diff --git a/specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2023-09-01/examples/virtualMachineExamples/VirtualMachine_Get.json b/specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2023-09-01/examples/virtualMachineExamples/VirtualMachine_Get.json
index b7d24d9c2a18..093168579a64 100644
--- a/specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2023-09-01/examples/virtualMachineExamples/VirtualMachine_Get.json
+++ b/specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2023-09-01/examples/virtualMachineExamples/VirtualMachine_Get.json
@@ -129,7 +129,8 @@
               "settings": {}
             }
           }
-        ]
+        ],
+        "managedBy": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/{MyVmss}"
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2023-09-01/virtualMachine.json b/specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2023-09-01/virtualMachine.json
index 0130670c0563..c889deacd51a 100644
--- a/specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2023-09-01/virtualMachine.json
+++ b/specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2023-09-01/virtualMachine.json
@@ -3264,6 +3264,11 @@
           "$ref": "../../../common-types/v1/common.json#/definitions/ExtendedLocation",
           "description": "The extended location of the Virtual Machine."
         },
+        "managedBy": {
+          "readOnly": true,
+          "type": "string",
+          "description": "ManagedBy is set to Virtual Machine Scale Set(VMSS) flex ARM resourceID, if the VM is part of the VMSS. This property is used by platform for internal resource group delete optimization."
+        },
         "etag": {
           "readOnly": true,
           "type": "string",