2. Azure Automation Tao Yang & Pete Zerger ARC311 Microsoft Ignite 2015
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Azure Automation
Tao Yang & Pete Zerger
ARC311
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3. Introductions Tao Yang Pete Zerger Microsoft MVP @MrTaoYang
Independent Consultant, TY Consulting
@MrTaoYang
Pete Zerger
Microsoft MVP
Principal Program Manager, Cireson
@pzerger

4. Agenda Azure Automation Introduction Runbook Authoring Experience
Enterprise Portal Integration
PowerShell DSC
Hybrid Runbook Worker
Integration Scenarios

5. Automation platforms Simple drag-and-drop authoring experience
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ORCHESTRATOR
Simple drag-and-drop authoring experience
Integration with dozens of platforms
Challenges with parallelism, restart behavior
SMA
PowerShell Workflow based engine
Control parallelism, restart behavior
No UI, component integration by you
AZURE AUTOMATION
PowerShell Workflow
Native PowerShell
Basic Authoring UI
Source Control Integration
DSC Support
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6. Typical Azure Automation Scenarios
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Typical Azure Automation Scenarios
Patch Azure IaaS VMs without downtime, leveraging Traffic manager.
Orchestrate patching of applications in your data center with System Center 2012 / 2016.
SQL Backup on a schedule.
Backup and restore Azure or Hyper-V VMs.
Patch / Update / Backup Orchestration
Deploy a VM on an Azure / On-Premise cloud and enable monitoring for the VM.
Deploy applications to requesting users as part of a self-service automation strategy.
Deploy application from Git, run validation tests, and swap to production if tests pass.
Automate onboarding of new users in Office 365.
Change Control & Provisioning
Automate remediation of issues raised in OpsMgr and OMS alerts
Start up and shut down development and test environments on a schedule.
Monitor for when a new service gets created, and configure it for the right tracing / backup policy.
Notify users who have underutilized Azure or Hyper-V VMs and perform remediation.
Monitoring & Remediation
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7. Automation Accounts & Dashboard
Automation Dashboard
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Automation Accounts & Dashboard
Create Automation Accounts
Organize your automation by group or individual contributor
Accounts can live in different regions
Create up to 30 accounts
Use Automation Dashboard
Operational dashboard for analysis and troubleshooting
Quickly access “problem” jobs to get up and running quickly
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8. Manage Runbooks & Jobs Dashboard View Runbooks View Jobs View
View runbook jobs over time
Find jobs that may need attention
Runbooks View
Filtering of jobs based on status and date
Identify authoring state (New, In edit, Published)
Filter by tags to group related runbooks
Jobs View
History of jobs per runbook
Who last updated and when
Input parameters and output
Drill into each job to view streams generated to help troubleshooting
Stop, Suspend and Resume job

9. Manage Automation Assets
Manage Global Assets
Add additional integration modules
Update to new module versions
Create / manage credentials
Create / manage connections
Create / manage variables
Manage Schedules

10. DEMO: Quick Tour of Azure Automation
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DEMO: Quick Tour of Azure Automation
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11. Runbook Authoring Options
Azure Portal
PowerShell ISE
Both script and visual authoring
Author from anywhere
Not an optimal scripting interface
Author, test and publish from local PowerShell ISE instance
Create and test assets locally

12. PowerShell ISE Add-In Use Automation Activities Create & Edit Assets
Enables use of the Automation activities (Get-AutomationVariable, Get-AutomationPSCredential, etc.) in local PowerShell Workflows
Use Automation Activities
Allows creating and editing the values of Automation assets locally
Create & Edit Assets
Allows easy tracking of local changes to runbooks and assets vs the state of these items in an Azure Automation account
Track State & Changes
Allows syncing of runbook / asset changes between a local authoring environment and an Azure Automation account
Sync Changes
Allows testing of PowerShell workflow scripts locally in the ISE and also in the automation service without changing the runbook
Test & Publish Runbooks

