Automate Start Azure VM — Using Microsoft Teams, Office 365 Forms and Azure LogicApp

Prerequisites:

• Microsoft Teams
• Office 365 licensing
• Azure Subscription

Steps

• In Microsoft Teams, click on ‘+’ to add a tab.
• Click on the ‘Forms’.

• Create a Form, enter a name and click ‘Save’

• Click ‘Add new’ to include question

• Select input type. Select ‘Text’

• Enter ‘VM Name’ as question

• Add another question for input for Resource Group Name

• Log in to https://www.office.com/
• Go to Forms

• Click on the form that you have created above. It may resides under ‘Group forms’

• Copy the FormId from url. We’ll use the Form ID later in logicapp.

• Go to https://portal.azure.com/, go to Logic apps
• Click ‘Add’

• Fill in relevant detail and create Logic App

• Click on ‘Logic app designer’

• Under Templates section, select ‘Blank Logic App’

• Search for ‘Forms’ under ‘All’ tab. Select trigger ‘When a new response is submitted’

• Log in when prompted

• Enter custom value using the ‘Form ID’ from previous step and Save

• Add New Step and select ‘Get response details’. Enter Form ID again. For Response Id, select ‘List of response notifications Response Id’ under Dynamic content.

• Add ‘New Step’ and select ‘Start Virtual machine (preview)’

• Sign in if you get a prompt to do so.
• Fill in the fields. For Resource Group and Virtual Machine, select from the ‘Dynamic content’ attribute list.

• Save the setting in logic app.

You are done!

• Go to Microsoft teams channels, you’ll see a form ready to go