Merge pull request #273395 from austinmccollum/austinmc-cluster-examples

add cluster examples

Author: Stacyrch140

articles/sentinel/billing.md

@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 ---
-title: Plan costs, understand Microsoft Sentinel pricing and billing
+title: Plan costs, understand pricing and billing
+titleSuffix: Microsoft Sentinel
 description: Learn how to plan your Microsoft Sentinel costs, and understand pricing and billing using the pricing calculator and other methods.
-author: cwatson-cat
-ms.author: cwatson
+author: austinmccollum
+ms.author: austinmc
 ms.custom: subject-cost-optimization
-ms.topic: conceptual
-ms.date: 03/07/2024
+ms.topic: concept
+ms.date: 04/25/2024
 ms.collection: usx-security
 appliesto:
     - Microsoft Sentinel in the Azure portal
@@ -66,11 +67,11 @@ There are two ways to pay for the analytics logs: **Pay-As-You-Go** and **Commit
 
 - Log Analytics and Microsoft Sentinel have **Commitment Tier** pricing, formerly called Capacity Reservations. These pricing tiers are combined into simplified pricing tiers that are more predictable and offer substantial savings compared to **Pay-As-You-Go** pricing.
 
-    **Commitment Tier** pricing starts at 100 GB/day. Any usage above the commitment level is billed at the Commitment Tier rate you selected. For example, a Commitment Tier of 100-GB bills you for the committed 100-GB data volume, plus any extra GB/day at the discounted rate for that tier.
+    **Commitment Tier** pricing starts at 100 GB per day. Any usage above the commitment level is billed at the Commitment tier rate you selected. For example, a Commitment tier of **100 GB per day** bills you for the committed 100 GB data volume, plus any extra GB/day at the discounted effective rate for that tier. The **Effective Per GB Price** is simply the **Microsoft Sentinel Price** divided by the **Tier** GB per day quantity. For more information, see [Microsoft Sentinel pricing](https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/details/microsoft-sentinel/).
 
-    Increase your commitment tier anytime to optimize costs as your data volume increases. Lowering the commitment tier is only allowed every 31 days. To see your current Microsoft Sentinel pricing tier, select **Settings** in Microsoft Sentinel, and then select the **Pricing** tab. Your current pricing tier is marked as **Current tier**.
+    Increase your Commitment tier anytime to optimize costs as your data volume increases. Lowering the Commitment tier is only allowed every 31 days. To see your current Microsoft Sentinel pricing tier, select **Settings** in Microsoft Sentinel, and then select the **Pricing** tab. Your current pricing tier is marked as **Current tier**.
 
-    To set and change your Commitment Tier, see [Set or change pricing tier](billing-reduce-costs.md#set-or-change-pricing-tier). Switch any workspaces older than July 2023 to the simplified pricing tiers experience to unify billing meters. Or, continue to use the classic pricing tiers that separate out the Log Analytics pricing from the classic Microsoft Sentinel classic pricing. For more information, see [simplified pricing tiers](#simplified-pricing-tiers).
+    To set and change your Commitment tier, see [Set or change pricing tier](billing-reduce-costs.md#set-or-change-pricing-tier). Switch any workspaces older than July 2023 to the simplified pricing tiers experience to unify billing meters. Or, continue to use the classic pricing tiers that separate out the Log Analytics pricing from the classic Microsoft Sentinel classic pricing. For more information, see [simplified pricing tiers](#simplified-pricing-tiers).
 