13. DEMO: PowerShell & GUI Runbooks
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DEMO: PowerShell & GUI Runbooks
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14. Enable Automation Across Azure resources and external systems
Provisioning
Monitoring
Applying Policy
SharePoint
Release
Management
Manual Tasks
Update SharePoint with progress
Patch Remediation
Backup
Deploy to production
Disaster Recovery
Monitor SharePoint
for new deployment
in staging
Incidents Response
Apply policy to the
deployment in staging
VM Lifecycle Mgmt.
Change Control
Update SharePoint with progress
Release Mgmt.
Compliance
SLA Adherence

15. DEMO: SharePoint in Hybrid Self-Service
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DEMO: SharePoint in Hybrid Self-Service
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16. What is PowerShell DSC
DSC is a new management platform in Windows PowerShell
Enables deploying and managing configuration data for software services and environments
Enabling or disabling server roles and features
Managing registry settings
Managing files and directories
Starting, stopping, and managing processes and services
Managing groups and user accounts
Deploying new software
Managing environment variables
Running Windows PowerShell scripts
Fixing a configuration that has drifted away from the desired state
Discovering the actual configuration state on a given node
Common Uses

17. DSC in Azure Automation
Features:
Accessible thru PowerShell
UI in Azure Preview Portal
Requirements:
Requires WMF 5
Limitations:
As of today, no support for….
Partial and composite configurations
Side-by-side module support
Auto-certificate renewal
Passing ConfigurationData
Automation Asset

18. DEMO: DSC in Azure Automation
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DEMO: DSC in Azure Automation
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19. New Automation Capabilities
Built-in integration with on-premises systems and PowerShell DSC nodes
Run Azure Automation runbooks on-premises
Automation accessible via new REST API (including GitHub, VSO and ARM)
Graphical workflow-authoring tool
Runbook Management from the new Microsoft Azure portal

20. Hybrid Worker in Azure Automation
An on-prem server running MS Mgmt Agent
Executes runbooks downloaded from AA
Reports results back to AA and OMS
Can be deployed in groups for high availability
Requires no ports (outside-in)
On-premises
Runbook Environment
Azure Automation
Microsoft Mgmt Agent
Operations
Management Suite
Hybrid Runbook Worker

21. Integration with Azure Automation
Leverage Azure Automation
Hybrid Worker
System Center
or other enterprise management tools
Requires a simple runbook in
PowerShell
Easily trigger via
Webhooks

22. DEMO: Hybrid Worker Automation Scenarios
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DEMO: Hybrid Worker Automation Scenarios
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23. Export and import saved search in bulk
OMS Search API
Enables direct programmatic access to OMS Log Search capabilities of OMS
Exposes the RESTful Azure Resource Manager API
Supported use cases include:
Issue direct query
Invoke a saved search
Export and import saved search in bulk

24. OMS Search PowerShell Modules
Custom PowerShell modules for OMS Search API ease the process of programmatic access
Hide complexity of arm client / RESTful API behind friendly PowerShell cmdlets
Microsoft
Community
Available on GitHub
A bit more basic than the community-developed module (today)
Available on GitHub
Developed by multiple MVPs & a Microsoft PFE

25. DEMO: Azure Automation Integration with OMS

26. Pricing Process Automation Support and SLA
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Pricing
Process Automation
Based on how much time (in minutes) your runbook jobs execute in the system
Desire State Config
Total number of runbooks you have in the system
Support and SLA
99.9% planned job start time
Support starting at $29 / mth
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27. Recap and Next Steps
Azure Automation is a great foundation for a hybrid automation strategy!
Start small, gain quick wins to show value
Integrate with enterprise tools to deliver on more complex scenarios
Download the samples from Azure Marketplace (and this session)
Use your MSDN benefits to explore the possibilities!

28. Resources Sample Runbooks from this Session
Azure Automation Add-in for PowerShell ISE
OMSSearch PowerShell Module (community)
PowerShell Module for OMS Search API (MS)
OpsMgrExtended PowerShell Module
Importing / Export OMS Saved Queries

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