My Azure VM insists on Starting up every 2 hours. I want it to only start when I say so.

Richard Moffat 21 Reputation points
2024-08-30T18:39:33.2166667+00:00

My Azure VM insists on Starting up every 2 hours. I want it to only start when I say so.

I cannot find the Auto-Start settings in my Overview screen. I see Auto-Stop but no Auto-Start. Buyt there is obviously an Auto-Start in there somewhere.

I want to remove all Auto-Start items.

Thoughts?

Dick Moffat

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  1. Lijitha B 90 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2024-09-02T10:34:03.6833333+00:00

    Hi Richard Moffat,

    Welcome to the Microsoft Q&A Platform! Thank you for asking your question.

    Azure only allows configuring auto-shutdown for virtual machines (VMs) under the VM's Operations menu, but it does not provide a built-in option for auto-startup.

    However, if you want to configure auto-startup for your VM, you'll need to use alternative methods, such as:

    • Azure Automation: You can create an Azure Automation runbook that starts the VM at a specified time. Get-AzAutomationConnection
    • Azure Logic Apps: You can create an Azure Logic App that starts the VM using the Azure VM REST API.

    For detailed information please go through the existing thread below:

    Autostart VM - Microsoft Q&A

    If you feel that your quires have been resolved, please accept the answer by clicking the "Upvote" and "Accept Answer" on the post.

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