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--- title: Enable VM CRUD and power cycle operational ability in an SCVMM managed Arc-enabled server machine description: This article describes how to enable VM CRUD and power cycle operational ability on an SCVMM managed VM that has Arc agents installed via the Azure Arc-enabled Servers route. ms.topic: how-to ms.date: 02/09/2026 ms.service: azure-arc ms.subservice: azure-arc-scvmm ms.author: v-gajeronika ms.reviewer: v-gajeronika author: Jeronika-MS ms.custom: - build-2025 # Customer intent: As a systems administrator, I want to enable virtual hardware management and VM CRUD capabilities for SCVMM VMs with Arc agents, so that I can streamline operations and manage resources more effectively within my Azure environment. --- # Enable VM CRUD and power cycle operational ability in an SCVMM managed Arc-enabled server machine This article describes how to enable VM CRUD and power cycle operational ability on an SCVMM managed VM that has Arc agents installed via the Azure Arc-enabled Servers route. >[!IMPORTANT] >- This article is applicable only if you installed Arc agents directly in SCVMM managed virtual machines **before** onboarding to Azure Arc-enabled SCVMM by deploying Azure Arc resource bridge. >- If you installed Arc agents directly in SCVMM managed virtual machines **after** onboarding to Azure Arc-enabled SCVMM by deploying Azure Arc resource bridge, refer to this [troubleshooting guide](https://github.com/microsoft/AzureArcSCVMMTSG/blob/main/1_Unifed%20resource%20model.md) to link the machines to Azure Arc-enabled SCVMM and get the full range of Azure Arc's VM management capabilities. ## Prerequisites Before you enable VM CRUD and power cycle management on an SCVMM managed VM, ensure you meet these prerequisites: - An Azure subscription and resource group where you have *Arc SCVMM VM Administrator* role. - Your SCVMM management server instance is [onboarded](quickstart-connect-system-center-virtual-machine-manager-to-arc.md) to Azure Arc. The onboarded SCVMM management server is in a *Connected* state and its associated Azure Arc resource bridge is in a *Running* state. ## Link Azure Arc-enabled server machines to Azure Arc-enabled SCVMM To enable the virtual machine lifecycle and power cycle management ability and self-service access, follow these steps: 1. Sign in to the [Azure portal](https://portal.azure.com/). 1. Go to the **Virtual machines** inventory page for your SCVMM management servers. The virtual machines that have the Arc agent installed through the Arc-enabled Servers route show the **Link to SCVMM** status under virtual hardware management. :::image type="content" source="media/enable-virtual-hardware-scvmm/virtual-machines.png" alt-text="Screenshot of Virtual machines screen." lightbox="media/enable-virtual-hardware-scvmm/virtual-machines.png"::: 1. Select **Link to SCVMM** to view the pane with the list of all the machines under SCVMM management server with Arc agent installed but not linked to the SCVMM management server in Azure Arc. :::image type="content" source="media/enable-virtual-hardware-scvmm/link-to-scvmm.png" alt-text="Screenshot of Link to SCVMM screen." lightbox="media/enable-virtual-hardware-scvmm/link-to-scvmm.png"::: 1. Choose all the machines that you want to enable in Azure, and select **Link** to link the machines to the Azure Arc-enabled SCVMM management server. 1. After you perform the **Link to SCVMM** operation, the **virtual hardware management** status shows as **Enabled** for all the VMs. You can now perform lifecycle and power cycle operations on them. ## Next step [Set up and manage self-service access to SCVMM resources](set-up-and-manage-self-service-access-scvmm.md).