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July 2021

12 Jul

General availability: Azure Automation Customer Managed Keys

NOW AVAILABLE

Encrypt your Automation account assests using Customer-managed keys.

  • Automation
  • Security
  • Services
  • Features

April 2021

14 Apr

Azure Automation support for System Assigned Managed Identities is now in public preview

IN PREVIEW

Use managed identities now to authenticate runbooks to any Azure service that supports Azure AD authentication.

  • Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD)
  • Security
  • Management
8 Apr

Azure Automation is now generally available in South India

NOW AVAILABLE

Automate tasks across Azure and Non-Azure environment using PowerShell and Python based scripts.

  • Automation
  • Regions & Datacenters

March 2021

23 Mar

Azure Automation is now available in UK West

NOW AVAILABLE

Automate tasks across Azure & Non-Azure environment using PowerShell and Python based scripts.

  • Automation
  • Regions & Datacenters

February 2021

23 Feb

Azure Automation is now available in UAE Central

NOW AVAILABLE

Automate tasks across Azure & Non-Azure environment using PowerShell and Python based scripts.

  • Automation
  • Regions & Datacenters
9 Feb

Azure Automation is now available in Japan West

NOW AVAILABLE

Automate tasks across Azure & Non-Azure environment using PowerShell and Python based scripts.

  • Automation
  • Regions & Datacenters

January 2021

21 Jan

Azure Automation is now available in Switzerland West

NOW AVAILABLE

Automate tasks across Azure and Non-Azure environment using PowerShell and Python based scripts.

  • Regions & Datacenters
5 Jan

Azure Automation is now available in UAE North

NOW AVAILABLE

Automate tasks across Azure & Non-Azure environment using PowerShell and Python based scripts.

  • Automation
  • Regions & Datacenters

December 2020

28 Dec

Azure Automation is now available in Germany West Central

NOW AVAILABLE

Automate tasks across Azure and Non-Azure environment using PowerShell and Python based scripts.

  • Automation
  • Regions & Datacenters
22 Dec

Azure Automation Python 3 runbook support is now available in public preview

IN PREVIEW

Execute Python 3 runbooks in Cloud Sandbox and Hybrid Worker.

  • Automation
  • Services
  • Management
  • Features
11 Dec

Private Link support for Azure Automation is now generally available

NOW AVAILABLE

Ensure a secure channel to connect to your Automation Accounts resources with the help of Private Links in Automation.

  • Automation
  • Azure Monitor
  • Azure Private Link
  • Security
  • Services
  • Management
  • Features
7 Dec

Azure Automation is now available in Norway East region

NOW AVAILABLE

Automate tasks across Azure & Non-Azure environment using PowerShell and Python based scripts.

  • Automation
  • Regions & Datacenters

November 2020

10 Nov

Azure Automation is now available in Brazil Southeast region

NOW AVAILABLE

Automate tasks across Azure & Non-Azure environment using Powershell and Python based scripts.

  • Automation
  • Regions & Datacenters

October 2020

29 Oct

Azure Automation is now available in Switzerland North region

NOW AVAILABLE

Create, monitor, deploy and maintain resources in your Azure, on-premises and third-party hybrid cloud environments using highly scalable and reliable process automation and state configuration engines.

  • Automation
  • Regions & Datacenters

July 2020

9 Jul

Azure Private Link support for Azure Automation is now available in preview

IN PREVIEW

You can now use Azure Private Link to securely connect virtual networks to Azure Automation using private endpoints (in preview).

  • Automation
  • Security
  • Services

June 2020

22 Jun

Azure Automation updated DNS records

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q2 2020

To support new features in Azure Automation, like Azure Private Links, the automation URLs have been updated. Instead of region-specific URLs, there are now account-specific URLs.

  • Automation
  • Security
  • Services
22 Jun

Azure Automation is now available in the USGov Arizona region

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Automation is now available in the USGov Arizona region.

  • Automation
  • Regions & Datacenters

March 2020

11 Mar

Azure Automation is now available in the US Gov Arizona region in preview

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q2 2020

Azure Automation is now available in the US Gov Arizona region in preview.

  • Automation
  • Regions & Datacenters

January 2020

14 Jan

Log Analytics gateway in Azure Monitor update—December 2019

NOW AVAILABLE

An updated version of the Log Analytics (OMS) gateway in Azure Monitor is now available.

  • Azure Monitor
  • Log Analytics
  • Management

July 2019

8 Jul

General Availability: Non-Azure Groups for Azure Update Management

NOW AVAILABLE

Today we are happy to announce the general availability of Non-Azure group targeting for Azure Update Management. This feature enables dynamic targeting of patch deployments to non-Azure…

  • Services
  • Management
  • Features

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