Automate Hybrid Processes Using Azure Automation

Scenario

You are a senior automation engineer at Barrier Reef Audio, a company that focuses on generating text from speech using a range of high-quality audio equipment and machine learning.

You are responsible for automating processes at Barrier Reef Audio, including Active Directory processes.

To avoid the security risks associated with inactive user accounts, you want to ensure that inactive user accounts are automatically disabled in the Barrier Reef Audio Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) domain.

You decide to use an Azure Automation runbook and an Azure Hybrid Runbook Worker to automate this process.

In this lab, you will:

1. Create an Active Directory user account, and delegate permissions.
2. Create an Azure Automation credential.
3. Create a hybrid worker group, and onboard a hybrid worker.
4. Create a runbook.
5. Test a runbook.
6. Start a runbook, and observe the results.

Lab Setup

In this lab, you will be connecting to VMs using Remote Desktop and the Azure portal.

Log in to the Azure portal using the credentials provided, and make sure you’re using an incognito or private window.

You will also need to use a Remote Desktop client:

• Windows: Microsoft Remote Desktop on Windows 10
• macOS: Microsoft Remote Desktop
• Linux: Remmina