The Stop Virtual Machines action can be used to stop many Azure virtual machines at a specific time of day. Once the virtual machines have been stopped, they can optionally be restarted after they have been stopped for a specific amount of time.

For example, 5 VMs can be stopped at 8pm and restarted 8 hours later with a single Stop Virtual Machines action.

Please see Common Action Settings for a description of settings common to all action types.

Resource Groups

Indicates the resource groups in which virtual machines may be stopped. Valid options include:

Resource Group Name

Comparison used when matching resource group names. Comparison is not case-sensitive.

Virtual Machines

Indicates the virtual machine names for virtual machines which may be stopped. Valid options include:

Virtual Machine Name

Comparison used when matching virtual machine names. Comparison is case-sensitive.

Compare Resource Tags

Indicates whether resource tags are compared. Only virtual machines with matching resource tags may be stopped.

Resource Tag Name

Indicates the name of the resource tag used to compare.

Resource Tag Value

Indicates the value of the resource tag used to compare.

Restart the Virtual Machines

Indicate whether the virtual machines should be automatically restarted later. The stopped time of the virtual machines must also be specified if this is checked.

Time Before Restart

Indicate the length of time the virtual machines should be stopped before they are restarted. This value is only required if "Restart the Virtual Machines" is checked.

The following Azure commands are used. The credential should have permission to execute all of them.