Billing for the stopped machine.

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A .H 20

Hello,

As the title says, would I be billed for a stopped virtual machine in my student account? I want to mention that my account is not pay-as-you-go.

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Andreas Baumgarten 123.7K MVP Volunteer Moderator

Hi @A .H ,

yes. If a VM in Azure is stopped/deallocated you will be billed/charged for the disk(s) of the VM based on the disk's SKU.

This is because the disk(s) still exists and is consuming resources in Azure datacenter.

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Andreas Baumgarten

A .H 20 Reputation points

2024-03-21T06:32:51.57+00:00

So if the VM is priced at $84 monthly, will I only be charged for the disks, not the whole VM?
SadiqhAhmed-MSFT 49,331 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2024-03-21T07:42:14.15+00:00

@A .H In your example, if the virtual machine is priced at $84 per month, this is the cost of the compute resources that are allocated to the virtual machine. If you deallocate the virtual machine, you will not be charged for this cost while the virtual machine is stopped.

However, you will still be charged for the storage resources (disks) that are associated with the virtual machine. The cost of the disks depends on the type and size of the disks that are attached to the virtual machine. You can view the cost of the disks in the Azure portal or by using the Azure pricing calculator.

Please note that there may be other costs associated with running a virtual machine in Azure, such as network egress charges and licensing fees. You should review the Azure pricing documentation and estimate your costs using the Azure pricing calculator to get a more accurate estimate of your costs.

Azure Virtual Machine pricing page - https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/pricing/details/virtual-machines/windows/#:~:text=If%20virtual%20machine%20status%20says,machines%20from%20the%20management%20portal.