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Azure Automation

Score8.6 out of 10

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What is Azure Automation?

Azure Automation is a solution to automate frequent, time-consuming, and error-prone cloud management tasks, and ensures consistent management for Windows and Linux. Users can write runbooks graphically in PowerShell or Python to integrate Azure services and other public systems required for deploying, configuring, and managing end-to-end processes. It can also be used to orchestrate across on-premises environments using a hybrid runbook worker to deliver on-demand services. Automations from ITSM, DevOps, and monitoring systems can be triggered to fulfill requests and ensure continuous delivery and management.

Categories & Use Cases

Key Features

Learn about the best (and worst!) features Azure Automation has to offer, as determined by TrustRadius' reviewers.
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Top Performing Features

  • Central monitoring

    A central monitoring dashboard provides data on trends and forecasts

    Category average: 9

  • Logging

    Logging and audit trails to ensure regulatory compliance

    Category average: 8.6

  • Alerts and notifications

    Alerts and notifications enabling management by exception

    Category average: 8.6

Areas for Improvement

  • Analysis and visualization

    Analysis and visualization tools provide clear understanding of critical errors and helps prioritize errors

    Category average: 8.3

  • Application integration

    Integration with a broad range of enterprise applications

    Category average: 8.4

  • Multi-platform scheduling

    Multi-platform scheduling is the ability to centrally manage a business process from end-to-end

    Category average: 9.2

Reviews

What users are saying about Azure Automation.
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Kick back and have a drink while Azure Automation does your dirty work

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Manager in Information Technology (201-500 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are currently using Azure Automation to manage aspects of Microsoft 365 and Sharepoint that cannot otherwise be automated. Specifically, we are using it to generate failed login alerts from Microsoft 365 and to perform synchronization of employee information between Azure AD and Sharepoint for an internal business directory. With the use of Azure Automation, we have both of these tasks scheduled to run periodically each day.

Pros

  • Scheduled automation of Microsoft 365 and Azure tasks
  • Scheduled automation of scripting (e.g. Powershell)
  • Perform periodic maintenance

Cons

  • An automation template library would be nice
  • Clear estimation of costs - this goes for the entire Azure Automation platform
  • It can be daunting at first due to all the settings and menu levels, but it is not difficult once you get started.

Return on Investment

  • Ensures tasks are not forgotten
  • Saves times - routine tasks no longer have to be performed manually
  • Complicated tasks are no longer an issue

Other Software Used

Microsoft 365, OnBase, SolarWinds Service Desk (SSD)