POST
/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/{vmScaleSetName}/virtualmachines/{instanceId}/deallocate
https://azure.com/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/{vmScaleSetName}/virtualmachines/{instanceId}/deallocateDeallocates a specific virtual machine in a VM scale set. Shuts down the virtual machine and releases the compute resources it uses. You are not billed for the compute resources of this virtual machine once it is deallocated.
Access Token Required: API Key
Path Parameters
resourceGroupNamestringrequired
The name of the resource group.
vmScaleSetNamestringrequired
The name of the VM scale set.
instanceIdstringrequired
The instance ID of the virtual machine.
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}/virtualmachines/{instanceId}/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}