 #### Basic logs
 
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ The costs shown in the following image are for example purposes only. They're no
 
 :::image type="content" source="media/billing/sample-bill-classic.png" alt-text="Screenshot showing the Microsoft Sentinel section of a sample Azure bill, to help you estimate costs." lightbox="media/billing/sample-bill-classic.png":::
 
-Microsoft Sentinel and Log Analytics charges might appear on your Azure bill as separate line items based on your selected pricing plan. Simplified pricing tiers are represented as a single `sentinel` line item for the pricing tier. Ingestion and analysis are billed on a daily basis. If your workspace exceeds its Commitment Tier usage allocation in any given day, the Azure bill shows one line item for the Commitment Tier with its associated fixed cost, and a separate line item for the cost beyond the Commitment Tier, billed at the same effective Commitment Tier rate. 
+Microsoft Sentinel and Log Analytics charges might appear on your Azure bill as separate line items based on your selected pricing plan. Simplified pricing tiers are represented as a single `sentinel` line item for the pricing tier. Ingestion and analysis are billed on a daily basis. If your workspace exceeds its Commitment tier usage allocation in any given day, the Azure bill shows one line item for the Commitment tier with its associated fixed cost, and a separate line item for the cost beyond the Commitment tier, billed at the same effective Commitment tier rate. 
 
 # [Simplified](#tab/simplified)
 The following tabs show how Microsoft Sentinel costs appear in the **Service name** and **Meter** columns of your Azure bill depending on your simplified pricing tier. 
@@ -114,42 +115,42 @@ The following tabs show how Microsoft Sentinel and Log Analytics costs appear in
 
 # [Commitment tiers](#tab/commitment-tiers/simplified)
 
-If you're billed at the simplified commitment tier rate, this table shows how Microsoft Sentinel costs appear in the **Service name** and **Meter** columns of your Azure bill.
+If you're billed at the simplified Commitment tier rate, this table shows how Microsoft Sentinel costs appear in the **Service name** and **Meter** columns of your Azure bill.
 
- Cost description | Service name | Meter |
+| Cost description | Service name | Meter |
 |--|--|--|
-| Microsoft Sentinel Commitment Tier | `Sentinel` | **`n` GB Commitment Tier** |
-| Microsoft Sentinel Commitment Tier overage | `Sentinel` |**Analysis**|
+| Microsoft Sentinel Commitment tier | `Sentinel` | **`n` GB Commitment Tier** |
+| Microsoft Sentinel Commitment tier overage | `Sentinel` |**Analysis**|
 
 # [Commitment tiers](#tab/commitment-tiers/classic)
 
-If you're billed at the classic commitment tier rate, this table shows how Microsoft Sentinel and Log Analytics costs appear in the **Service name** and **Meter** columns of your Azure bill.
+If you're billed at the classic Commitment tier rate, this table shows how Microsoft Sentinel and Log Analytics costs appear in the **Service name** and **Meter** columns of your Azure bill.
 
 | Cost description | Service name | Meter |
 |--|--|--|
-| Microsoft Sentinel Commitment Tier | `Sentinel` | **Classic `n` GB commitment tier** |
-| Log Analytics Commitment Tier | `Azure Monitor` | **`n` GB commitment tier** |
-| Microsoft Sentinel Commitment Tier overage | `Sentinel` |**Classic Analysis**|
-| Log Analytics over the Commitment Tier| `Log Analytics` |**Data Ingestion**|
+| Microsoft Sentinel Commitment tier | `Sentinel` | **Classic `n` GB commitment tier** |
+| Log Analytics Commitment tier | `Azure Monitor` | **`n` GB commitment tier** |
+| Microsoft Sentinel Commitment tier overage | `Sentinel` |**Classic Analysis**|
+| Log Analytics over the Commitment tier| `Log Analytics` |**Data Ingestion**|
 
-# [Pay-As-You-Go](#tab/pay-as-you-go/simplified)
+# [Pay-as-you-go](#tab/pay-as-you-go/simplified)
 
-If you're billed at the simplified Pay-As-You-Go rate, this table shows how Microsoft Sentinel costs appear in the **Service name** and **Meter** columns of your Azure bill.
+If you're billed at the simplified pay-as-you-go rate, this table shows how Microsoft Sentinel costs appear in the **Service name** and **Meter** columns of your Azure bill.
 
