v0.2.2 (early adopter release 3)

Release Description

One more early adopter release, now with native (non-workflow) PowerShell Script support! Become an early adopter and help us reach our official beta.
Update: adding some bug fixes.

Tool Overview

• Enables runbooks to run locally by providing emulated Automation activities (Get-AutomationVariable, Get-AutomationPSCredential)
• Downloads the values of Automation assets from the service
• Allows upload of changes made to the Automation assets. Credentials & secure variables must be set locally, and are encrypted on disk.
• Downloads existing runbooks. New runbooks can be created in the local workspace and uploaded to the service in draft mode.
• Uploaded draft runbooks in the service can be tested within the ISE
• Allows publishing changes made to runbooks
• Submit feedback from within the tool itself

Installation

• Download the install-azure-automation-ise-addon-v0.2.2-fix.zip file attached to this release.
• Right-click on the downloaded zip file and select Properties. On the General tab, click the Unblock button if it is there. Click Apply to save your changes (this step allows the Add-On to run without changing your Execution Policy).
• Extract the contents of the zip
• Open the PowerShell ISE, and run the Install-AzureAutomationIseAddOn.ps1 PowerShell script located in the extracted folder
• The Azure Automation ISE add-on should appear on the right side of the PowerShell ISE
• From now on, opening the PowerShell ISE should automatically load the Azure Automation ISE Add-On

Uninstallation

• Open the PowerShell ISE, and run Uninstall-AzureAutomationIseAddOn
• Restart the Powershell ISE