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Hello,
I added an AKS-HCI Kubernetes cluster on Azure Arc, and I activated Defender for Containers. I’m not using the Azure registry. It has been 40 days since I integrated this, but I still don’t see any charges for Defender, even though it’s clearly stated that the billing is $7 per vCore.
Can someone provide an explanation?
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Hello, @Chelligue Hamza !
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Hello, @Chelligue Hamza !
Why haven't I received a charge when using Microsoft Defender for Containers?
Defender for Containers was free during the preview, and became generally available recently depending on your environment so it's possible that billing has not caught up yet with use after general availability. You can explore cost estimation by looking at the Workbooks blade of the Defender for Cloud portal:
https://portal.azure.com/#view/Microsoft_Azure_Security/SecurityMenuBlade/~/28
If you feel that there's been a billing error, you can always create a billing support ticket:
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/support
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I thank you for your response. Yes, I believe I was in the trial period, which is why I didn’t receive an invoice. Currently, it’s starting to charge.
No worries. Thank you for the update, @Chelligue Hamza !