Create an Azure Automation account

One Automation account can manage resources across all regions and subscriptions for a given tenant.

In the Azure portal create a new resource and search for ‘Automation’

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Select the subscription and resource group and give the account a name.

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Under advanced choose where to use a system-assigned, user-assigned, or no managed identity at all

FieldDescription
System-assignedAn Azure Active Directory identity that is tied to the lifecycle of the Automation account.
User-assignedA managed identity represented as a standalone Azure resource that is managed separately from the resources that use it.

References

Microsoft


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