This script starts and stops VMs based on cron schedules specified tags on the VMs. This script runs as an Azure Automation runbook.
For example:
automation_start: * 8 * * 1-5
and
automation_stop: * 18 * * 1-5
Current Functionality
- Start and stop VMs based on tags
Future Roadmap
- Start and stop VMs based on a sequence tag in the resource group. For example
sequence_start: 2,sequence_stop: 2 - Resize PaaS SQL DTUs on a tagged schedule
- Self-service start-up of groups of resources for developers.