Copy-ready commandaz vm restart
az vm restart -g rg-app-prod -n vm01Production warning
Resource start, stop, restart, create, and deallocate operations affect workloads.
Requirements and permissions
- Requirements
- Azure CLI
- Permissions
- Azure RBAC permissions vary
- Last reviewed
- 2026-07-31
Examples
Basic example
Restart an Azure virtual machine.
az vm restart -g rg-app-prod -n vm01Common errors
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