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How to Create Automation Account in Azure

Written April 2018. Microsoft changes these admin screens often, so the screenshots below may not match what you see today. The sequence of steps is usually still correct — if something looks wrong, tell us and we'll update it.

Create Automation account

  1. Click the Create a resource button found on the upper left-hand corner of Azure.
  2. Select Monitoring + Management, and then select Automation.
  3. Enter the account information. For Create Azure Run As account, choose Yes so that the artifacts to simplify authentication to Azure are enabled automatically. When complete, click Create, to start the Automation account deployment.

    Enter information about your Automation account in the page

  4. The Automation account is pinned to the Azure dashboard. When the deployment has completed, the Automation account overview automatically opens.

    Automation account overview

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