Create reports in Azure Update Manager

Applies to: ✔️ Windows VMs ✔️ Linux VMs ✔️ On-premises environment ✔️ Azure Arc-enabled servers.

This article describes how to create and edit a workbook and make customized reports.

Create a workbook

1. Sign in to the Azure portal and go to Azure Update Manager.

2. Under Monitoring, select Update reports to view the Update Manager | Update reports | Gallery page.

3. Select Quick start tile > Empty. Alternatively, you can select New to create a workbook.

4. Select Add to select any elements to add to the workbook.

   

5. Select Done Editing.

Edit a workbook

1. Sign in to the Azure portal and go to Azure Update Manager.

2. Under Monitoring, select Update reports to view Azure Update Manager | Update reports | Gallery.

3. Select the Azure Update Manager tile > Overview to view the Azure Update Manager | Update reports | Overview page.

4. Select your subscription, and select Edit to enable the edit mode for all four options:

   • Machines overall status & configuration
   • Updates Data Overview
   • Schedules/Maintenance configurations
   • History of Installation runs

   

   You can customize the visualization to create interactive reports and edit the parameters, chart size, and chart settings to define how the chart must be rendered.

   

5. Select Done Editing.

Next steps

• View updates for a single machine
• Deploy updates now (on-demand) for a single machine
• Schedule recurring updates
• Manage update settings via portal
• Manage multiple machines using Update Manager