Azure Automation
An Azure service that is used to automate, configure, and install updates across hybrid environments.
1,319 questions
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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 2025-02-28T06:30:52.57+00:00
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Niket Kumar Singh
410
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edited an answer 2025-02-28T06:51:01.16+00:00
Stanislav Zhelyazkov
26,361
Reputation points MVP
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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 2025-02-26T09:29:26.9666667+00:00
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Jimmy
20
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commented 2025-02-28T00:59:37.1466667+00:00
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Rahul Podila
1,920
Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
1 answer
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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 2025-02-27T17:48:22.8833333+00:00
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Michel Sfeir
105
Reputation points
edited a comment 2025-02-27T19:37:37.18+00:00
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Pranay Reddy Madireddy
2,400
Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
0 answers
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 2025-02-27T16:25:04.8+00:00
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Charles Thivierge
4,141
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asked 2025-02-27T16:25:04.8+00:00
Charles Thivierge
4,141
Reputation points
1 answer
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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 2025-02-26T11:51:06.7+00:00
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David Pereira
40
Reputation points
commented 2025-02-27T14:00:37.18+00:00
David Pereira
40
Reputation points
1 answer
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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 2025-02-14T17:27:55.99+00:00
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Om Bhosle
80
Reputation points
edited a comment 2025-02-25T06:21:32.13+00:00
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Naveena Patlolla
655
Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
1 answer
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 2025-02-20T07:39:22.6366667+00:00
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Teja Alavelli
0
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answered 2025-02-24T10:32:59.67+00:00
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Pavan Minukuri
1,225
Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
2 answers
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 2025-02-12T12:46:12.4666667+00:00
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André Lindqvist
20
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edited a comment 2025-02-24T09:21:08.7366667+00:00
Naveena Patlolla
655
Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
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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 2025-02-21T14:38:21.6633333+00:00
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Tuan Nguyen
0
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commented 2025-02-21T20:07:25.68+00:00
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Vinod Pittala
330
Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
2 answers
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 2025-02-19T15:35:08.16+00:00
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Patrick F
0
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commented 2025-02-21T11:20:28.0533333+00:00
Pranay Reddy Madireddy
2,400
Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
1 answer
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 2025-01-24T10:12:35.7566667+00:00
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Raju Kothapally
5
Reputation points
commented 2025-02-21T04:35:56.0166667+00:00
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Mounika Reddy Anumandla
2,585
Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
0 answers
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 2025-02-17T15:18:52.2533333+00:00
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Edgar Jimbo
0
Reputation points
commented 2025-02-21T01:06:50.0133333+00:00
Pranay Reddy Madireddy
2,400
Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
1 answer
One of the answers was accepted by the question author.
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 2025-02-19T09:56:47.0966667+00:00
Michel Sfeir
105
Reputation points
accepted 2025-02-20T17:21:43.84+00:00
Michel Sfeir
105
Reputation points
1 answer
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 2025-02-18T13:37:53.1833333+00:00
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Maximilian W
0
Reputation points
answered 2025-02-20T15:04:06.3833333+00:00
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Ashok Gandhi Kotnana
3,895
Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
3 answers
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 2020-07-24T14:22:51.723+00:00
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GeorgeD16
6
Reputation points
answered 2025-02-19T18:51:59.2933333+00:00
Caio Bauab
1
Reputation point
1 answer
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 2024-04-25T10:08:10.14+00:00
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Alibek Cholponbaev
20
Reputation points
answered 2025-02-16T22:46:49.0166667+00:00
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Ambrose Wong
0
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer
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 2024-10-22T21:47:32.2866667+00:00
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Navaska
25
Reputation points
commented 2025-02-16T19:34:16.93+00:00
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Wintill, Ethan
0
Reputation points
4 answers
One of the answers was accepted by the question author.
How to fix: Method 'get_SerializationSettings' does not have an implementation
I just wanted to automate this powershell script to activate Sftp for BlobStorage only for half an hour in the evening using the automation account: $resourceGroupName = "xxxx" $storageAccountName = "yyyyy" Set-AzStorageAccount…
asked 2023-06-06T15:58:54.2333333+00:00
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Rainer Börgerding | puls Manufaktur
20
Reputation points
commented 2025-02-13T19:57:51.5466667+00:00
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Dominique Ruest
0
Reputation points
0 answers
Power Automate - One Drive for Business Convert File has stopped working
I use this to convert files to PDF. It has worked with no issues for several years. Yesterday it started timing out and now today it says PDF is not a supported format. Furthermore the action still shows PDF as an option in Power Automate…
asked 2025-01-08T14:41:06.26+00:00
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Christopher Roos
20
Reputation points
commented 2025-02-13T16:09:30.3433333+00:00
Kevin Flanagan
0
Reputation points