Auto On/Off Scheduling lets you define precise power schedules for any virtual machine in your Azure tenant (standalone VMs, personal desktops, and AVD session hosts alike), so they automatically start before business hours and deallocate when they are no longer needed. This takes idle hosts off the meter during nights, weekends, and holidays without any manual intervention.
Key capabilities
- Per-VM start and stop schedules for any VM in the tenant, not just host pool session hosts
- Independent day-of-week selection for power-on and power-off, in the timezone you choose for each schedule
- Optional start and end date bounds to limit a schedule to a project or maintenance window
- Estimated savings dashboard showing projected compute cost reduction per VM
- One-click schedule test that validates Azure permissions and reads live power state
- Copy a schedule from another VM, with per-VM power event history and missed-run recovery
Available on: Atlas AVD plan and above
Auto On/Off Scheduling is included in every Atlas AVD subscription.