Merge pull request #307823 from DeCohen/WI171222-clarify-billing-is-for-commerical-customers-only

This article is relevant for commercial Defender for IoT customers.

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articles/defender-for-iot/organizations/billing.md

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 title: Microsoft Defender for IoT billing
 description: Learn how you're billed for the Microsoft Defender for IoT service.
 ms.topic: concept-article
-ms.date: 03/25/2024
+ms.date: 11/05/2025
 ms.custom: enterprise-iot
 #CustomerIntent: As a Defender for IoT customer, I want to understand how I'm billed for Defender for IoT services so that I can best plan my deployment.
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 # Defender for IoT billing
 
+> [!NOTE]
+> This article is relevant for commercial Defender for IoT customers.
+> If you're a government customer, see [government customers trial license](getting-started.md#government-customers-trial-license) or contact your Microsoft sales representative for more information.
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 As you plan your Microsoft Defender for IoT deployment, you typically want to understand the Defender for IoT pricing plans and billing models so you can optimize your costs.
 
 **OT monitoring** is billed using site-based licenses, where each license applies to an individual site, based on the site size. A site is a physical location, such as a facility, campus, office building, hospital, rig, and so on. Each site can contain any number of network sensors, all of which monitor devices detected in connected networks.
 
 **Enterprise IoT monitoring** supports 5 devices per Microsoft 365 E5 (ME5) or E5 Security license, or is available as standalone, per-device licenses for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint P2 customers.
 
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 ## Free trial
 
 To evaluate Defender for IoT, start a free trial as follows: