Can I use an automation account wuth DSC across vnets?

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Can I use an automation account wuth DSC across vnets?

Kevin Blackwell 0

I trying to come up with a hub and spoke model for our environments. They would all be in different vnets.

I'm trying to use an automation account in one vnet (vnet1) to utilize DSC on a windows machine in a second vnet( vnet2).

My first question is, is that even possible?

I've poked around, tried private endpoints, peered vnets, but no matter, the add button in State configuration is greyed out, so I can't add any configs.

There's some NSG on each vnet, not sure if that's might be a problem.

Vinod Pittala 1,750 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2025-04-28T15:46:21.0533333+00:00

Hello Kevin Blackwell,

We haven't heard back from you regarding the solution Marcin Policht provided. Could you please let us know if it was helpful? If you have any questions or encounter any issues, please don't hesitate to reach out. We are committed to resolving your concerns as a priority.

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2025-04-29T06:34:15.8933333+00:00

Hello Kevin Blackwell,

I wanted to follow up on the detailed answer we provided regarding the issue you encountered. Have you had a chance to review it? I would like to ensure that the issue has been resolved to your satisfaction or if there is any further assistance you might need.

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Vinod Pittala 1,750 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2025-04-28T15:46:21.0533333+00:00

Hello Kevin Blackwell,

We haven't heard back from you regarding the solution Marcin Policht provided. Could you please let us know if it was helpful? If you have any questions or encounter any issues, please don't hesitate to reach out. We are committed to resolving your concerns as a priority.

Thanks
Vinod Pittala 1,750 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2025-04-29T06:34:15.8933333+00:00

Hello Kevin Blackwell,

I wanted to follow up on the detailed answer we provided regarding the issue you encountered. Have you had a chance to review it? I would like to ensure that the issue has been resolved to your satisfaction or if there is any further assistance you might need.

Thank you.

Answer 1

An Azure Automation account doesn't deploy into a VNet and doesn't have any VNet dependencies - so you should be able to use it to target any Azure VMs (regardless of their location/VNet they are connected to).

That aside, considering that Azure Automation State Configuration has a retirement date set (September 30, 2027), rather than troubleshooting your existing setup, you might want to consider using Azure Machine Configuration instead. More at https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/machine-configuration/overview

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Marcin

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