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RSS feedNovember 2015
User experience enhancements in Azure Automation
Azure Automation has added a number of enhancements to the Azure portal.
Webhooks now support hybrid runbook workers
Webhooks can trigger jobs on hybrid runbook workers.
Automation: Zoom control added to graphical authoring canvas
For graphical runbooks in Azure Automation in the Preview portal, you can zoom the canvas to view runbook details or to get a higher level overview.
Automation: Search activity library for graphical runbook authoring
For graphical runbooks in Azure Automation in the Preview portal, you can search the library of activities during runbook authoring.
Automation: Configure activity retry in graphical runbooks
For graphical runbooks in Azure Automation in the Preview portal, you can configure an activity to retry until some conditions are met.
Automation: Configure activity tracing for troubleshooting graphical runbooks
For graphical runbooks in Azure Automation in the Preview portal, you can enable activity-level tracing and set the amount of tracing you want.
Automation: Entering runbook input parameter values made easier
The experience of entering runbook input parameters is improved in Azure Automation in the preview portal.
Automation: View Runbook source
Azure Automation has added the ability for you to view runbooks in read-only mode.
General availability: Azure Automation in China
Azure Automation is now available in Azure’s China cloud.
Central India region available for Azure Automation
Azure Automation is now available in Azure's Central India region.
October 2015
Hybrid workers support native PowerShell
Hybrid runbook workers now support native PowerShell runbooks, enabling you to automate IT management on-premises by using pure PowerShell.
Native PowerShell support available in Azure Automation source control
Azure Automation source control supports syncing native PowerShell scripts from your source control repository to your Azure Automation account.
September 2015
New runbook type: native PowerShell
PowerShell runbooks allow you to automate processes by using PowerShell commands rather than PowerShell workflows.
Azure Automation DSC: public preview details
Now in public preview, Automation DSC is available in Free and Basic tiers, and it introduces a variety of new features since the private preview.
Public preview: Azure Automation DSC
Azure Automation Desired State Configuration builds on PowerShell DSC to provide an easier configuration management experience.
Scheduling runbooks on hybrid workers now supported
When you schedule a runbook in Azure Automation, you can specify which hybrid worker group it will run on.
August 2015
Azure Automation: Run tests on hybrid runbook workers
Azure Automation has added the ability to run runbook tests on hybrid runbook workers.
Automation: Activity tracing for troubleshooting graphical runbooks
Azure Automation has added activity-level tracing to assist with testing and debugging graph runbooks.
Automation: Full Azure Resource Manager PowerShell cmdlet support
The Azure Automation team has released more than 60 PowerShell cmdlets in the Azure Resource Manager PowerShell module for managing all aspects of Azure Automation.
July 2015
Automation: Export and import graphical runbooks
In Azure Automation, you can export and import graphical runbooks.
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