Starting April 1, 2025, all jobs running on agent-based User
Hybrid Runbook Worker will be stopped.
Azure
Automation Agent-based User Hybrid Worker (Windows & Linux) retired on August 31, 2024, and is no longer supported. It poses a potential Security risk since Agent-based Hybrid Worker has
not been getting any Security fixes post-retirement. Hence, it is strongly
recommended that you move to extension-based User Hybrid Runbook Worker (Windows
& Linux) for executing Hybrid jobs.
Key
benefits of new approach:
-
Enhanced security posture for your VMs through access control using system-assigned
managed identities, instead of self-managed certificates
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Improved operational productivity for keeping the workers up to date, using
automatic upgrades and at-scale management of the VMs
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Simplified installation of extension while eliminating the need to install Log
Analytics agent.
Follow
the instructions
to migrate your agent-based User Hybrid Runbook Workers to extension-based
Hybrid Workers before April 1, 2025.