Microsoft HPC Server 2012 - Set all your Azure nodes to Not-Deployed - Use as scheduled task at end of day to save money

SetAzureNodesToOffline.ps1

$Logfile = "./"+$MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name+".log"

Function LogWrite
{
Param ([string]$logstring)
$DATE = Get-Date -Format "yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss zzz"
$LOG = $Date + ", " + $logstring
Add-content $Logfile -value $LOG
}

Add-PsSnapin Microsoft.HPC

$NODE = Get-HpcNode -GroupName AzureNodes -ErrorAction Stop
LogWrite "INFO, Setting AzureNodes to Offline, State:Transition"

Set-HpcNodeState -Node $NODE -State Offline -Confirm:$False -Force

LogWrite "INFO, Setting AzureNodes to NotDeployed, State:Transition"

Stop-HpcAzureNode -Node $NODE -Force $true

LogWrite "INFO, SUCCESS AzureNodes set to NotDeployed, State:Completion"

Logs it's actions to the directory - repoint them in line 1 if you have a central store