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billing and limit the log size
If we use pay-as-you-go billing model, how to calculate the cost under 1GB? Would Microsoft charge cost when the log size under 1GB? Also, can we limit the log size received? For example. if the tota...
- Billing is actually logged by Bytes used. So if you send 10 Bytes of billable data, that would be billed as a proportion of the per GB listed on the pricing site https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/monitor/
e.g. if you think 1GB/day == $2.30 and you only send 0.5GB, you will be charged $1.15 etc...
You can set a billing cap https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/logs/manage-cost-storage#manage-your-maximum-daily-data-volume
Please read the NOTE and WARNING sections on that page, as certain data used by Security isn't blocked by the cap for good reason
CliveWatson
Microsoft
MicrosoftBilling is actually logged by Bytes used. So if you send 10 Bytes of billable data, that would be billed as a proportion of the per GB listed on the pricing site https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/monitor/
e.g. if you think 1GB/day == $2.30 and you only send 0.5GB, you will be charged $1.15 etc...
You can set a billing cap https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/logs/manage-cost-storage#manage-your-maximum-daily-data-volume
Please read the NOTE and WARNING sections on that page, as certain data used by Security isn't blocked by the cap for good reason
e.g. if you think 1GB/day == $2.30 and you only send 0.5GB, you will be charged $1.15 etc...
You can set a billing cap https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/logs/manage-cost-storage#manage-your-maximum-daily-data-volume
Please read the NOTE and WARNING sections on that page, as certain data used by Security isn't blocked by the cap for good reason
