Script to shutdown Virtual Machine for users

Question

Is there any script that help to shutdown the VM in azure
for users

Answer 1

Hei Anga Dcruz,

Thank you for contacting Microsoft community.

A user will need "VM Contributor role" or a custom role with privileges to power off\on, if they need to shutdown a VM via a portal or powershell or azure command line.

It is also possible to schedule a shutdown through "auto shutdown" feature, available in the left menu for vm under "Operations" > "Auto shutdown".

Connect-AzAccount   #Authenticate to Azure 
Set-AzContext -Subscription <subscription name>   # set the correct subscription
Stop-AzVM -ResourceGroupName <Resource group> -Name <Virtual machnie name>

Read more about build in VM roles: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/role-based-access-control/built-in-roles

Read about setting custom roles: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/role-based-access-control/custom-roles

Read about assigning roles to an account: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/role-based-access-control/role-assignments-portal

Read about auto shutdown: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/automation/automation-solution-vm-management

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Answer 2

Do you need it for normal virtual machines or for AVD session hosts?

For normal vm's you can use the auto shutdown feature. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devtest-labs/devtest-lab-auto-shutdown

Otherwise you can use scaling plans for AVD: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-desktop/autoscale-scaling-plan?tabs=pooled-autoscale