Idle Host Detection finds session host VMs that are powered on with no active or disconnected user sessions, and shows what each one costs to leave running. Review idle hosts pool by pool on the Idle VMs page and stop, start or re-image them from there, or let Idle Timeout Shutdown deallocate them automatically.
Key capabilities
- Detects running session hosts with zero active or disconnected sessions on every inventory poll
- Five-minute startup grace so freshly booted hosts are not flagged
- Idle VMs inventory per host pool: idle duration, session count, image version and hourly idle cost
- Total idle spend per hour, projected to a monthly figure
- Stop, start or re-image an idle host from the list, with confirmation; Stop is blocked while a session is on the host
- Pairs with Idle Timeout Shutdown for automatic deallocation and Atlas Advisor for idle-pool recommendations
Available on: Atlas AVD plan and above
Idle Host Detection is included in every Atlas AVD subscription.