Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Cloud and workloadsFaq Defender For Servers
In brief
The documentation now states that VMs in the Starting power state are billed and links to upcoming billing updates.
What Defender admins need to know
Account for Starting-state VMs when estimating Defender for Servers costs.
Summaries are generated from the documentation change itself.
Documentation change
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What servers do I pay for in a subscription?
When you enable Defender for Servers on a subscription, you're charged for all machines based on their power states. For more information, see Upcoming billing updates for Defender for Servers.
| State | Details | Billing |
|---|---|---|
| Azure VMs | ||
| Starting | VM starting up. | |
| Running | Normal working state. | Billed |
| Stopping | Transitional. Moves to Stopped state when finished. | Billed |
| Stopped | VM shut down from within guest OS or by using PowerOff APIs. Hardware is still allocated, and the machine remains on the host. | Billed |
@@ -51,12 +51,12 @@ Get answers to common questions about Microsoft Defender for Servers.
### What servers do I pay for in a subscription?
-When you enable Defender for Servers on a subscription, you're charged for all machines based on their power states.
+When you enable Defender for Servers on a subscription, you're charged for all machines based on their power states. For more information, see [Upcoming billing updates for Defender for Servers](https://aka.ms/D4ServersUpcomingBillingPolicyChange).
| State | Details | Billing |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Azure VMs** | | |
-| Starting | VM starting up. | Not billed |
+| Starting | VM starting up. | Billed |
| Running | Normal working state. | Billed |
| Stopping | Transitional. Moves to Stopped state when finished. | Billed |
| Stopped | VM shut down from within guest OS or by using PowerOff APIs. Hardware is still allocated, and the machine remains on the host. | Billed |