Rule Description
Rule Code: Azure-VM-Idle
Identify any Virtual Machine instances with idle CPU utilization.
The average CPU utilization has been less than 1% the last 7 days.
Audit / Verification
Step 01: Sign in to the AWS Management Console. Choose the Azure subscription and navigate to All resources blade.
![](https://cdn.dxcloudsuite.io/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/14205233/Azure-Cloud-Management-Console-1024x212.jpg)
Step 02: Filter Virtual machine in the search box. Click on the virtual machine that you need to check.
![](https://cdn.dxcloudsuite.io/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/14211515/VM-list-1024x228.png)
Step 03: In the navigation panel, under Monitoring, select CPU average to view CPU metric of the selected Azure VM.
![](https://cdn.dxcloudsuite.io/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/15181032/image-7-1024x428.png)
Step 04: Verify if the average CPU utilization has been less than 1% for the last 7 days.
Step 05: Repeat steps for each Azure virtual machine available in the selected subscription.
Step 06: Repeat steps for each subscription created in your Microsoft Azure cloud account.