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To initiate or execute a Virtual Machine from a particular resource group using the Azure Python SDK, you can follow the below steps:

1. Install the Azure Python SDK using the following command:

   pip install azure-mgmt-compute
   

2. Import the required modules:

   from azure.common.credentials import UserPassCredentials
   from azure.mgmt.compute import ComputeManagementClient
   

3. Set your credentials:

   subscription_id = 'your_subscription_id'
   credentials = UserPassCredentials('your_username', 'your_password')
   

4. Initialize the Compute Management Client:

   compute_client = ComputeManagementClient(credentials=credentials, subscription_id=subscription_id)
   

5. Specify the resource group and Virtual Machine name:

   resource_group_name = 'your_resource_group_name'
   vm_name = 'your_vm_name'
   

6. Start the Virtual Machine:

   async_vm_start = compute_client.virtual_machines.start(resource_group_name, vm_name)
   async_vm_start.wait()
   

   This will start the specified Virtual Machine in the specified resource group.

Note: Make sure to replace the placeholders (yoursubscriptionid, yourusername, yourpassword, yourresourcegroupname, and yourvm_name) with your actual values.