title: How do I pause an Azure App Service Plan?
body: <p>I thought one of the advantages of Azure was that I could turn services on and off depending on when I want them to be available.</p>
  
  <p>However I cant see how to pause my App Service Plan.
  Is it possible?</p>
  
  <p>I want to use the S1 tier so that I can play with what it offers. However I want to be able to pause the cost accumulation when I am not using it.</p>
  
  <p>I see from <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/app-service/">the app service pricing help</a> that an app will still be billed for even though it is in the stopped state.</p>
  
  <p>Yet the link also clearly states that I only pay for what I use.  So how does that work?</p>