AZ-802 · Virtual machines · Virtual machines | Manage Windows Server VMs in Azure

Practice question 156 of 506 · medium

An Azure VM was shut down inside Windows. Its state is Stopped, and compute charges continue. What explains this?

Choose the single best answer.

A.Any remaining disk charges prove that allocated compute must also be charged
B.Guest shutdown releases host allocation as soon as all disk writes are flushed
C.The host allocation remains; deallocation is needed to release compute allocation
D.Stopped and Deallocated are identical states for allocation and compute billing

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The host allocation remains; deallocation is needed to release compute allocation

Stopped can retain compute allocation whereas Deallocated releases it. A clean guest shutdown or flushed disk writes does not deallocate the Azure resource. Persistent disk charges can continue after deallocation and do not prove allocated compute remains.

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