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Azure Virtual Machine PowerOff now available with fast shutdown

Microsoft announced general availability of this Linux Virtual Machines and Virtual Machines (and more) update in May 2019.

Launched1 version

Facts

Microsoft id
vm-skipshutdown-now-available
Status
Launched
Products
Linux Virtual Machines, Virtual Machines, Windows Virtual Machines
Update type
SDK and Tools
Product categories
Compute
General availability
May 2019
Status pages
Azure Virtual Machines status
First captured by us
(from our first import of this list)
Microsoft last modified
Source
Azure Updates · open the original at Microsoft

Microsoft says

The Azure Compute Virtual Machines API has now been updated to allow users to forcefully skip the graceful shutdown period when executing a power off…

Azure Updates,

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What Microsoft changed

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  1. First version we captured ·

    As first seen: Launched
    Status
    Launched

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