From the course: Manage Virtual Machines in Azure
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Shut down virtual machines automatically - Azure Tutorial
From the course: Manage Virtual Machines in Azure
Shut down virtual machines automatically
- [Instructor] Whenever you create an Azure virtual machine, that virtual machine is configured by default to automatically shut down at night. Now, in a way, this automatic shutdown is a good thing because remember, every virtual machine consumes certain resources, whether that's storage IOPS or compute resources or memory or what have you, and you're billed for the resources that your virtual machines consume, so shutting those virtual machines down at night stops the virtual machine from actively consuming resources, thereby saving you money. On the other hand, though, there are certain workloads that need to remain running 24/7, so you don't want those virtual machines to be automatically shut down just because it's the end of the business day, so with that said, I want to show you how automatic shutdown works. As you can see, I'm in the Azure portal, and I'm going to click on Virtual machines. From there, I'm…
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