Stop Multiple VMs in Multiple Resource Groups
List All VMs
Get-AzVM -ResourceGroupName 'az104-06*' -Status
ResourceGroupName Name Location VmSize OsType NIC Provisioning Zone PowerState MaintenanceAllowed
----------------- ---- -------- ------ ------ --- ------------ ---- ---------- ------------------
AZ104-06-RG1 az104-06-vm0 southeastasia Standard_B1s Windows az104-06-nic0 Succeeded VM running
AZ104-06-RG1 az104-06-vm1 southeastasia Standard_B1s Windows az104-06-nic1 Succeeded VM running
AZ104-06-RG2 az104-06-vm2 southeastasia Standard_B1s Windows az104-06-nic2 Succeeded VM running
AZ104-06-RG3 az104-06-vm3 southeastasia Standard_B1s Windows az104-06-nic3 Succeeded VM running
Stop All VMs
Get-AzVM -ResourceGroupName 'az104-06*' | Stop-AzVM -Force -AsJob
Get job statuses
Get-Job
Id Name PSJobTypeName State HasMoreData Location Command
-- ---- ------------- ----- ----------- -------- -------
1 PowerShell.OnI… Stopped False …
2 Long Running O… AzureLongRunni… Running True localhost Stop-AzVM
3 Long Running O… AzureLongRunni… Running True localhost Stop-AzVM
4 Long Running O… AzureLongRunni… Running True localhost Stop-AzVM
5 Long Running O… AzureLongRunni… Running True localhost Stop-AzVM
Wait until all jobs complete.
Id Name PSJobTypeName State HasMoreData Location Command
-- ---- ------------- ----- ----------- -------- -------
1 PowerShell.OnI… Stopped False …
2 Long Running O… AzureLongRunni… Completed True localhost Stop-AzVM
3 Long Running O… AzureLongRunni… Completed True localhost Stop-AzVM
4 Long Running O… AzureLongRunni… Completed True localhost Stop-AzVM
5 Long Running O… AzureLongRunni… Completed True localhost Stop-AzVM
Check status again
ResourceGroupName Name Location VmSize OsType NIC Provisioning Zone PowerState MaintenanceAllowed
----------------- ---- -------- ------ ------ --- ------------ ---- ---------- ------------------
AZ104-06-RG1 az104-06-vm0 southeastasia Standard_B1s Windows az104-06-nic0 Succeeded VM deallocated
AZ104-06-RG1 az104-06-vm1 southeastasia Standard_B1s Windows az104-06-nic1 Succeeded VM deallocated
AZ104-06-RG2 az104-06-vm2 southeastasia Standard_B1s Windows az104-06-nic2 Succeeded VM deallocated
AZ104-06-RG3 az104-06-vm3 southeastasia Standard_B1s Windows az104-06-nic3 Succeeded VM deallocated