Azure Unblogged - Azure Automanage
Channel: ITOpsTalk
Date: 06/04/2021

Hello Folks,

I meet with Dean Wells, Principal PM Manager for Azure Automanage.  He shared the genesis of the service, the current state, and the roadmap for added functionality.

That means that when deploying a new VM in Azure for example you need to ensure you’ve enrolled it in the following services:

• VM Insights Monitoring
• Backup
• Azure Security Center
• Microsoft Antimalware
• Update Management
• Change Tracking & Inventory
• Azure Guest Configuration
• Boot Diagnostics
• Azure Automation Account
• Log Analytics Workspace

In comes Azure Automanage...  A new service, currently in preview (at publishing time) that helps you automate this process without the need to create your own code for it.

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🔖 Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:30 What is Azure Automanage and why we built it.
4:50 OS supported
5:50 Agents deployed on the VMs
7:10 deployment options
8:00 deploy with Azure Policy
8:20 Available Profiles
18:40 Profile and remediation staging
20:05 Update management
22:10 Azure Automanage as an umbrella brand
24:15 Cost for Automanage
25:20 Patch Orchestration
27:44 Support for hybrid environments
29:39 Roadmap for Azure Automanage
30:50 Resource Exhaustion forecasting
33:29 VM "Right-Sizing"
35:20 ASR with Azure Automanage
35:56 Workload optimization with Azure Automanage
37:50 Wrap Up

✔ Resources:
• Provide your Feedback – ITOpsTalk-Feedback@Microsoft.com or directly to Dean Wells at Dean@microsoft.com
• Learn more about Azure Automanage: Azure Automanage | Microsoft Azure
• Get Started https://aka.ms/AutomanagePreview
• General docs: https://aka.ms/automanage
• Onboarding using Azure Policy https://aka.ms/AutomanagePolicy
• FAQ https://aka.ms/automanageFAQ