diff --git a/azure-resources/Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/kql/1422c567-782c-7148-ac7c-5fc14cf45adc.kql b/azure-resources/Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/kql/1422c567-782c-7148-ac7c-5fc14cf45adc.kql
index 32b1dcf0f..2fc05dcd6 100644
--- a/azure-resources/Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/kql/1422c567-782c-7148-ac7c-5fc14cf45adc.kql
+++ b/azure-resources/Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/kql/1422c567-782c-7148-ac7c-5fc14cf45adc.kql
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // Find VMSS instances with one or no Zones selected
 resources
 | where type == "microsoft.compute/virtualmachinescalesets"
+| where isempty(tostring(tags['aks-managed-poolName']))
 | where location in~ ("australiaeast", "brazilsouth", "canadacentral", "centralindia", "centralus", "eastasia", "eastus", "eastus2", "francecentral", "germanywestcentral", "israelcentral", "italynorth", "japaneast", "japanwest", "koreacentral", "mexicocentral", "newzealandnorth", "northeurope", "norwayeast", "polandcentral", "qatarcentral", "southafricanorth", "southcentralus", "southeastasia", "spaincentral", "swedencentral", "switzerlandnorth", "uaenorth", "uksouth", "westeurope", "westus2", "westus3", "usgovvirginia", "chinanorth3")
 | where array_length(zones) <= 1 or isnull(zones)
 | project recommendationId = "1422c567-782c-7148-ac7c-5fc14cf45adc", name, id, tags, param1 = "AvailabilityZones: Single Zone"
diff --git a/azure-resources/Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/kql/3f85a51c-e286-9f44-b4dc-51d00768696c.kql b/azure-resources/Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/kql/3f85a51c-e286-9f44-b4dc-51d00768696c.kql
index 06ee3ae47..6dc5f9442 100644
--- a/azure-resources/Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/kql/3f85a51c-e286-9f44-b4dc-51d00768696c.kql
+++ b/azure-resources/Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/kql/3f85a51c-e286-9f44-b4dc-51d00768696c.kql
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // Find VMSS instances associated with autoscale settings when predictiveAutoscalePolicy_scaleMode is disabled
 resources
 | where type == "microsoft.compute/virtualmachinescalesets"
+| where isempty(tostring(tags['aks-managed-poolName']))
 | project name, id, tags
 | join kind=leftouter  (
     resources
diff --git a/azure-resources/Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/kql/820f4743-1f94-e946-ae0b-45efafd87962.kql b/azure-resources/Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/kql/820f4743-1f94-e946-ae0b-45efafd87962.kql
index a36a42bc9..b5ccb9fe8 100644
--- a/azure-resources/Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/kql/820f4743-1f94-e946-ae0b-45efafd87962.kql
+++ b/azure-resources/Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/kql/820f4743-1f94-e946-ae0b-45efafd87962.kql
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // Find all VMs that do NOT have automatic repair policy enabled
 resources
 | where type == "microsoft.compute/virtualmachinescalesets"
+| where isempty(tostring(tags['aks-managed-poolName']))
 | where properties.automaticRepairsPolicy.enabled == false
 | project recommendationId = "820f4743-1f94-e946-ae0b-45efafd87962", name, id, tags, param1 = "automaticRepairsPolicy: Disabled"
 
diff --git a/azure-resources/Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/kql/94794d2a-eff0-2345-9b67-6f9349d0a627.kql b/azure-resources/Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/kql/94794d2a-eff0-2345-9b67-6f9349d0a627.kql
index c0f7a0b2b..99b9115a0 100644
--- a/azure-resources/Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/kql/94794d2a-eff0-2345-9b67-6f9349d0a627.kql
+++ b/azure-resources/Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/kql/94794d2a-eff0-2345-9b67-6f9349d0a627.kql
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@
 // Find all VMs that do NOT have health monitoring enabled
 resources
 | where type == "microsoft.compute/virtualmachinescalesets"
+| where isempty(tostring(tags['aks-managed-poolName']))
 | join kind=leftouter  (
     resources
     | where type == "microsoft.compute/virtualmachinescalesets"
+    | where isempty(tostring(tags['aks-managed-poolName']))
     | mv-expand extension=properties.virtualMachineProfile.extensionProfile.extensions
     | where extension.properties.type in ( "ApplicationHealthWindows", "ApplicationHealthLinux" )
     | project id
diff --git a/azure-resources/Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/kql/e7495e1c-0c75-0946-b266-b429b5c7f3bf.kql b/azure-resources/Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/kql/e7495e1c-0c75-0946-b266-b429b5c7f3bf.kql
index 71985a210..aeaa8607a 100644
--- a/azure-resources/Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/kql/e7495e1c-0c75-0946-b266-b429b5c7f3bf.kql
+++ b/azure-resources/Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/kql/e7495e1c-0c75-0946-b266-b429b5c7f3bf.kql
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // Find all zonal VMs that are NOT deployed with Flex orchestration mode
 resources
 | where type == "microsoft.compute/virtualmachinescalesets"
+| where isempty(tostring(tags['aks-managed-poolName']))
 | where properties.orchestrationMode != "Flexible"
 | project recommendationId = "e7495e1c-0c75-0946-b266-b429b5c7f3bf", name, id, tags, param1 = strcat("orchestrationMode: ", tostring(properties.orchestrationMode))
 
diff --git a/azure-resources/Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/kql/ee66ff65-9aa3-2345-93c1-25827cf79f44.kql b/azure-resources/Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/kql/ee66ff65-9aa3-2345-93c1-25827cf79f44.kql
index 5c7adf8b4..4440490b0 100644
--- a/azure-resources/Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/kql/ee66ff65-9aa3-2345-93c1-25827cf79f44.kql
+++ b/azure-resources/Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/kql/ee66ff65-9aa3-2345-93c1-25827cf79f44.kql
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // Find VMSS instances associated with autoscale settings when autoscale is disabled
 resources
 | where type == "microsoft.compute/virtualmachinescalesets"
+| where isempty(tostring(tags['aks-managed-poolName']))
 | project name, id, tags
 | join kind=leftouter  (
     resources