The primary purpose of Azure Automation is automating repetitive and long-running tasks, both in Azure and for on-premises servers. Azure Automation relies on scripts and workflows to implement runbooks that execute these tasks. This gives you the flexibility to automate practically any noninteractive procedure and script it with Azure PowerShell or Python 2. You can also use DSC, which helps maintain a consistent configuration for managed resources by relying on PowerShell configuration scripts.
