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Hi Team,
I would like to add a policy which is related to Virtual Machines that should shut down the all VMs at 7 PM and on by 10 AM Daily on Weekdays.
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Venu Sunkara
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You can use Azure automation to start/stop VM during off hours.
Please refer to this document and let me know if you have any questions.
Hi karishmatiwari-msft,
Thanks for giving reply, but im looking for azure policies.
Regards,
Venu Sunkara
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What are those lazy hours to work :) :) :)
No but seriously do you mind if i ask why you want to shut them down overnight, i am just curious.
Thanks :P
Hi Sirlupinwatson,
In my organisation people are using VMs for POC purpose and they are not shutting down their VMs while leaving office & as well as on weekends so it is an extra cost for organization.
Regadrs,
Venu Sunkara
@Venu Sunkara Hi, thanks for reply !!!
Ah , i see , make sense. Consuming more electricity or the actual cost by the hours or days basics AWS is charging you ?
It's just personal informations to help me to understands, thanks mate
I don't see any Azure policy for this requirement. However there is Auto turn off option, but again auto start option is not available.
Azure Virtual Machine auto-shutdown
Also there was similar feedback for this requirement where MS suggests to use Automation option.
Ability to turn ON and OFF virtual machines based on a schedule
Hi Vaibhav-Chaudhari
Thanks for your reply, but im looking for a policy (the policy need to apply on the newly creating resources)
Regards,
Venu
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You need to associate Tags with VM and create an automation process that will look for these tags and their values for shutting down VM's and restarting them again.