Stop Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines in parallel

Stop-AzureVMParallel.ps1

$VMList = Get-AzureVM;

foreach ($VM in $VMList) {
    Start-Job -ScriptBlock {
        Write-Output -Message ('Stopping VM {0} {1}' -f $args[0].ServiceName, $args[0].Name);
        Stop-AzureVM -ServiceName $args[0].ServiceName -Name $args[0].Name -Force;
        } -ArgumentList $VM;
}