Scheduling Azure Virtual Machine (VM) Startup With Azure Automation And Tags

I personally don't trust automation and prefer doing everything manually but for some reason, Matt does not. He'd rather schedule things ahead of time like starting up Azure virtual machines. Lazy. And he's also assigning tags so he doesn't have to manually choose them too! This guy's laziness just takes the cake.

[chaotang]

Great video, would be very useful if the powershell code is included in the description.

[AllenVisser]

Bloody brilliant. Short and concise powershell script.

[andreafantinel]

Hi Matt, thanks for your video, it's very easy and functionaly. Do you have also the shutdown version?

[ranjanse]

Thanks for this video. It helps me start VM. I needed to do this on weekdays and I added few lines to it.


#0-Sunday, 6-Saturday
$DayNum = [Int](Get-Date).DayOfWeek
if(($DayNum -gt 0) -and ($DayNum -lt 6)){
# "Week days" Code to start VM
}
else{
Write-Output "Weekend"
}

[vinodboddu]

Then how to stop the vm automatically when 6pm comes.

[gacctom]

Thank you. It really need. How about the close VM. How to modify the script code?

[jayong]

Exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!!

[savvassavvides]

It used to work fine but since we rename our subscription it throws an error on the powershell command Get-AzureRMVM with error: "This.SubscriptionId can not be null". I'm not sure were things went wrong. Everything points to the renamed subscription I've double check all the steps in the video and everything looks ok. Anyone has an Idea as to what is happening?

[mckeifus]

Having trouble getting this to work in 2023.

[pkaycr]

Thanks for the time taken to record the video, really appreciate it. Is there any way to get the PowerShell script to start and stop a VM at a specific time ?

[abarboukhaoula]

thank you for this video . I have a project on automation of starting and stopping VMs using applications taggs using python where can i find python scripts that could help doing the work

[wellingtonroa]

Gracias, mi Maquina Virtual esta en el ambiente Windows Virtual Desktop, y no me enciende de la forma tradicional, con la cuenta de Automatizacion corre excelente.

[CandanggoPlay]

Hello! How can I do this code to only start at weekdays and stay off weekend?? Can you help with this code?

[ragavendradayakar]

what type of permissions needed for new automation account

[prasannakumar]

Thanks for video... I need that PowerShell script

[swaroopnandyala]

The power shell code I'm getting error, Can you please help me

[vijay]

Hello Nice solution
but can it will work for AZ module????
getting error Get-AzAutomationConnection : The connection was not found. Connection

[vaibhavgatne]

Without automation account it is possible to start windows vm

[abarboukhaoula]

thank you for this video . I have a project on automation of starting and stopping VMs using applications taggs using python where can i find python scripts that could help doing the work