WIN2022-PSM1 SSD disk Cost

Question

Hello I would like to change disk type for this VM, It has an actual cost around $96.76 in two days turned off, without use.

I see that it is because the E70 Disks Storage Standard SSD Managed Disks, Standard SSD Managed Disks - E70 LRS - US East.

I need to stop it or change it.

Answer 1

Hello,

As seen in the following article you are still billed when the Azure VM is turned off:

While the VM is shut down, there is still a storage cost for the disk that is holding the virtual hard drive file, as well as any other data storage disks you may have created, as you are still consuming file storage.

This resource group contains a VM that was shut down for the month of May and incurred a USD$0.31 daily cost for a 127GiB Premium SSD disk with locally redundant storage including a less than USD$0.01 charge for the storage account.

Cited from https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/itops-talk-blog/am-i-billed-for-an-azure-virtual-machine-if-it-s-shut-down/ba-p/2456669

If you require more information, I would recommend you reach out to Azure Billing Support:

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/support/create-ticket

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