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--- title: Manage Azure API Management using Azure Automation description: Learn about how the Azure Automation service can be used to manage Azure API Management. services: api-management, automation author: dlepow manager: eamono ms.assetid: 2e53c9af-f738-47f8-b1b6-593050a7c51b ms.service: azure-api-management ms.topic: concept-article ms.date: 09/25/2025 ms.author: danlep --- # Manage Azure API Management using Azure Automation [!INCLUDE [api-management-availability-all-tiers](../../includes/api-management-availability-all-tiers.md)] This guide introduces you to the Azure Automation service and how you can use it to simplify management of Azure API Management. ## What is Azure Automation? [Azure Automation](https://azure.microsoft.com/products/automation/) is an Azure service for simplifying cloud management through process automation. Using Azure Automation, you can automate manual, repeated, long-running, and error-prone tasks to increase reliability, efficiency, and time to value for your organization. Azure Automation provides a highly reliable, highly available workflow-execution engine that scales to meet your needs. In Azure Automation, processes can be kicked off manually, by 3rd-party systems, or at scheduled intervals so that tasks happen exactly when needed. Reduce operational overhead and free up IT and DevOps staff to focus on work that adds business value by moving your cloud-management tasks to run automatically with Azure Automation. ## How can Azure Automation help manage Azure API Management? You can manage API Management in Azure Automation by using the [Azure PowerShell cmdlets for API Management](/powershell/module/az.apimanagement). Within Azure Automation, you can write PowerShell workflow scripts to perform many of your API Management tasks using the cmdlets. You can also pair these cmdlets in Azure Automation with the cmdlets for other Azure services, to automate complex tasks across Azure services and 3rd party systems. Here are some examples of using API Management with PowerShell: * [Azure PowerShell samples for API Management](./powershell-samples.md) ## Related content Now that you've learned the basics of Azure Automation and how it can be used to manage Azure API Management, follow this link to learn more. * See the Azure Automation [getting started tutorial](../automation/learn/powershell-runbook-managed-identity.md).