Getting Started with Azure Automation
Azure Automation is a valuable and flexible tool for automating tasks of all kinds. This course will teach you the fundamentals you need to get started automating away mundane and error prone tasks, and increasing your value as an IT Pro.
What you'll learn
Automation is increasingly becoming a crucial part of IT, and as an IT professional, it's in your very best interest to embrace it. In this course, Getting Started with Azure Automation, you'll learn foundational knowledge you need to start using Azure Automation to deliver solutions and value. First, you'll explore the different components that make up Azure Automation. Next, you'll discover how to create and administer automation solutions. Finally, you'll learn how to maintain and manage automation solutions after you've delivered them. When you're finished with this course, you'll have the skills and knowledge of Azure Automation needed to deliver professional IT automation solutions. Software required: Windows 10 or Windows Server 2016.
Table of contents
- Welcome to Azure Automation 1m
- Introduction 0m
- Logging into Azure 2m
- Demo: Logging into Azure (Web Portal) 1m
- Demo: Logging into Azure (PowerShell) 2m
- Identifying Azure Automation Resources 4m
- Creating a New Automation Account 2m
- Demo: Creating a New Automation Account (Web Portal) 2m
- Demo: Creating a New Automation Account (PowerShell) 1m
- When to Use Azure Automation? 2m
- Your Project 1m
- Summary 1m
- Introduction 1m
- Publishing a Runbook 1m
- Demo: Publish, Manually Trigger, Schedule a Runbook (Web Portal) 2m
- Demo: Publish, Manually Trigger, Schedule a Runbook (PowerShell) 4m
- Looking at Runbook Output and Logs 1m
- Demo: Looking at Logs (Web Portal) 2m
- Demo: Looking at Logs (PowerShell) 2m
- Summary 0m
About the author
Thomas Rayner is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional with over 15 years of experience in the IT industry. Thomas was awarded the prestigious title of Honorary Scripting Guy by Ed “The Scripting Guy” Wilson in 2016. His background is in cloud and datacenter management, specializing in DevOps, systems and process automation, public, private and hybrid could, and PowerShell. Thomas is a prominent speaker, best-selling author, and instructor covering a vast array of IT topics. He's very active wi... more