Learning Azure Process Automation Using PowerShell: Automation Runbooks | Automate boring system administration task using PowerShell | Process Automation

Azure PowerShell (PowerShell + Az Module) is a set of cmdlets to manage Azure resources directly from the PowerShell command line. Azure PowerShell is designed to make it easy to learn and get started with managing Azure resources and provides powerful features for automation. It is used to perform powerful, common tasks in Microsoft Azure through an extension of Windows PowerShell. Without logging in, users can enter a single cmdlet from the command line to create a new virtual machine. This course is designed to take the system administrators to an advanced level and make them more efficient at their work. You will find ways to automate your daily work using the advantages of Windows PowerShell. It covers a wider list of topics such as how to deploy a virtual machine in Azure Cloud, connecting local PowerShell to Azure, deploying new Azure resources using PowerShell, Azure PowerShell to query and format output, how to administer Azure storage using Azure PowerShell, application code development, code enhancement, and publishing of the application. The last section focuses on PowerShell basics. By the end of this course, you will be able to administer and manage Azure resources and automate Azure tasks using PowerShell easily. Administrators will find it easier to create, test, deploy, and manage Azure cloud platform services. The code files and all other resources are uploaded on GitHub at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Learning-Azure-Process-Automation-using-PowerShell

This course can be taken by absolute beginners including candidates with non-technical backgrounds, such as those involved in selling or purchasing and somehow involved with cloud-based solutions/services, as well as those with a technical background who have a need to validate their foundation-level knowledge around cloud services and Azure. System administrators using cloud services in their day-to-day life will benefit the most. Basic beginner-level knowledge of Azure cloud and awareness of basic PowerShell commands are highly recommended for this course but not mandatory.