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Configure Update Management Using Azure Automation

This lab walks through the process of configuring Update Management using Azure Automation.

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Level
Clock icon Intermediate
Duration
Clock icon 30m
Published
Clock icon Jan 17, 2022

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Table of Contents

  1. Challenge

    Add the Virtual Machines to Update Management

    Add the BRADC1 and BRADC2 virtual machines to Azure Automation Update Management.

  2. Challenge

    Create Saved Searches for Group Machines

    1. Create a saved search computer group named Windows_Patch_Group_1 in the Log Analytics workspace that contains computers whose name ends with 2 using the below KQL query:

      Heartbeat | distinct Computer | where split(Computer, ".", 0)[0] endswith "2"

    2. Create a saved search computer group named Windows_Patch_Group_2 in the Log Analytics workspace that contains computers whose name does not end with 2 using the below KQL query:

      Heartbeat | distinct Computer | where split(Computer, ".", 0)[0] !endswith "2"

  3. Challenge

    Schedule Update Deployment

    1. Schedule an update deployment for Windows_Patch_Group_1 computers to occur every Wednesday evening at 10PM.
    2. Schedule an update deployment for Windows_Patch_Group_2 computers to occur every Thursday evening at 10PM.
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