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This post was co-authored by Sanjay Satheesh, Item Marketing Supervisor for Azure Automation.
If you resemble a lot of our clients running a mix of devices and applications in your on-premises datacenters or in the cloud, be it Azure or any other platform of your option, constant management of these resources is most likely to be leading of mind for you. Facilities Automation was among the significant financial investment locations for lots of business in 2020 and with the international pandemic affecting every company– big or little– their staff members, and the clients they serve. We have actually seen the important function facilities automation plays in sustaining and running operations effectively throughout the board, by offering you the capability to automate your daily ordinary IT jobs and other mission-critical operations.
Azure Automation generates an abundant function set and combination ability with other platforms to set up facilities and manage workflows in the cloud or on-premises through the hybrid employee function. Our group continues to broaden this community using more functions and enhancements. Client feedback has actually contributed in forming these functions, and we hope you’ll keep the feedback coming.
In this post, let’s go back on a retrospective journey and see the improvements presented in Azure Automation in 2020, a statement from Forrester stating Microsoft as a leader in the Facilities Automation Platform, and a preview into our focus locations and efforts in the coming years.
Process automation and state setup
- Azure Automation combination with GitHub As TechNet Script Center is retiring and to allow crowdsourcing of runbooks, all runbooks hosted in the Runbook gallery have actually been transferred to our Automation GitHub company.
- Assistance for procedure automation and state setup stated basic accessibility in Japan West, Switzerland West, UAE North, Germany West Central, Switzerland North, Brazil South East, and United States Gov Arizona.
- Azure Automation and Update Management Private Link revealed basic accessibility Azure Automation allowed personal link assistance to protect execution of a runbook on a hybrid employee function, utilizing Azure Update Management to spot devices, conjuring up a runbook through a webhook, and utilizing State Setup service to keep your devices grievance.
- Azure Automation categorized as Grade-C licensed on availability Availability functions of Microsoft items assist companies resolve international availability requirements.
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On the blog site statement page, look for Azure Automation to check out the availability conformance report for the Automation service.
- Preferred State Setup ( DSC) assistance revealed for Oracle 6,7, and Ubuntu 18.04
- Sneak peek for Python3 runbooks in Automation Azure Automation now supports Python 3 cloud and hybrid runbook execution in sneak peek in all areas in Azure international cloud.
- Released the DSC extension to support Azure Arc Usage Azure Automation State Setup to preserve the preferred state of hybrid linked devices allowed through the Azure Arc allowed servers DSC Virtual Maker (VM) extension.
- Start and Stop virtual devices throughout off-hours runbooks upgraded to utilize Azure Az modules Start and Stop virtual device runbooks have actually been upgraded to utilize Azure Az modules in location of Azure Resource Supervisor modules.
- Hybrid Runbook Employee assistance for Windows Server 2008 R2 contributed to support automation situations on Server 2008 R2.
- Automation diagnostic logs schema upgrade. Presented modification in the schema of Azure Automation log information in the Log Analytics service.
- Hybrid Runbook Employee onboarding script upgraded to utilize Azure Az modules The New-OnPremiseHybridWorker runbook has actually been upgraded to support Azure Az modules.
- Upgraded Automation service DNS records from region-specific to Automation account-specific URLs. Azure Automation DNS records have actually been upgraded to support Personal Hyperlinks.
- Included ability to keep Automation runbooks and DSC scripts secured by default. In addition to enhancing the security of possessions, runbooks and DSC scripts are likewise secured to boost Azure Automation security.
- Retirement of the Automation watcher job. Azure Reasoning Apps is now the advised and supported method to keep track of for occasions, schedule repeating jobs, and set off actions.
- Assistance for Effect Level 5( IL5 )calculate seclusion in Azure business and Azure Federal government cloud. Azure Automation Hybrid Runbook Employee can be utilized in Azure Federal government to support Effect Level 5 work.
- Presented assistance for Azure virtual network service tags. Automation assistance of service tags enable or reject the traffic for the Automation service, for a subset of situations.
- Enable TLS 1.2 assistance for Azure Automation service. Azure Automation completely supports TLS 1.2 and all customer calls (through webhooks, DSC nodes, and hybrid employee).
- Presented sneak peek of customer-managed secrets for Azure Automation Clients can now handle and protect file encryption of Azure Automation possessions utilizing their own handled secrets.
- Retirement of Azure Service Management (ASM) REST APIs for Azure Automation Azure Service Management (ASM) REST APIs for Azure Automation will be retired and no longer supported after January 30, 2020.
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Azure upgrade management
- Update Management accessibility in South Central United States, China East 2, and United States Gov Arizona area. Azure Automation area mapping upgraded to support Update Management function in the stated areas.
- Update Management assistance for Windows Server 2008 R2 Update Management now supports evaluating and covering the Windows Server 2008 R2 os.
- Azure Lighthouse supports Automation Update Management. Azure Lighthouse allows handed over resource management with Update Management for provider and clients.
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Modification tracking
- Assistance for Modification Tracking stated basic accessibility in Switzerland North.
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Microsoft has actually been called as a leader in The Forrester Wave( TM): Facilities Automation Platforms, Q3 2020
In a 26-criterion examination organized into 3 high level classifications; Existing Offering, Technique, and Market Existence. Forrester’s research study revealed a market of leading suppliers in which Microsoft is a leader.
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“ Microsoft continues to repeat at a speedy rate, and its increasing adoption of open source has actually paid dividends. Microsoft is much better than the majority of its rivals at DevOps combination, neighborhood engagement, and assistance of its product or services. Referral clients admired Microsoft’s engagement design and end-to-end community however raised issues about presence of expenses and where clients might eventually conserve cash. Microsoft’s service is a great suitable for companies that desire a promptly upgraded automation stack or for those with a recognized relationship with Microsoft.”
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. Check out the complete report to get more information.
What’s can be found in next
We’re dedicated to providing what you have actually requested. Our financial investments for this year and next would be targeted towards making Azure Automation even much better by using you a dependable platform for your mission-critical orchestration requirements. Combination with Azure services like Policy for implementing security, Azure Display for improved tracking abilities, making service more durable– to failure through Schedule Zone ability offering zone level redundancy. Likewise generating more areas to support Azure Automation and Update Management or alter tracking. New functions and platform level enhancements for ease of usage will be our focus locations. In addition to this, we’re likewise dedicated to contribute and grow our GitHub library of scripts with brand-new sample runbooks which you can fine-tune to your requirements and utilize in your environment.
