Azure Automation is a cloud service in Microsoft Azure which let you schedule execution of PowerShell cmdlets and PowerShell workflows. Azure Automation uses the concept of runbooks to execute a set of repeatable, repetitive tasks via PowerShell. Consistency in execution, reduction of errors, and of course saving time, are all key objectives - which makes DBAs and system admins happy, eh?
Examples of How You Could Use Azure Automation
- Shut down a virtual machine in a development environment on a schedule to avoid charges when it's not being used
- Pause Azure SQL Data Warehouse on a schedule to avoid compute charges during the time it's not serving queries or processing data loads
- Check size of an Azure resource to determine if it's close to reaching its threshold for scaling up
- Scale Azure resources up or down on a predefined schedule
- Deployment of resources from Dev to Test en
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