Can we run powershell script to shutdown the vms automatically?

Question

I know we have auto shutdown option provided by azure to auto shut down the VM's at perticular intervals. But I have achieve this by running a script. Can anyone help me with the powershell script.

Answer 1

Hi @Krishna Aswin ,

Thanks for contacting Microsoft Q&A platform.

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".
You can also operate VM's using below Powershell Query.

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

Hope this helps you.

Answer 2

Hello,

Thank you for posting in Q&A forum.

Please let me know if this is what you want：

Powershell script to auto shutdown virtual machines. - Microsoft Q&A

If there are any misunderstandings, please contact me.

Best regards，

Jill Zhou

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