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The documentation page is heavily biased toward Windows and PowerShell usage. All code examples and instructions use PowerShell, with explicit references to Windows PowerShell modules and cmdlets. There are no examples or guidance for Linux users, such as using Bash, Azure CLI, or cross-platform scripting. Windows tools and patterns (PSCredential, Get-Credential, PowerShell Gallery) are mentioned exclusively and before any Linux or cross-platform equivalents.

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Flagged Code Snippets

Workflow Workflowname
{ 
    Param 
    (    
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] 
        [String] 
        $AzureSubscriptionId, 
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] 
        [String] 
        $AzureVMList="All", 
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][ValidateSet("Start","Stop")] 
        [String] 
        $Action 
    ) 
     
    # Ensures you do not inherit an AzContext in your runbook
    Disable-AzContextAutosave -Scope Process

    # Connect to Azure with system-assigned managed identity
    $AzureContext = (Connect-AzAccount -Identity).context

    # set and store context
    $AzureContext = Set-AzContext -SubscriptionName $AzureContext.Subscription -DefaultProfile $AzureContext 

    # get credential
    $credential = Get-AutomationPSCredential -Name "AzureCredential"

    # Connect to Azure with credential
    $AzureContext = (Connect-AzAccount -Credential $credential -TenantId $AzureContext.Subscription.TenantId).context 

    # set and store context
    $AzureContext = Set-AzContext -SubscriptionName $AzureContext.Subscription `
        -TenantId $AzureContext.Subscription.TenantId `
        -DefaultProfile $AzureContext
 
    if($AzureVMList -ne "All") 
    { 
        $AzureVMs = $AzureVMList.Split(",") 
        [System.Collections.ArrayList]$AzureVMsToHandle = $AzureVMs 
    } 
    else 
    { 
        $AzureVMs = (Get-AzVM -DefaultProfile $AzureContext).Name 
        [System.Collections.ArrayList]$AzureVMsToHandle = $AzureVMs 
    } 
 
    foreach($AzureVM in $AzureVMsToHandle) 
    { 
        if(!(Get-AzVM -DefaultProfile $AzureContext | ? {$_.Name -eq $AzureVM})) 
        { 
            throw " AzureVM : [$AzureVM] - Does not exist! - Check your inputs " 
        } 
    } 
 
    if($Action -eq "Stop") 
    { 
        Write-Output "Stopping VMs"; 
        foreach -parallel ($AzureVM in $AzureVMsToHandle) 
        { 
            Get-AzVM -DefaultProfile $AzureContext | ? {$_.Name -eq $AzureVM} | Stop-AzVM -DefaultProfile $AzureContext -Force 
        } 
    } 
    else 
    { 
        Write-Output "Starting VMs"; 
        foreach -parallel ($AzureVM in $AzureVMsToHandle) 
        { 
            Get-AzVM -DefaultProfile $AzureContext | ? {$_.Name -eq $AzureVM} | Start-AzVM -DefaultProfile $AzureContext
        } 
    } 
}