Stop-VM

CautionStop a Hyper-V VM

Stop-VM -Name <vm>

Gracefully shuts the guest down. -TurnOff is a power pull — last resort for hung VMs only.

Examples

Stop-VM -Name web01 -ForceShut down without prompting

Syntax

Stop-VM -Name <vm> [-Force] [-TurnOff]

Before you run it

-TurnOff risks guest data corruption.

Related commands

Start-VM / Stop-VMStart/stop Hyper-V VM
Get-VMList Hyper-V VMs

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