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--- title: Software costs not included in Azure saving plans titleSuffix: Microsoft Cost Management description: Learn how savings plan discounts apply only to Azure compute infrastructure costs and not to the software costs. author: nwokolo ms.author: onwokolo ms.reviewer: onwokolo ms.service: cost-management-billing ms.subservice: savings-plan ms.topic: conceptual ms.date: 07/09/2025 --- # Software costs not included in saving plans Savings plan discounts apply only to the infrastructure costs and not to the software costs. If you use Windows VMs, and you have a savings plan, and you don't have an Azure Hybrid Benefit for your VMs, then you're charged for the software meters listed in the following sections. ## Windows software meters not included in savings plan 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 savings plan 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 For information on how to get the pay-as-you-go rates for each Azure meter, see [Download Azure price sheet](download-savings-plan-price-sheet.md). EA customers should follow the first 7 steps in their section, while Microsoft Customer Agreement customers should follow the first five steps in their sections. ## Need help? Contact us. If you have Azure savings plan for compute questions, contact your account team, or [create a support request](https://portal.azure.com/#blade/Microsoft_Azure_Support/HelpAndSupportBlade/newsupportrequest). Temporarily, Microsoft only provides Azure savings plan for compute expert support requests in English. ## Related content To learn more about Azure savings plans, see the following articles: - [What are Azure savings plans?](buy-savings-plan.md) - [Manage an Azure savings plan](manage-savings-plan.md) - [How saving plan discount is applied](discount-application.md) - [View Azure savings plan cost and usage details](utilization-cost-reports.md)