POST
/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/{vmScaleSetName}/deallocate
https://azure.com/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/{vmScaleSetName}/deallocateDeallocates specific virtual machines in a VM scale set. Shuts down the virtual machines and releases the compute resources. You are not billed for the compute resources that this virtual machine scale set deallocates.
Access Token Required: API Key
Path Parameters
resourceGroupNamestringrequired
The name of the resource group.
vmScaleSetNamestringrequired
The name of the VM scale set.
Responses
{
"success": true,
"data": {
"id": "abc123",
"created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"
}
}{
"success": false,
"error": {
"code": "VALIDATION_ERROR",
"message": "Invalid request parameters"
}
}Language
CredentialsAPI KEY
API Key
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cURL Request
1curl --request POST \2 --url 'https://azure.com/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/{vmScaleSetName}/deallocate' \3 --header 'accept: application/json' \4 --header 'content-type: application/json'Response
1{2 "success": true,3 "data": {4 "id": "abc123",5 "created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"6 }7}