Insufficient Permissions on Azure Automation account when Owner

Question

Hi,

I've had this problem occurring a few times now and it is rather frustrating.

I escalate permissions through PIM to be Owner of a sub where the Automation Account is located. When trying to do anything in the aa I only get this message.

This is the permissions in IAM

Has anyone had the same problem when using PIM to escalate permissions in Subscriptions?

Best Regards

Answer 1

Hi Johan Öberg

Welcome to the Microsoft Q&A Platform! Thank you for asking your question here.

Verify that the Automation Account has the necessary permissions at the resource group level in which it operates, with a minimum of the Contributor role assigned.

Verify that the Automation Account possesses the required permissions for the specific resources it manages, such as virtual machines and storage accounts.

Create a simple runbook that retrieves information about a virtual machine. If this runbook runs successfully, it means the problem might be with a specific runbook or its setup.

For reference, please review this documentation :-
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/automation/troubleshoot/runbooks
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/automation/troubleshoot/managed-identity

If you have any further queries, do let us know.

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