Configure Update Management Using Azure Automation

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Configure Update Management Using Azure Automation

This lab walks through the process of configuring Update Management using Azure Automation.

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Lab Info

Level

Intermediate

Last updated

May 10, 2025

Duration

30m

Challenge

Add the Virtual Machines to Update Management

Add the BRADC1 and BRADC2 virtual machines to Azure Automation Update Management.
Challenge

Create Saved Searches for Group Machines
1. Create a saved search computer group named Windows_Patch_Group_1 in the Log Analytics workspace that contains computers whose name ends with 2 using the below KQL query:
  
  Heartbeat | distinct Computer | where split(Computer, ".", 0)[0] endswith "2"
2. Create a saved search computer group named Windows_Patch_Group_2 in the Log Analytics workspace that contains computers whose name does not end with 2 using the below KQL query:
  
  Heartbeat | distinct Computer | where split(Computer, ".", 0)[0] !endswith "2"
Challenge

Schedule Update Deployment
1. Schedule an update deployment for Windows_Patch_Group_1 computers to occur every Wednesday evening at 10PM.
2. Schedule an update deployment for Windows_Patch_Group_2 computers to occur every Thursday evening at 10PM.

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