Software costs not included with Azure Reserved VM Instances
Virtual machine reserved instance and SQL reserved capacity discounts apply only to the infrastructure costs and not to the software costs. If you use Windows VM and don't have an Azure Hybrid Benefit on your reserved virtual machine instances, then you're charged for the software meters listed in the following section. For SQL PaaS deployments, the IP cost continue to get charged using separate meter if Azure Hybrid Benefit isn't selected.
Windows software meters not included in reservation cost
| MeterId | MeterName in usage file | Used by VM |
|---|---|---|
| e7e152ac-f29c-4cce-ad6e-026192c01ef2 | Reservation-Windows Svr Burst (one Core) | B Series |
| cac255a2-9f0f-4c62-8bd6-f0fa449c5f76 | Reservation-Windows Svr Burst (two Core) | B Series |
| 09756b58-3fb5-4390-976d-9ddd14f9ed18 | Reservation-Windows Svr Burst (four Core) | B Series |
| e828cb37-5920-4dc7-b30f-664e4dbcb6c7 | Reservation-Windows Svr Burst (eight Core) | B Series |
| f65a06cf-c9c3-47a2-8104-f17a8542215a | Reservation-Windows Svr (one Core) | All except B Series |
| b99d40ae-41fe-4d1d-842b-56d72f3d15ee | Reservation-Windows Svr (two Core) | All except B Series |
| 1cb88381-0905-4843-9ba2-7914066aabe5 | Reservation-Windows Svr (four Core) | All except B Series |
| 07d9e10d-3e3e-4672-ac30-87f58ec4b00a | Reservation-Windows Svr (six Core) | All except B Series |
| 603f58d1-1e96-460b-a933-ce3775ac7e2e | Reservation-Windows Svr (eight Core) | All except B Series |
| 36aaadda-da86-484a-b465-c8b5ab292d71 | Reservation-Windows Svr (12 Core) | All except B Series |
| 02968a6b-1654-4495-ada6-13f378ba7172 | Reservation-Windows Svr (16 Core) | All except B Series |
| 175434d8-75f9-474b-9906-5d151b6bed84 | Reservation-Windows Svr (20 Core) | All except B Series |
| 77eb6dd0-88f5-4a16-ab39-05d1742efb25 | Reservation-Windows Svr (24 Core) | All except B Series |
| 0d5bdf46-b719-4b1f-a780-b9bdfffd0591 | Reservation-Windows Svr (32 Core) | All except B Series |
| f1214b5c-cc16-445f-be6c-a3bb75f8395a | Reservation-Windows Svr (40 Core) | All except B Series |
| 637b7c77-65ad-4486-9cc7-dc7b3e9a8731 | Reservation-Windows Svr (64 Core) | All except B Series |
| da612742-e7cc-4ca3-9334-0fb7234059cd | Reservation-Windows Svr (72 Core) | All except B Series |
| a485cb8c-069b-4cf3-9a8e-ddd84b323da2 | Reservation-Windows Svr (128 Core) | All except B Series |
| 904c5c71-1eb7-43a6-961c-d305a9681624 | Reservation-Windows Svr (256 Core) | All except B Series |
| 6fdab81b-4284-4df9-8939-c237cc7462fe | Reservation-Windows Svr (96 Core) | All except B Series |
Cloud services software meters not included in reservation cost
| MeterId | MeterName in usage file |
|---|---|
| ac9d47ff-ff68-4afc-a145-0c321cf8d0d5 | Cloud Services 1 vCPU License |
| e0434559-19ee-4132-9c46-05ad4044f3f7 | Cloud Services 2 vCPU License |
| 6ecc834e-39b3-48b3-8d10-cc5626bacb66 | Cloud Services 4 vCPU License |
| 13103090-ca72-4825-ab12-7f16c4931d95 | Cloud Services 8 vCPU License |
| ecd2bb6e-45a5-49aa-a58b-3947ba21c364 | Cloud Services 16 vCPU License |
| de2c7f1d-06dc-4b16-bc8b-c2ec5f4c8aee | Cloud Services 20 vCPU License |
| ca1af837-4b35-47f5-8d14-b1988149c4ca | Cloud Services 32 vCPU License |
| dc72ee45-2ab7-4698-b435-e2cf10d1f9f6 | Cloud Services 64 vCPU License |
| 7a803026-244c-4659-834c-11e6b2d6b76f | Cloud Services 80 vCPU License |
Get rates for Azure meters
You can get the cost of each of the meters with the Azure Retail Prices API. For information on how to get the rates for an Azure meter, see Azure Retail Prices overview.
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