8 Cloud-based automation
This chapter covers
- Setting up Azure Automation
- Creating PowerShell runbooks in Azure Automation
- Executing runbooks from Azure to on-premises environments
With most companies embracing, at the very least, a hybrid approach to cloud-based computing, a lot of IT professionals have had to quickly adapt to keep up. However, at the same time, it has opened up an entirely new set of tools that you can use to perform your automations.
When you hear the words cloud-based automation, that can refer to two different things. One is the automation of cloud-based assets such as virtual machines (VMs) or PaaS services. The other, and the one we will be focusing on, is using a cloud-based tool to perform automations. And, as you will ...
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