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Provides expert guidance for Azure Automation development including runbooks, DSC, Hybrid Runbook Workers, Private Link, and Change Tracking. Covers troubleshooting, best practices, limits, security, and deployment patterns.
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This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Automation. Covers troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. It combines local quick-reference content with remote documentation fetching capabilities.
This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Automation. Covers troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. It combines local quick-reference content with remote documentation fetching capabilities.
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L35-L120), useread_filewith the specified lines. For categories with file links (e.g.,[security.md](security.md)), useread_fileon the linked reference file
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mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch with query string from=learn-agent-skill. Returns Markdown.fetch_webpage with query string from=learn-agent-skill&accept=text/markdown. Returns Markdown.| Category | Lines | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Troubleshooting | L36-L46 | Diagnosing and fixing Azure Automation issues: runbook failures, DSC/State Configuration, Hybrid Runbook Workers, managed identities, shared resources, and collecting logs for support. |
| Best Practices | L47-L56 | Best practices for structuring and running Automation runbooks: modular parent-child design, execution patterns, error handling, stream/output usage, and avoiding context/locking issues. |
| Decision Making | L57-L65 | Guidance for planning and migrating Azure Automation: runbook types, Orchestrator/runbook/agent/Hybrid Worker migrations, Run As → managed identity, and module/AzureRM to Az updates. |
| Limits & Quotas | L66-L72 | Azure Automation capacity limits, quotas, and supported configurations, plus Change Tracking & Inventory support details when using the Azure Monitor Agent (AMA). |
| Security | L73-L93 | Securing Automation accounts: identities (system/user-assigned), RBAC, auth methods, encryption, certificates/credentials, Private Link, Azure Policy, and Terraform-based secure provisioning. |
| Configuration | L94-L137 | Configuring Azure Automation runbooks, DSC/State Configuration, Hybrid Runbook Workers, schedules, modules/packages, alerts, policies, and integrations (VS Code, source control, ARM, Azure Monitor). |
| Integrations & Coding Patterns | L138-L150 | Patterns for integrating runbooks with AWS, ARM/SQL/Office 365, webhooks, email (SendGrid), Azure Monitor logging, and using the graphical runbook SDK with managed identities |
| Deployment | L151-L159 | Guides for deploying resilient Automation accounts, setting up disaster recovery, and installing/configuring Hybrid Runbook Workers (Windows/Linux, agent- and extension-based) plus DSC/Chocolatey CI/CD. |
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Design modular parent-child runbooks in Azure Automation | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/automation/automation-child-runbooks |
| Design and manage Azure Automation runbook execution | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/automation/automation-runbook-execution |
| Implement error handling in Azure Automation graphical runbooks | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/automation/automation-runbook-graphical-error-handling |
| Configure output and message streams in Automation runbooks | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/automation/automation-runbook-output-and-messages |
| Avoid context switching issues in Azure Automation runbooks | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/automation/context-switching |
| Manage Azure Automation runbooks with recommended design patterns | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/automation/manage-runbooks |
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Migrate System Center Orchestrator runbooks to Azure Automation | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/automation/automation-orchestrator-migration |
| Choose appropriate Azure Automation runbook types | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/automation/automation-runbook-types |
| Migrate Change Tracking from Log Analytics agent to AMA | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/automation/change-tracking/guidance-migration-log-analytics-monitoring-agent |
| Migrate agent-based Hybrid Workers to extension-based workers | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/automation/migrate-existing-agent-based-hybrid-worker-to-extension-based-workers |
| Plan and execute migration from Run As to managed identities | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/automation/migrate-run-as-accounts-managed-identity |
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| View and manage Azure Automation limits and quotas | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/automation/automation-limits-quotas |
| Azure Automation subscription limits and quotas reference | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/automation/automation-subscription-limits-faq |
| Support matrix for Change Tracking and Inventory with AMA | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-change-tracking-inventory/change-tracking-inventory-support-matrix |
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Use availability zones for resilient Azure Automation deployments | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/automation/automation-availability-zones |
| Plan disaster recovery for Azure Automation accounts | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/automation/automation-disaster-recovery |
| Set up continuous deployment with DSC and Chocolatey | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/automation/automation-dsc-cd-chocolatey |
| Deploy Linux Hybrid Runbook Worker agent | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/automation/automation-linux-hrw-install |
| Deploy agent-based Windows Hybrid Runbook Workers in Automation | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/automation/automation-windows-hrw-install |
| Deploy extension-based Hybrid Runbook Workers on Windows and Linux | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/automation/extension-based-hybrid-runbook-worker-install |
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