So, in Azure you pay for what you use. If it’s on (or if it is allocated), you are paying for it, until it is deallocated.

So what can we do to save costs? We can configure automatic shutdown.

So if we enter “Auto-shutdown” on the left panel in the VM:

So let’s enable it, and set our preferred time for shutdown. Ensure that you have configured the timezone correctly so that it shutsdown when you expect it to.

There you go, you’ve configured automatic shutdown on a schedule.

Next up, we’ll be looking at runbooks and the possbility of turning your virtual machines off, but also on again on a fixed schedule.

Stay tuned for more, and always you can reach me here or over on twitter at @UlvBjornsson.

If you are curious about the Azure exam 70-533, you can check out my write up on it over here.

Until next time!

Ulv