az automation account | Missing managed identity capability in reference group

[dbradish-microsoft]

Describe the bug

This GitHub issue is being moved from MicrosoftDocs/azure-docs-cli issue 4759 as it pertains to missing capabilities in reference content.

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Engineering request

Add sytem-assigned and user-assigned identity capabilities to az automation account.

Customer feedback

Type of issue

Missing information

Feedback

Unclear how to enable system managed identity through azure cli for automation account

I try:

az automation account identity assign \
  --resource-group $resourceGroupNameToAutomate \
  --name $automationAccountName

but not luck. I want to turn on:

Page URL

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/automation/account?view=azure-cli-latest

Content source URL

https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/azure-docs-cli/blob/main/latest/docs-ref-autogen/automation/account.yml

Document Id

c74ff008-a7d5-bf7c-e8b

Related command

az automation account

Errors

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Issue script & Debug output

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Expected behavior

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Environment Summary

Azure CLI 2.66.0

Additional context

No response

[yonzhan]

Thank you for opening this issue, we will look into it.

[microsoft-github-policy-service]

Thanks for the feedback! We are routing this to the appropriate team for follow-up. cc @jaspkaur28, @sanjkum.

[Li-Yanzhi]

Need this feature too, any update in CY2025?