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BerndLoehlein
Microsoft
MicrosoftDeallocate VM on user logoff
Recently we've announced the public preview of start VM on connect which will allow your deallocated virtual machines getting started automatically when the assigned user tries to connect. Let us hav...
Could you please try to update the custom role used for Start VM on Connect and add Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/instanceView/read to it? This should ensure that sessions are removed in the service upon deallocation of the virtual machine.
We've already updated our docs for Start VM on Connect, but could be easily missed by customers already using this feature.
BerndLoehleinMicrosoft
Microsoft
Assignments of roles requires the Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments/write permissions which are only included in the pre-defined roles of "User Access Administrator" or "Owner".
BerndLoehleinMicrosoft
MicrosoftI've updated the script in above post to check if the user has initiated a reboot or another user is still active on the same machine. Deallocation won't be initiated in those cases.
