Practice Review non-running Azure VMs

Review non-running Azure VMs

Exercise 2 min read Windows PowerShell 5.1 and PowerShell 7

Written and tested by Dhrub Bharali · Updated 02 October 2026

Return the names and power states of non-running VMs.

The task

Before a maintenance review, identify VMs that are not running and preserve the distinction between stopped and deallocated.

Return the names and power states of non-running VMs.

Stopped and deallocated are different allocation states. Do not combine them into a single label when the distinction matters to a later action.

Run the source by itself and inspect the sample objects. Add each filter separately, then check the final properties and order.

The browser uses a small fictional dataset. Real results depend on the host, module, account and target environment.

Choose an answer, then check your reasoning.

Worked solution

Reveal one approach

1PS> Get-AzVM -Status | Where-Object PowerState -ne 'VM running' | Select-Object Name, PowerState

Write your pipeline below and run it against the fictional sample data, then check your result against the expected answer.

Your pipeline

Interactive simulation · fictional data