POST /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/{vmScaleSetName}/virtualmachines/{instanceId}/poweroff/?api-version=2023-09-01

Power off (stop) a virtual machine in a VM scale set. Note that resources are still attached and you are getting charged for the resources. Instead, use deallocate to release resources and avoid charges.

Servers

Path parameters

Name Type Required Description
vmScaleSetName String Yes

The name of the VM scale set.

instanceId String Yes

The instance ID of the virtual machine.

subscriptionId String Yes

Subscription credentials which uniquely identify Microsoft Azure subscription. The subscription ID forms part of the URI for every service call.

resourceGroupName String Yes

The name of the resource group.

Query parameters

Name Type Required Description
skipShutdown Boolean No

The parameter to request non-graceful VM shutdown. True value for this flag indicates non-graceful shutdown whereas false indicates otherwise. Default value for this flag is false if not specified

Default value: false

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