Fetch Azure VMs shutdown duration on a subscription level

Senthilnath TM 241 Reputation points
2024-04-02T10:33:42.9666667+00:00

I am trying to fetch a report from Azure subscription which has several (>100) VMs deployed. The report must fetch the list of VMs which are shutdown past 45 days or more.

The below query provides the Start & Deallocate time of the VM, but unable to match the resource name & find the difference between start and deallocated time.

Query : AzureActivity | where OperationName in ("Deallocate Virtual Machine","Start Virtual Machine") and ActivityStatus == "Succeeded" | summarize max(TimeGenerated) by Resource, OperationName

Can this be achieved using KQL/Resource graph query? If not which is the better option to fetch them?

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  1. Clive Watson 5,716 Reputation points MVP
    2024-04-02T17:42:00.6166667+00:00

    How about this example, using arg and logs?

    arg('').resources
    | where type == "microsoft.compute/virtualmachines"
    | extend
        machineStatus = properties.extended.instanceView.powerState.displayStatus,
        OSType = properties.storageProfile.osDisk.osType
    | project
        name,
        VM=id,
        location,
        ResourceGroup=resourceGroup,
        machineStatus,
        OSType,
        properties
    | join 
        (
        AzureActivity
        | where OperationName == "Deallocate Virtual Machine" and ActivityStatus == "Succeeded"
        | summarize max(TimeGenerated) by Resource, OperationName
        | extend lastSeen = datetime_diff('day', now(), max_TimeGenerated)
        )
        on $left.name == $right.Resource
    | where lastSeen > 45
    
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