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

3. On the Automation Accounts page, click Create:

Figure 17.2 – Create button highlighted within Automation Accounts

4. Within the Add Automation Account blade, provide a Name, select...