AZ568102 - Generally Available: Azure Automation supports PowerShell 7.6 runbooks and Runtime environment

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Published

Jul 30, 2026

Status

Launched

Timeline

  • July 2026
    General Availability

Product

Automation

Tag

Feature

Category

Management and governance

Description


Azure Automation is pleased to announce: 
  • General Availability of in-support PowerShell 7.6  runbooks
  • Runtime Environment GA, enabling customers to seamlessly upgrade their outdated scripts to supported runtime versions.  
  • Support for Azure CLI commands in PowerShell 7.6 runbooks GA 

Benefits: 

  • Stay current – Access to new language versions for improved security and performance. 
  • Faster Runbook upgrade – Easy portability of runbooks across different versions to keep pace with PowerShell and Python releases. 
  • Granular control – Complete control to configure the script execution environment, without worrying about conflicting module versions. 
  • Efficient Code organization – Eliminate the need to create multiple Automation accounts to segregate different versions of modules or conflicting modules. 

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