You can now use the Fast Shutdown capability to turn off virtual machine on Azure.
This option is available by using Azure Cli (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/install-azure-cli?view=azure-cli-latest) with the command
az vm stop –resource-group MyResourceGroup –name MyVm –skip-shutdown
As always you can use either the Azure Cli on your client or use the Azure Cloud Shell