Hyper-V - Guest VMs - Start/Stop

Summary

This script allows for the shutdown or startup of VMs on the target Hyper-V host based on previous runs of the script.

Sample Run

To Stop the VMs:

To Start the VMs:

Dependencies

• Agnostic - Toggle-VMGuests

Variables

User Parameters

Name	Example	Required	Description
Action	Start	True	This parameter determines if the VMs will be started or stopped. Can only be set to Start or Stop.

Process

Please see Toggle-VMGuests for information on how this script processes the VMs.

Output

• Outputs logs to the script log.
• Outputs logs to log/data files in the script directory.

Changelog

2026-06-19

• Updated Automate implementation as per our new standard.

2025-04-10

• Initial version of the document