Deploy PowerShell 7 Script on Azure Automation

Andres Bohren

2022-11-19

Hi All,

In this Blog Post i explain how to Create and Depoly a PowerShell 7 Runbook for Azure Automation with the AZ PowerShell Module.

#Connect to Azure
Connect-AzAccount

#Get Automation Account
Get-AzAutomationAccount

I have two Azure Automation Accounts. In this Example, we use the second one.

###############################################################################
# Create Runbook
###############################################################################
$accountName = "icewolfautomation"
$rgName = "RG_DEV"
$location = "West Europe"
$RunbookName = "DemoPS7"
$scriptContent = @'
   #Connect to Exchange with Managed Identity
   $tenant = "icewolfch.onmicrosoft.com"
   Connect-ExchangeOnline -ManagedIdentity -Organization $tenant

   #Get Accepted Domain
   Get-AcceptedDomain | Format-Table DomainName, DomainType

   #Disconnect Exchange Online
   Disconnect-ExchangeOnline -Confirm:$False
'@

Invoke-AzRestMethod -Method "PUT" -ResourceGroupName $rgName -ResourceProviderName "Microsoft.Automation" `
   -ResourceType "automationAccounts" -Name "${AccountName}/runbooks/${RunbookName}" -ApiVersion "2017-05-15-preview" `
   -Payload "{`"properties`":{`"runbookType`":`"PowerShell7`", `"logProgress`":false, `"logVerbose`":false, `"draft`":{}}, `"location`":`"${Location}`"}"

Invoke-AzRestMethod -Method "PUT" -ResourceGroupName $rgName -ResourceProviderName "Microsoft.Automation" `
   -ResourceType automationAccounts -Name "${AccountName}/runbooks/${RunbookName}/draft/content" -ApiVersion 2015-10-31 `
   -Payload "$scriptContent"

The Runbook is now visible in the Azure Portal

###############################################################################
# Publish Runbook
###############################################################################
Publish-AzAutomationRunbook -Name $RunbookName -AutomationAccountName $AccountName -ResourceGroupName $rgName

The Runbook is now published

It contains the code

I've already created Shedules for this Automation Account

###############################################################################
# Get Schedule
###############################################################################
$accountName = "icewolfautomation"
$rgName = "RG_DEV"
Get-AzAutomationSchedule -AutomationAccountName $AccountName -ResourceGroupName $rgName
Get-AzAutomationSchedule -AutomationAccountName $AccountName -ResourceGroupName $rgName -Name "Weekly"

Here are the Schedules in the Portal

###############################################################################
# Link Schedule with Runbook
###############################################################################
$accountName = "icewolfautomation"
$rgName = "RG_DEV"
$scheduleName = "Weekly"
Register-AzAutomationScheduledRunbook -AutomationAccountName $accountName `
-Name $RunbookName -ScheduleName $scheduleName -ResourceGroupName $rgName