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Am I billed for an Azure Virtual Machine if it's shut down?

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SoniaCuff
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Jun 17, 2021
Come to the cloud, it has consumption-based billing! But what does that mean, exactly? Is my virtual machine free if it is shut down? Let's explore the billing components of an Azure Virtual Machine....
Updated Jun 17, 2021
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sguidos
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May 07, 2022

No response from Microsoft.   But it turns out that the VM in question was stopped but NOT "deallocated" for its first 7 days, which I did not notice from reading through the logs (my fault there).  So (7 days * $5/day) pretty much explains my $34 bill.  Your situation seems more severe for only 20 hours of use 😞