Azure cost management - What is the meter under which the early deletion penalty is charged on a Azure storage -cool tier

Question

Hi,

For a Blob storage with access tier set to "Cool" , if the data gets deleted before 30 days, where do I see the deletion penalty i.e which meter reflects the deletion penalty charges?

Answer 1

Hello Oruganti, Sudhamayi,

Thanks for your question.

1. Under Cost Management + Billing, go to Billing and select Invoices.
2. Review the invoice details to find specific charges related to Blob Storage.
3. The deletion penalty is usually reflected in the Blob Storage related entries.

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Abiola

Answer 2

Hello @Oruganti, Sudhamayi Thank you for posting your question on the Microsoft Q&A platform. Happy to help!

Sorry for the delayed response. You can call this Retail Price API and get all the meters for storage early delete penalty charges: 

https://prices.azure.com/api/retail/prices?$filter=serviceName eq 'Storage' and contains(meterName, 'Early Delete') 

Hope this helps. Please write back to us if you have any further questions!

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