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Encrypt All Azure Automation Variables

Matthew Dowst 
$ResourceGroupName = ''
$AutomationAccountName = ''

# Get all variables
$variables = Get-AzureRMAutomationVariable -ResourceGroupName $ResourceGroupName -AutomationAccountName $AutomationAccountName

# parse through each unencrypted variable
Foreach($var in $variables | Where-Object{$_.Encrypted -ne $True}){
    
    # remove the unencrypted variable
    Remove-AzureRMAutomationVariable -ResourceGroupName $var.ResourceGroupName -AutomationAccountName $var.AutomationAccountName -Name $var.Name
    
    # recreate the variable, with the same values and encrypt it
    New-AzureRMAutomationVariable -ResourceGroupName $var.ResourceGroupName -AutomationAccountName $var.AutomationAccountName -Name $var.Name -Encrypted $True -Value $var.Value -Description $var.Description
}
Details
It is best practices to encrypt all of your Azure Automation Account variables. However, it is not possible to convert an unencrypted variable to an encrypted one. So this snippet will return all variables and if any are unencrypted, it will remove them, the recreate it as an encrypted variable.

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