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.