PowerTip: Identify All Stopped Azure Virtual Machines with PowerShell

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Summary: Identify virtual machines that are shut down, but are consuming billing time.

 How can I use Windows PowerShell to track virtual machines that are not shut down from
           the management portal in Azure?

 Use the Get-AzureVM cmdlet, and filter on 'StoppedVM' status:

Get-AzureVM | Where { $_.Status –eq 'StoppedVM' }

You can then properly shut down all of them with the Stop-AzureVM cmdlet:

Get-AzureVM | Where { $_.Status –eq 'StoppedVM' } | Stop-AzureVM

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