- Cost description | Service name | Meter |
+| Cost description | Service name | Meter |
 |--|--|--|
-| Pay-As-You-Go| `Sentinel` |**Pay-as-You-Go Analysis**|
+| pay-as-you-go| `Sentinel` |**Pay-as-You-Go Analysis**|
 | Basic logs data analysis| `Sentinel` |**Basic Logs Analysis**|
 
 
-# [Pay-As-You-Go](#tab/pay-as-you-go/classic)
+# [Pay-as-you-go](#tab/pay-as-you-go/classic)
 
-If you're billed at classic Pay-As-You-Go rate, this table shows how Microsoft Sentinel and Log Analytics costs appear in the **Service name** and **Meter** columns of your Azure bill.
+If you're billed at classic pay-as-you-go rate, this table shows how Microsoft Sentinel and Log Analytics costs appear in the **Service name** and **Meter** columns of your Azure bill.
 
- Cost description | Service name | Meter |
+| Cost description | Service name | Meter |
 |--|--|--|
-| Pay-As-You-Go| `Sentinel` |**Classic Pay-as-You-Go Analysis**|
-| Pay-As-You-Go| `Log Analytics` |**Pay-as-You-Go Data Ingestion**|
+| pay-as-you-go| `Sentinel` |**Classic Pay-as-You-Go Analysis**|
+| pay-as-you-go| `Log Analytics` |**Pay-as-You-Go Data Ingestion**|
 | Basic logs data analysis| `Sentinel` |**Classic Basic Logs Analysis**|
 | Basic logs data ingestion| `Azure Monitor` |**Basic Logs Data Ingestion**|
 
@@ -158,7 +159,7 @@ If you're billed at classic Pay-As-You-Go rate, this table shows how Microsoft S
 
 This table shows how Microsoft Sentinel and Log Analytics no charge costs appear in the **Service name** and **Meter** columns of your Azure bill for free data services when billing is at a simplified pricing tier. For more information, see [View Data Allocation Benefits](../azure-monitor/cost-usage.md#view-data-allocation-benefits).
 
- Cost description | Service name | Meter |
+| Cost description | Service name | Meter |
 |--|--|--|
 | Microsoft Sentinel Free Trial – Sentinel Analysis| `Sentinel` |**Free trial Analysis**|
 | Microsoft Defender XDR Benefit – Data Ingestion| `Azure Monitor` |**Free Benefit - M365 Defender Data Ingestion**|
@@ -169,7 +170,7 @@ This table shows how Microsoft Sentinel and Log Analytics no charge costs appear
 
 This table shows how Microsoft Sentinel and Log Analytics no charge costs appear in the **Service name** and **Meter** columns of your Azure bill for free data services when billing is at a classic pricing tier. For more information, see [View Data Allocation Benefits](../azure-monitor/cost-usage.md#view-data-allocation-benefits).
 
- Cost description | Service name | Meter |
+| Cost description | Service name | Meter |
 |--|--|--|
 | Microsoft Sentinel Free Trial – Log Analytics data ingestion| `Azure Monitor` |**Free Benefit - Az Sentinel Trial Data Ingestion**|
 | Microsoft Sentinel Free Trial – Sentinel Analysis| `Sentinel` |**Free trial Analysis**|
@@ -255,7 +256,7 @@ The following table lists the data sources in Microsoft Sentinel and Log Analyti
 
 For data connectors that include both free and paid data types, select which data types you want to enable.
 
-:::image type="content" source="media/billing/data-types.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the Data connector page for Defender for Cloud Apps, with the free security alerts selected and the paid MCAS Shadow IT Reporting data connection not enabled." lightbox="media/billing/data-types.png":::
+:::image type="content" source="media/billing/data-types.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the connector page for Defender for Cloud Apps, with the free security alerts selected and paid MCAS Shadow IT Reporting not enabled." lightbox="media/billing/data-types.png":::
 
 Learn more about how to [connect data sources](connect-data-sources.md), including free and paid data sources.