POST
/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/{vmScaleSetName}/poweroff
https://azure.com/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/{vmScaleSetName}/poweroffPower off (stop) one or more virtual machines 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.
Access Token Required: API Key
Path Parameters
resourceGroupNamestringrequired
The name of the resource group.
vmScaleSetNamestringrequired
The name of the VM scale set.
Query Params
skipShutdownstring
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
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}/poweroff' \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}