| Power State | Description |
| Starting | The virtual machine is being started. |
| Running | The virtual machine is running. |
| Stopping | The virtual machine is being stopped. |
| Stopped | The VM is stopped. Virtual machines in the stopped state still incur compute charges. |
| Deallocating | The VM is being deallocated. |
| Deallocated | This indicates that the VM is removed from the hypervisor but is still available in the control plane. Virtual machines in the Deallocated state do not incur compute charges. |
| – | The power state of the VM is unknown. |
The Deallocated state doesn’t incur a charge as well as a transitional state of starting and deallocating. Some Azure resources, such as Disks and Networking, incur charges. Software licenses on the instance do not incur charges
