This video goes over the steps to create a shared scheduled on Azure Automation. We review options available to create and edit a schedule. Then we link the schedule to a runbook to automatically start a runbook based on a schedule. Next, we view the Azure Automation and Runbook settings with PowerShell, then run and view the progress of a job.
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Log Analytics is a great tool for storing and searching log data. We can link an Azure Automation account to a Log Analytics workspace, but the process may not be as obvious as one would think. In this video, we create a Log Analytics workspace then link it to Azure Automation account. Next, we configure the Automation account to send diagnostic data to a Log Analytics workspace and verify data goes to the workspace.
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Storing important automation scripts on a file share or local hard drive? There is a better way with Azure Automation and Source Control integration. In this video, we review how to enable source control integration with an Azure Automation account. We look at the options, then walk-through configuring Source Control with Azure DevOps, identifying where we can specify to use GitHub instead. Finally, we add, modify, and delete an Azure Automation runbook.
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