Schedule An Update With Azure Automation Update Management

Introduction

In our last article, we learned how to deploy Azure Automation Update Management; click here to learn about Update Management.

Step 1

Open the Automation Account, Click Update management, and then click Schedule update deployment.

Step 2

In the “New update deployment” scheduler, we have to provide the Name and then select our operating system type, either “Windows” or “Linux”.

Step 3

In the Item to update, we need to select all servers in a dynamic group or select machines individually. Select “Groups to update”.

Step 4

Select the Subscription and Resource groups in the Select group, and click Add. Now we notice that the Included items have 1 subscription and 1 resource group. Click Ok.

Step 5

In the Item to update, we need to select all servers in a dynamic group or select machines individually. In this demo, we will select “Machines to update”.

Step 6

Select the Type as Machines in the Select machine, and click Ok.

Step 7

In the “Update classification”, we must select which updates we want to install on the servers. In this demo, we will select Critical updates and Security updates.

Step 8

In the “Schedule Setting”, we need to determine the scheduler starts and recurring schedule.

Step 9

Select the Date and Time, select the Recurrence as Recurring, and in the Recurring option, we have to specify how often the scheduler will run and click Ok.

Step 10

In the Reboot options, select “reboot if required” and click “Create”

Summary

This article taught us how to schedule and update deployment using Automation Account. If you have any questions, feel free to comment under the article.