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title: "Hyper-V: Shutting down a Nasuni Edge Appliance or NMC"
slug: "hyper-v-shutting-down-a-nasuni-edge-appliance-or-nmc"
tags: ["Configuration", "Hyper-V", "Nasuni Edge Appliance", "Nasuni Management Console", "Troubleshooting"]
updated: 2025-08-08T15:17:50Z
published: 2025-08-08T15:17:50Z
canonical: "docs.nasuni.com/hyper-v-shutting-down-a-nasuni-edge-appliance-or-nmc"
---

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# Hyper-V: Shutting down a Nasuni Edge Appliance or NMC

## Shutting down the Nasuni Edge Appliance or NMC

To shut down the Nasuni Edge Appliance, use the Web UI as described in chapter 3 of the [Edge Appliance Administration Guide](https://docs.nasuni.com/docs/nasuni-edge-administration). To shut down the NMC, use the NMC as described in chapter 5 of [NMC Guide](https://docs.nasuni.com/docs/nasuni-management-console).

> [!WARNING]
> *Caution: Always shut down the NEA or NMC before shutting down the VM.*

> [!WARNING]
> *Caution: Do not reboot or power off the appliance during the first boot. After the first boot completes, you may reboot or power off the appliance as needed.*

## Shutting down the virtual machine

As an alternative to shutting down the Nasuni Edge Appliance or NMC as described above, you can perform a “graceful” or “soft” shutdown of the virtual machine.

On the virtual platform, you can shut down a Nasuni Edge Appliance or NMC.

To shut down a Nasuni Edge Appliance or NMC on the Hyper-V Manager platform, follow these steps:

1. Launch Hyper-V Manager.
2. In the **Virtual Machines** list, right-click the name of your Nasuni Edge Appliance or NMC, then select **Shut Down** from the drop-down menu.

Alternatively, in the **Virtual Machines** list, select the name of your Nasuni Edge Appliance or NMC, then click **Shut Down** in the list of actions on the right side.

The **Shut Down Machine** dialog box appears.
3. Click **Shut Down**.

The virtual machine shuts down.