This document discusses using Azure Automation to automate a private build server on demand for SharePoint. It describes how to create runbooks in Azure Automation to automate starting and stopping a virtual machine for continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD). Runbooks can be triggered by webhooks from Visual Studio Team Services to start the VM before a build job and stop it after. This provides a cost-effective and maintenance-free approach for self-hosted CI/CD using an on-demand VM managed by Azure Automation runbooks.

1. Azure Automation
for On-Demand SharePoint’s Private Build Server
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Hosted CI/CD Azure VM
Monthly cost $ 40 $51.25
Maintenance Free Self
On cloud Yes Yes
Possible cost
reduction
No Yes
*B2S, selected since using <2 core VM will be super slow

13. AutomationIntegration Orchestration
Accelerate time to value
with flexible process
workflows

14. Runbook Authoring in Azure:
Create runbooks to automate all aspects of
cloud operations, from deployment,
monitoring, and optimizations
Highly Available Engine:
Support requirements for scale and H/A.
Built on PowerShell Workflow. Isolation for
runbook jobs
Integration into other systems:
Import PS modules and create additional
modules and runbooks for Azure services or to
connect into 3rd party systems
Process Automation
Configuration Management
Update Management
Shared capabilities
Heterogenous

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23. Visual Studio
Team Services
1. Trigger Start VM webhook 2. Execute Start VM runbook
3. Starts VM
4. Build Agent Connected
5. Build Job Run
6. Trigger Stop VM webhook 7. Execute Stop VM webhook
8. Stop VM
Webhook Runbook
Self hosted CI/CD
Virtual machine
Self hosted CI/CD

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