Worker exceeded.
The automation job has failed with the below error for the last couple of weeks. I am looking for a solution for it. Exception: The job was suspended as the job limit for a Hybrid Worker was exceeded. Add more Hybrid Workers to the Hybrid Worker group…
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