VMs should not be stopped state#
Cost Optimization · Virtual Machine · 2023_03
Azure VMs should be running or in a deallocated state.
Description#
Azure Virtual Machines in a stopped state are still billed hourly for compute usage. Therefor VMs should generally be in a deallocated or running state.
Recommendation#
Consider fully deallocating VMs instead of stopping VMs to reduce cost.
Links#
Last update:
2023-02-16