diff --git a/specification/hanaonazure/resource-manager/Microsoft.HanaOnAzure/preview/2017-11-03-preview/examples/HanaInstances_Shutdown.json b/specification/hanaonazure/resource-manager/Microsoft.HanaOnAzure/preview/2017-11-03-preview/examples/HanaInstances_Shutdown.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ecfa2c7e10c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/specification/hanaonazure/resource-manager/Microsoft.HanaOnAzure/preview/2017-11-03-preview/examples/HanaInstances_Shutdown.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "parameters": {
+    "api-version": "2017-11-03-preview",
+    "subscriptionId": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
+    "resourceGroupName": "myResourceGroup",
+    "hanaInstanceName": "myHanaInstance"
+  },
+  "responses": {
+    "200": {},
+    "202": {}
+  }
+}
diff --git a/specification/hanaonazure/resource-manager/Microsoft.HanaOnAzure/preview/2017-11-03-preview/examples/HanaInstances_Start.json b/specification/hanaonazure/resource-manager/Microsoft.HanaOnAzure/preview/2017-11-03-preview/examples/HanaInstances_Start.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ecfa2c7e10c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/specification/hanaonazure/resource-manager/Microsoft.HanaOnAzure/preview/2017-11-03-preview/examples/HanaInstances_Start.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "parameters": {
+    "api-version": "2017-11-03-preview",
+    "subscriptionId": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
+    "resourceGroupName": "myResourceGroup",
+    "hanaInstanceName": "myHanaInstance"
+  },
+  "responses": {
+    "200": {},
+    "202": {}
+  }
+}
diff --git a/specification/hanaonazure/resource-manager/Microsoft.HanaOnAzure/preview/2017-11-03-preview/hanaonazure.json b/specification/hanaonazure/resource-manager/Microsoft.HanaOnAzure/preview/2017-11-03-preview/hanaonazure.json
index 4937fc445a20..4c30a097377c 100644
--- a/specification/hanaonazure/resource-manager/Microsoft.HanaOnAzure/preview/2017-11-03-preview/hanaonazure.json
+++ b/specification/hanaonazure/resource-manager/Microsoft.HanaOnAzure/preview/2017-11-03-preview/hanaonazure.json
@@ -377,6 +377,110 @@
           },
           "202": {
             "description": "Accepted"
+          },
+          "default": {
+            "description": "Error response describing why the operation failed.",
+            "schema": {
+              "$ref": "#/definitions/ErrorResponse"
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.HanaOnAzure/hanaInstances/{hanaInstanceName}/start": {
+      "post": {
+        "tags": [
+          "HanaOnAzure"
+        ],
+        "operationId": "HanaInstances_Start",
+        "x-ms-long-running-operation": true,
+        "description": "The operation to start a SAP HANA instance.",
+        "x-ms-examples": {
+          "Start a HANA instance": {
+            "$ref": "./examples/HanaInstances_Start.json"
+          }
+        },
+        "consumes": [
+          "application/json"
+        ],
+        "produces": [
+          "application/json"
+        ],
+        "parameters": [
+          {
+            "$ref": "#/parameters/ApiVersionParameter"
+          },
+          {
+            "$ref": "#/parameters/SubscriptionIdParameter"
+          },
+          {
+            "$ref": "#/parameters/ResourceGroupNameParameter"
+          },
+          {
+            "$ref": "#/parameters/HanaInstanceNameParameter"
+          }
+        ],
+        "responses": {
+          "200": {
+            "description": "OK"
+          },
+          "202": {
+            "description": "Accepted"
+          },
+          "default": {
+            "description": "Error response describing why the operation failed.",
+            "schema": {
+              "$ref": "#/definitions/ErrorResponse"
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.HanaOnAzure/hanaInstances/{hanaInstanceName}/shutdown": {
+      "post": {
+        "tags": [
+          "HanaOnAzure"
+        ],
+        "operationId": "HanaInstances_Shutdown",
+        "x-ms-long-running-operation": true,
+        "description": "The operation to shutdown a SAP HANA instance.",
+        "x-ms-examples": {
+          "Shutdown a HANA instance": {
+            "$ref": "./examples/HanaInstances_Shutdown.json"
+          }
+        },
+        "consumes": [
+          "application/json"
+        ],
+        "produces": [
+          "application/json"
+        ],
+        "parameters": [
+          {
+            "$ref": "#/parameters/ApiVersionParameter"
+          },
+          {
+            "$ref": "#/parameters/SubscriptionIdParameter"
+          },
+          {
+            "$ref": "#/parameters/ResourceGroupNameParameter"
+          },
+          {
+            "$ref": "#/parameters/HanaInstanceNameParameter"
+          }
+        ],
+        "responses": {
+          "200": {
+            "description": "OK"
+          },
+          "202": {
+            "description": "Accepted"
+          },
+          "default": {
+            "description": "Error response describing why the operation failed.",
+            "schema": {
+              "$ref": "#/definitions/ErrorResponse"
+            }
           }
         }
       }