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From an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) standpoint, Microsoft Azure Automation is one of the most exciting technologies Microsoft has released. After working with customers in the IaaS space over the past few years, I’ve seen the need for this type of centralized and high-performance automation functionality.

Azure Automation is a managed service to script and automate application life cycle areas such as deployment, provisioning, and life cycle management. As of this writing, the specific Azure technologies areas supported by Azure Automation include the following:

- Microsoft Azure SQL Database, which is a scaled-down version of full Microsoft SQL Server and provided as a relational database service for platform as a service (PaaS) Azure applications. This service abstracts out the file-system management of a SQL Server service-based solution.

- Microsoft Azure Storage, which encompasses tables, blobs, and files. Table storage service is a nonrelational NOSQL environment to store structured nonrelational data that is optimized for very quick access.

- Microsoft Azure Websites, a simple way to create and deploy websites in Azure by managing the infrastructure, patching, and scalability for you.

- Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines, which allows you to create an IaaS environment that can be attached to an Azure Virtual Network. You manage the non-operating-system installations and all updates from the default platform that is provided for you. Autoscaling and high availability are possible as needed when load increases.

- Microsoft Azure Cloud Services, which is virtual machines (VMs) behind the scenes, but Microsoft manages all the patching to the data and application level on your behalf. Autoscaling and high availability are possible as well.

Source of Information : Azure Automation