MS always seems to have had a schizophrenic relationship with API-exposing automation. It's like they have "Make it easy to manage" as a priority, then don't t

MS always seems to have had a schizophrenic relationship with API-exposing automation. It's like they have "Make it easy to manage" as a priority, then don't talk to admins with non-MS experience, and then build features in a bizarre way.