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summary
Argues that long PowerShell scripts and cron/task scheduler polling get replaced by event-driven microservices: Azure Functions + Logic Apps (or Power Automate) call a PowerShell function (PowerShell Core 7), run an Azure Resource Graph query, push VM names to a storage queue, another function consumes the queue and issues start-as-job commands, and Event Grid + a logic app posts status. Uses managed identity, notes cold start and pricing tradeoffs, and demos starting one VM successfully.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction
- 2:15Automation scripts anxiety
- 6:33Traditional task scheduling
- 9:05Azure Functions & Logic Apps
- 18:01Demo setup & identities
- 36:17Testing Azure Functions locally
- 47:45Scripts to microservices
- 48:49Q&A
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