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Published inMar 2022
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ISBN-139781801075022
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Ryan Mangan
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Ryan Mangan

Ryan Mangan is an end-user computing specialist. He is a speaker, presenter and author who has helped customers and technical communities with end-user computing solutions, ranging from small to global 30,000-user enterprise deployments in various fields. Ryan is the owner and author of ryanmangansitblog, which has over 3 million + visitors and over 200+ articles. Some of Ryan’s community and technical awards include: Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP), VMware vExpert 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 & 2021, VMware vExpert EUC 2021, VMware vExpert Desktop Hypervisor 2021, Very Important Parallels professional program (VIPP) 2019, 20 & 21, LoginVSI Technology Advocate 19, 20.
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Creating an automation account for Azure Virtual Desktop

In this section, we look at creating an automation account for Azure Virtual Desktop. An automation account is used to create runbooks that contain scripts that can automate processes to help you manage your Azure Virtual Desktop environment. Runbooks are extremely useful for automating repetitive tasks and batch processing, which can be quite time-consuming when carrying out such tasks manually.

Let's get started with first creating an automation account:

  1. Sign in to the Azure portal: https://portal.azure.com/.
  2. From the top menu, enter Automation in the search bar and click Automation Accounts:

Figure 17.1 – Search result showing Automation Accounts

  1. On the Automation Accounts page, click Create:
Figure 17.2 – Create button highlighted within Automation Accounts

Figure 17.2 – Create button highlighted within Automation Accounts

  1. Within the Add Automation Account blade, provide a Name, select...
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Published in: Mar 2022Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781801075022

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Ryan Mangan

Ryan Mangan is an end-user computing specialist. He is a speaker, presenter and author who has helped customers and technical communities with end-user computing solutions, ranging from small to global 30,000-user enterprise deployments in various fields. Ryan is the owner and author of ryanmangansitblog, which has over 3 million + visitors and over 200+ articles. Some of Ryan’s community and technical awards include: Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP), VMware vExpert 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 & 2021, VMware vExpert EUC 2021, VMware vExpert Desktop Hypervisor 2021, Very Important Parallels professional program (VIPP) 2019, 20 & 21, LoginVSI Technology Advocate 19, 20.
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