MultiCloud Classroom notes 14/July/2026

Create rbac policy for storage account and provide create container and read write permissions to dev and QA group

winget search Python.Python

winget install Python.Python.3

pip install azure-identity azure-mgmt-compute

sample code for azure sdk

import os
from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential
from azure.mgmt.compute import ComputeManagementClient

def stop_azure_vm():
    # 1. Define configuration details
    # It is best practice to pull your subscription ID from environment variables
    SUBSCRIPTION_ID = os.getenv("AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID", "your-subscription-id")
    RESOURCE_GROUP = "your-resource-group-name"
    VM_NAME = "your-virtual-machine-name"

    print(f"Authenticating and initializing client...")
    # 2. Authenticate using DefaultAzureCredential
    credential = DefaultAzureCredential()
    
    # 3. Initialize the Compute Management Client
    compute_client = ComputeManagementClient(credential, SUBSCRIPTION_ID)

    print(f"Sending stop request for VM: '{VM_NAME}' in Resource Group: '{RESOURCE_GROUP}'...")
    
    # 4. Trigger the asynchronous power-off operation
    async_vm_stop = compute_client.virtual_machines.begin_power_off(
        resource_group_name=RESOURCE_GROUP,
        virtual_machine_name=VM_NAME
    )
    
    # 5. Wait for the operation to successfully finish
    async_vm_stop.wait()
    
    print(f"Success: The VM '{VM_NAME}' has been successfully stopped and deallocated.")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    stop_azure_vm()