diff --git a/app/models/manageiq/providers/azure/network_manager.rb b/app/models/manageiq/providers/azure/network_manager.rb
index af962d1a..3369b756 100644
--- a/app/models/manageiq/providers/azure/network_manager.rb
+++ b/app/models/manageiq/providers/azure/network_manager.rb
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ class ManageIQ::Providers::Azure::NetworkManager < ManageIQ::Providers::NetworkM
            :to        => :parent_manager,
            :allow_nil => true
 
+  class << self
+    delegate :refresh_ems, :to => ManageIQ::Providers::Azure::CloudManager
+  end
+
   def self.ems_type
     @ems_type ||= "azure_network".freeze
   end
diff --git a/config/settings.yml b/config/settings.yml
index 7c851b4d..ddf66624 100644
--- a/config/settings.yml
+++ b/config/settings.yml
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@
       # Strategy for saving, another allowed is batch, doing batch SQL queries [Graph refresh only]
       :saver_strategy: default
   :azure_network:
+    # Disable scheduled full refresh for the network manager as this will be
+    # refreshed automatically by the parent cloud manager.
+    :refresh_interval: 0
     :inventory_collections:
       :saver_strategy: default
 :http_proxy: