Why is my VM continuoustly getting deallocated. (This virtual machine is stopped and deallocated as requested by an authorized user or process.)

Question

I'm attempting to locate why my VM is continuously getting stopped and deallocated. Please assist in. my search for the cause.

• I have a paid membership.
• Activity Log on VM does not show any deallocated log entries within Azure dashboard.
• Auto Shutdown is disabled, and has been toggled on/off as well.
• I do not have a lab account, from my knowledge, that would cause the VM to shutdown after logging off of it.

Answer 1

hi @Kyle watson it’s possible that you might be using a Spot VM. Spot VMs in Azure allow you to take advantage of unused Azure capacity at a significantly reduced cost. However, the trade-off is that these VMs can be preempted (deactivated) with little to no notice when Azure needs to reclaim the capacity for other purposes. To confirm whether your VM is indeed a Spot VM, you’ll need to check your VM’s settings. reference: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/spot-vms