Azure VDI virtual machines

Question

How do we automatically delete Azure VDI machine when a user has not logged in for 30days

Answer 1

Hello @Santosh Savakar

To automatically delete an Azure VDI machine when a user has not logged in for 30 days, you can use Azure Automation and a PowerShell script. Here are the high-level steps:

Create an Azure Automation account in your Azure subscription.

Create a new PowerShell runbook in the Azure Automation account.

Write a PowerShell script that checks the last login time for each user on the VDI machine and deletes the machine if no user has logged in for 30 days.

Schedule the PowerShell runbook to run on a regular basis (e.g., daily) using a recurring schedule in Azure Automation.

Here is an example PowerShell script that you can use as a starting point:

$vmName = "MyVDIMachine"
$daysToKeep = 30
$lastLogon = (Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_UserProfile -ComputerName $vmName | Select-Object -Property LastUseTime | Measure-Object -Property LastUseTime -Maximum).Maximum
$daysSinceLastLogon = (New-TimeSpan -Start $lastLogon).Days
if ($daysSinceLastLogon -gt $daysToKeep) {
    Remove-AzVM -ResourceGroupName "MyResourceGroup" -Name $vmName -Force
}

This script uses the Get-WmiObject cmdlet to retrieve the last login time for each user on the VDI machine, calculates the number of days since the last login, and deletes the machine if no user has logged in for 30 days.

Note that you will need to modify the script to use the appropriate Azure PowerShell cmdlets for your environment and to specify the correct resource group and VM name.

I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any other questions or if there is anything else I can assist you with.

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