New-AzureAutomationAccount

Creates an Automation account.

Note

The cmdlets referenced in this documentation are for managing legacy Azure resources that use Service Management APIs. See the Az PowerShell module for cmdlets to manage Azure Resource Manager resources.

Syntax

New-AzureAutomationAccount
   -Name <String>
   -Location <String>
   [-Profile <AzureSMProfile>]
   [<CommonParameters>]

Description

Important

This PowerShell command for Azure Automation is longer supported as of 01/23/2020. The Azure Service Management model is deprecated for Azure Automation and was disabled on that date. Please use the commands which support the Azure Resource Management model in Az.Automation.

The New-AzureAutomationAccount cmdlet creates a new account in Microsoft Azure Automation.

Examples

Example 1: Create an Automation account

PS C:\> New-AzureAutomationAccount -Name "MyAutomationAccount" -Location "East US"

This command creates an Automation account named MyAutomationAccount in the East US region.

Parameters

-Location

Specifies the location of the account.

Type:String
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:True
Accept pipeline input:True
Accept wildcard characters:False

-Name

Specifies the name of the account.

Type:String
Aliases:AutomationAccountName
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:True
Accept pipeline input:True
Accept wildcard characters:False

-Profile

Specifies the Azure profile from which this cmdlet reads. If you do not specify a profile, this cmdlet reads from the local default profile.

Type:AzureSMProfile
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

Outputs

AutomationAccount