Is it possible to suspend and resume a windows Azure server?

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vy32 picture vy32 · Sep 18, 2012 · Viewed 11k times · Source

I have a program that I run only 1-2 hours a day. Is there a way to suspend the Azure server so I don't pay for it, then resume it later? How fast is it to suspend and then resume?

Answer

thauburger picture thauburger · Jan 21, 2015

To clarify here, Azure no longer charges for stopped VMs. The billing change was announced in 2013 on Scott Guthrie's blog: No Charge for Stopped VMs.

This means you can use the portal or APIs to stop a VM without deallocating the resource - and avoid charges at the same time.

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