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Group Targeting for Non-Azure Servers in Azure Update Management
Target availability: Q2 2019
Azure Update Management has released a new feature for public preview. Group targeting for non-Azure servers enables you to create dynamically resolved periodic update deployments for non-Azure servers.
April 2019
General Availability: Azure Group Targeting for Azure Update Management
Azure group targeting for Azure update management is now generally available. This feature enables targeting of patch deployments to machines based on Azure-based queries.
February 2019
Azure Automation supports the Azure PowerShell Az module
Azure Automation now supports the Azure PowerShell Az module.
Azure Automation: Update Azure Modules runbook is open source
The Update Azure Modules runbook is now officially open source.
October 2018
September 2018
Update Management: Pre/post tasks, dynamic groups and update inclusion
Update Management now supports dynamic groups, pre/post tasks and inclusion lists.
General availability: Python 2 runbook support in Azure Automation
Azure Automation now supports Python 2 for general availability. You can import, author, and run Python 2 runbooks in Azure or on a Hybrid Runbook Worker.
August 2018
Updates to file support and Windows services tracking in Change Tracking and Inventory
New support has been added for more powerful tracking of Windows files, file content tracking and differencing, and adjustable Windows Service collection frequency.
Update Management: Reboot control
Many customers have asked for the ability to control when reboots occur when installing new updates. To address this feedback, Update Management has added a new option for update deployments. When…
July 2018
General availability: Start/Stop VMs during off-hours in Azure Automation
The Start/Stop VMs during off-hours solution in Azure Automation is generally available.
December 2017
Automation runbooks available in action groups to take actions from alerts
You can run an Automation runbook when an alert triggers an action group on an Azure resource. This capability extends the actions you can take in response to the alert.
November 2017
Public preview: Azure Automation watcher tasks
Watcher tasks deliver the ability to author a watcher runbook that polls a system in your environment and then call an action runbook to process any events found.
October 2017
Public preview: Python 2 support and Hybrid Runbook Workers for Linux
Python 2 support and Hybrid Runbook Workers for Linux are both publicly available in preview for Azure Automation.
Preview: Update management, inventory, and change tracking in Azure Automation
Azure Automation now supports update management, inventory, and change tracking. These capabilities are currently in preview.
September 2017
Automation and configuration for virtual machines
Azure Automation includes three new enterprise-grade capabilities for managing virtual machines—update management, inventory and change tracking.
August 2017
Azure Event Grid
Azure Event Grid is an innovative offering which will make an event a first-class object in Azure. With Azure Event Grid, you will be able to subscribe to any event which is happening across your Azure resources and react using serverless platforms like Functions or Logic Apps.
March 2017
Managed node can support Hybrid Runbook Worker and Update Management simultaneously
A node that's managed through Operations Management Suite can support Hybrid Runbook Worker and Update Management simultaneously.
August 2016
Azure Automation Hybrid Runbook Worker supports proxy environments
An update to Azure Automation Hybrid Runbook Worker adds support for workers communicating through a proxy server.
January 2016
General availability: Azure Automation Desired State Configuration
With Azure Automation Desired State Configuration, you can consistently deploy, reliably monitor, and automatically update the desired state of all your IT resources, at scale, from the cloud.
December 2015
General availability: Azure Automation
Azure Automation, the service that automates the management of your cloud and on-premises resources, is generally available in the new Azure portal.
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