About the phenomenon that the usage fee continues to increase even if all resources are deleted

岡部 泰文 1 Reputation point
2020-11-19T10:39:00.823+00:00

Hello.
Sorry for the beginner question.

As the title says, I operated Azure with a pay-as-you-go subscription to study.
Since the usage fee suddenly increased, I deleted all resources.
When I looked at the cost analysis screen after 4 or 5 hours, it was still increasing.

I was scared and canceled my subscription.

Question 1.
Will it continue to grow even if all resources are deleted?

Question 2.
Is it okay to recognize that if you cancel your subscription, your billing will definitely stop?
https://learn.microsoft.com/ja-jp/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/cancel-azure-subscription
"After cancellation, billing will be stopped immediately." Is this true?

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A Microsoft offering that enables tracking of cloud usage and expenditures for Azure and other cloud providers.
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  1. SadiqhAhmed-MSFT 45,181 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
    2020-11-23T10:45:06.067+00:00

    @岡部 泰文 Thank you for your patience!

    To answer your question about increase in usage fee, it depends on what type of resources you are using. Cost of resource differs based on region also there are resources for which you get billing for the primary resources as well as the underlying resource.

    For example: When you spin up a VM, you will be billed for compute (VM) plus the underlying storage account. Even when you stop the VM, your compute cost will be stopped. However, the underlying storage account will still be billed as long as there is data in it and the storage account is active.

    Question 1.
    Will it continue to grow even if all resources are deleted?
    Answer: Hope my response above answered it

    Question 2.
    Is it okay to recognize that if you cancel your subscription, your billing will definitely stop?
    https://learn.microsoft.com/ja-jp/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/cancel-azure-subscription
    "After cancellation, billing will be stopped immediately." Is this true?
    Answer: YES!

    Hope this helps!

    Let us know if you have any further questions in this matter.

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