How to add tasks to shutdown VM and to restart VM automatically

Question

New to Azure, To save money, I would like to add a task to stop VM and another task to restart VM. can this be dome automatically and how? Thanks

Answer 1

It depends on how you're creating the VM's.

• If you're creating them via the portal then there is an option to enable shutdown.
• If you're using bicep/terraform/iac then you can use the DevTestLab schedule
• You could also use Azure Policy for consistent shutdown creation, which would work regardless of creation method. https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-governance-and-management/azure-policy-enable-autoshutdown-on-azure-vm/m-p/3300129

Answer 2

Hi @SPAKE, SHERYL I,

maybe this is helpful to get your requirement done:

Start/Stop VMs during off-hours overview

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Regards

Andreas Baumgarten