Microsoft BASIC.A1 VM Compute Hours

Measure Azure virtual machine consumption under the Basic A1 service designation with a regional compute-hour meter scoped to US East. This cloud-service entry represents usage of VM compute hours, making it applicable where Azure consumption is recorded against the US East regional service boundary. It is not a physical server, installable operating system, or standalone software package. Microsoft 4DE73442B6AE identifies the Azure CSP meter for BASIC.A1 VM compute hours in US East. The designation combines three specific elements that matter when matching cloud usage: the Basic A1 VM service level, compute-hour measurement, and the US East region. Those attributes distinguish it from storage, networking, software licensing, and VM usage measured in another Azure region. Use this service entry when the intended Azure workload is associated with Basic A1 VM compute capacity and its consumption must be tracked in US East. Compute hours describe time-based virtual machine compute usage rather than a fixed device quantity. The Azure CSP classification places the service within Microsoft’s Cloud Solution Provider cloud-licensing catalog, where service consumption is associated with the selected meter and region.