What is the "DATA TRANSFER IN" under the "PAY-AS-YOU-GO"?

Question

Hello,

Please excuse me if this is a dumb question. I am really new to Windows Azure.

I found there is a "DATA TRANSFER IN" item (which is not zero) under "PAY-AS-YOU-GO" category of my subscription billing report page.

However, I read in this help article (https://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/pricing/details/#data-transfer) that all inbound data transfers are at no charge.

So, what does this mean? Are inbound data transfers free or not?

Thanks!

-Tony

Answer 1

Data sent to (aka uploaded) to the Windows Azure datacenter is free. Anyone sent back out (downloaded) is billable.

Answer 2

Thanks for the quick reply.

I assume "DATA TRANSFER IN" is what you said "data sent to the Windows Azure datacenter", right? So it should be free.

But why does it appear under the "PAY-AS-YOU-GO" category? And it indeed is showing some number there (in my case it is 0.08GB).

Is it there just for record purpose or is it billable?

-Tony

Answer 3

Hi Tony,

In the past data transfer in was billed, maybe that's why that's still there.

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