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What do you like best about Azure Automation?

The report of all my applications in the Linux environment is perfect, it helps me a lot to have control in all my system changes.

The scheduled updates are placed in hours where I will not work or use the system, with this I can use the maximum performance of the environment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Azure Automation?

When I schedule automatic updates for a specific day, I have errors in my programs, when I enter my system I have to correct the errors caused. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Azure Automation:

Make all your projects secure in the cloud with Azure, it is perfect to have everything safe and stable against any problem that occurs in the PC or virus. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Azure Automation solving and how is that benefiting you?

I carry out my project with the security of Azure, the cloud keeps me synchronized with all my files and data wherever I access, it is safe and stable against virus attacks and problems on my PC. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Azure Automation Overview

What is Azure Automation?

Azure Automation delivers a cloud-based automation and configuration service that provides consistent management across your Azure and non-Azure environments. It consists of process automation, update management, and configuration features.

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Azure Automation delivers a cloud-based automation and configuration service that provides consistent management across your Azure and non-Azure environments. It consists of process automation, update management, and configuration features.


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Recent Azure Automation Reviews

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Verified UserEnterprise (> 1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Azure automation"
Very user friendly with tons of features and capabilities to automate a lot of work.
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Verified UserEnterprise (> 1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Azure Automation is a complete package"
I coming from automation scripting background can tell u azure Automation is the best since u have everything in one place and it not only allows u...
Brian C.
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Brian C.Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"Extremely powerful automation tool for Microsoft environment"
Powerful tool to automate azure, 365, on premise and more. If it connects with powershell then azure automation is a secure and powerful way to aut...
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What do you like best about Azure Automation?

I coming from automation scripting background can tell u azure Automation is the best since u have everything in one place and it not only allows u to code in ps but also in py. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Azure Automation?

I dont understand what the logic iz being showing a job status as successful when it actually failed, don't want to be critical but when job fails you can see errors under output but still the overall status is shown as success Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Azure Automation solving and how is that benefiting you?

I was able to build an entire automation framework which involves logic apps and azure Automation for other teams to onboards their use cases and have them run in a plug-and-play method Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Azure Automation?

Very user friendly with tons of features and capabilities to automate a lot of work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Azure Automation?

Debugging issues is a pain and would like more user friendly ways to work on it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Azure Automation solving and how is that benefiting you?

A lot of custom solutions built around the customer request can be completed via azure automation. These benefit everyone since it saves manual work by a platform engineer and also provided a user friendly way for customer to directly handle things on their own. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Brian C.
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What do you like best about Azure Automation?

Powerful tool to automate azure, 365, on premise and more. If it connects with powershell then azure automation is a secure and powerful way to automate Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Azure Automation?

Occasional random generic connection issues that resolve on its own. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Azure Automation:

No more scheduled tasks! Azure automation has made our automation goals a reality. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Azure Automation solving and how is that benefiting you?

Automation of powershell scripts, and Microsoft related tasks Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Azure Automation?

I like the process automation and configuration management. We can easily enable the Role Based Access Control policies over the resources. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Azure Automation?

There is a lack of proper marketing for this kind of product Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Azure Automation solving and how is that benefiting you?

Manual and repetitive tasks are easily automated. For applying the configuration policies and Compliance, we can do it in one go. It is designed to work across multiple platforms and systems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Krishnan S.
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What do you like best about Azure Automation?

Maintenance of VPS system and compatible with GNU Linux and Windows. Third-party applications, tracking report and cloud access Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Azure Automation?

Problem to generate code within a GNU Linux and Windows hybrid system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Azure Automation:

Security and stability system operating system hub Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Azure Automation solving and how is that benefiting you?

Security, stability and application testing work within the hybrid system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Vipin S.
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What do you like best about Azure Automation?

Many automation processes like automatic scaling restarting services. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Azure Automation?

As of now, there is nothing I don't like, maybe just because I didn't explore much out of it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Azure Automation solving and how is that benefiting you?

Scaling issues which helped to organize the cost of my Azure Services Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Luís F. N.
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What do you like best about Azure Automation?

The platform allows me to save a lot of time because I can simply program repetitive routines that can easily be deployed anytime I need. The programming interface is minimal and very simple to use. The cost of the service is reasonable since there are other competitors that offer paid solutions with a lot less useful functions. The quality of the platform is outstanding and it can save you a ton of money by decreasing cost to your project. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Azure Automation?

I do not have anything that I dislike about this platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Azure Automation:

I recommend you to try the platform as soon as you can in order to check if it saves you time and money. For us, we started seeing a direct benefit few hours after playing with the platform. The platform is very reliable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Azure Automation solving and how is that benefiting you?

Azure Automation has helped me solve repetitive tasks when building my apps. One of the benefits is that I can simply save the routines and execute them anytime I need. A lot of my projects all share a common interface and this saves me time without having to start everything from scratch. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Atul U.
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What do you like best about Azure Automation?

Very Helpful in security and infrastructure automation with Flexiblility to choose scripting language Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Azure Automation?

disk size limition on azure runbook worker Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Azure Automation solving and how is that benefiting you?

All security and infrastructure related this are being handled through azure automation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Azure Automation?

- Easy to write runbooks.

- Easy to debug runbook because of Job history.

- Hybrid Runbook worker is very easy to setup. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Azure Automation?

-Fair share limit. It should allow runbooks to execute for more than 90 minutes.

- Not clarity. Will it exist along with Azure Function ?

- So time runbooks stays in queue for ever.

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What problems is Azure Automation solving and how is that benefiting you?

- We do infrastructure based automation.

- Integrate it with Azure monitor to build resiliency.

- Use HRW to control on-premises infrastructure. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.