Azure Automation: Solve the 'A job schedule for the specified runbook and schedule already exists' issue
This week I was busy with writing ARM templates for deploying a runbook within an Azure Automation account. One of the parts you need for this is the jobSchedule object. The first time I created the object the deployment went succesful but when I deployed the same template a second time the deployment fails with the error message "A job schedule for the specified runbook and schedule already exists". After doing some research I found out that I was not the only one. In Azure Feedback I found a bug item from Yulun Zeng dated January 24, 2018 who encountered the same issue. The bug is under review since January 7, 2020 but is still not solved. Some of the Azure Automation resources are conflicting with a fundamental rule of ARM templates documented by Microsoft. Repeatable results: Repeatedly deploy your infrastructure throughout the development lifecycle and have confidence your resources are deployed in a consistent manner. Templates are idempotent, which means you can ...