Modify Automation Start / Stop for VMs in Azure
First connect to Azure Connect-AzAccount $tenantId = (Get-AzContext).Tenant.Id Get all information about Automation Accounts Get-AzAutomationVariable -Name External_ExcludeVMNames -AutomationAccountName Automation-Account1 -ResourceGroupName RG1 To get Automation Account Name or Resoruce Group, use following commands Get-AzAutomationAccount Get-AzResourceGroup Set exclude for VM “VM-SRV-01” Get-AzAutomationVariable -Name External_ExcludeVMNames -AutomationAccountName Automation-Account-1 -ResourceGroupName RG1 | Set-AzAutomationVariable -Value ‘VM-SRV-01’
