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articles/cost-management-billing/savings-plan/buy-savings-plan.md

@@ -15,9 +15,10 @@ ms.author: onwokolo
 
 Azure savings plans help you save money by committing to an hourly spend for one-year or three-year plans for Azure compute resources. 
 
-You can pay for savings plans with monthly payments. Unlike an up front purchase, where you pay the full amount, the monthly payment option divides the total cost of the savings plan into 12 or 36 equal payments. The total cost of upfront and monthly savings plans is the same.
+You can pay for savings plans with monthly payments. Unlike an upfront purchase, where you pay the full amount, the monthly payment option divides the total cost of the savings plan into 12 or 36 equal payments. The total cost of upfront and monthly savings plans is the same.
 
 If a savings plan is purchased by using a Microsoft Customer Agreement, your monthly payment amount might vary, depending on the current month's market exchange rate for your local currency.
+
 Before you enter a commitment to buy a savings plan, review the following sections to prepare for your purchase.
 
 
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ After you buy a savings plan, you can [change the savings plan scope](manage-sav
     - **Hourly commitment**: Amount available through the plan each hour. In the Azure portal, up to 10 recommendations might appear. Recommendations are scope-specific. Azure doesn't currently provide recommendations for management groups. Each recommendation includes:
         - An hourly commitment.
         - The potential savings percentage compared to on-demand costs for the commitment.
-        - The percentage of the selected scopes compute usage that is covered by the new savings plan. It includes the commitment amount plus any other previously purchased savings plan or reservation.
+        - The percentage of the selected scope's compute usage that is covered by the new savings plan. It includes the commitment amount plus any other previously purchased savings plan or reservation.
     - **Billing frequency**: **All upfront** or **Monthly**. The total cost of the savings plan is the same regardless of the selected frequency.
     - **Auto-renew**: **On** or **Off**. The savings plan will automatically renew at the end of its term if it is **On**. By default, this option is set to **Off**.
 
@@ -69,10 +70,10 @@ The `billingScopeId` property in the request body must use the `/providers/Micro
 
 
 ## View savings plan purchases and payments
-To learn more about viewing savings plan purchases and payments, visit [view savings plan purchases](view-transactions.md#view-savings-plan-purchases-in-the-azure-portal) and [view savings plan purchases](view-transactions.md#view-payments-made), respectively.
+To learn more about viewing savings plan purchases and payments, visit [View savings plan purchases](view-transactions.md#view-savings-plan-purchases-in-the-azure-portal) and [View payments made](view-transactions.md#view-payments-made), respectively.
 
-## Cancellations, exchanges and trade-ins
-Unlike reservations, you can't cancel or exchange savings plans. You can trade-in select compute reservations for a savings plan. To learn more, visit [reservation trade-in](reservation-trade-in.md).
+## Cancellations, exchanges, and trade-ins
+Unlike reservations, you can't cancel or exchange savings plans. You can trade in select compute reservations for a savings plan. To learn more, visit [Reservation trade-in](reservation-trade-in.md).
 
 ## Need help?
 

articles/cost-management-billing/savings-plan/calculate-ea-savings-plan-savings.md

@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ Because Azure usage files are in CSV format, you need to prepare the data for us
 6. Find the **ChargeType** column and then to the right of the column name, select the sort and filter symbol (the down arrow).
 7. For the **ChargeType** column, set a filter on it to select only **Usage**. Clear any other selections.  
     :::image type="content" source="./media/calculate-ea-savings-plan-savings/charge-type-selection-small.png" alt-text="Screenshot showing ChargeType selection." lightbox="./media/calculate-ea-savings-plan-savings/charge-type-selection.png" :::
-8. To the right of **UnitPrice** , insert add a column and label it with a title like **TotalUsedSavings**.
-9. In the first cell under **TotalUsedSavings**, create a formula that calculates (_UnitPrice – EffectivePrice) \* Quantity_.  
+8. To the right of **UnitPrice**, insert a column and label it with a title like **TotalUsedSavings**.
+9. In the first cell under **TotalUsedSavings**, create a formula that calculates _(UnitPrice – EffectivePrice) \* Quantity_.  
     :::image type="content" source="./media/calculate-ea-savings-plan-savings/total-used-savings-formula.png" alt-text="Screenshot showing the TotalUsedSavings formula." lightbox="./media/calculate-ea-savings-plan-savings/total-used-savings-formula.png" :::
 10. Copy the formula to all the other empty **TotalUsedSavings** cells.
 11. At the bottom of the **TotalUsedSavings** column, sum the column's values.  
@@ -66,12 +66,12 @@ Because Azure usage files are in CSV format, you need to prepare the data for us
 14. To the right of the **TotalUsedSavings** column, insert a column and label it with a title like **TotalUnused**.
 15. In the first cell under **TotalUnused**, create a formula that calculates _EffectivePrice \* Quantity_.  
     :::image type="content" source="./media/calculate-ea-savings-plan-savings/total-unused-formula.png" alt-text="Screenshot showing the TotalUnused formula." lightbox="./media/calculate-ea-savings-plan-savings/total-unused-formula.png" :::
-16. At the bottom of the TotalUnused column, sum the column's values.
-17. Somewhere under your data, create a cell named _TotalUnusedValue_. Next to it, copy the TotalUnused cell and paste it as **Values**.
-18. Under the TotalUsedSavingsValue and TotalUnusedValue cells, create a cell named _SavingsPlanSavings_. Next to it, subtract TotalUnusedValue from TotalUsedSavingsValue. The calculation result is your savings plan savings.  
+16. At the bottom of the **TotalUnused** column, sum the column's values.
+17. Somewhere under your data, create a cell named _TotalUnusedValue_. Next to it, copy the **TotalUnused** cell and paste it as **Values**.
+18. Under the **TotalUsedSavingsValue** and **TotalUnusedValue** cells, create a cell named _SavingsPlanSavings_. Next to it, subtract **TotalUnusedValue** from **TotalUsedSavingsValue**. The calculation result is your savings plan savings.  
     :::image type="content" source="./media/calculate-ea-savings-plan-savings/savings-plan-savings.png" alt-text="Screenshot showing the SavingsPlanSavings calculation and final savings." lightbox="./media/calculate-ea-savings-plan-savings/savings-plan-savings.png" :::
 
-If you see a negative savings value, then you're likely to have  unused savings plans. You should review your savings plan usage. For more information, see [View savings plan utilization after purchase](view-utilization.md).
+If you see a negative savings value, then you're likely to have unused savings plans. You should review your savings plan usage. For more information, see [View savings plan utilization after purchase](view-utilization.md).
 
 ## Other ways to get data and see savings
 

articles/cost-management-billing/savings-plan/cancel-savings-plan.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 title: Azure saving plan cancellation policies
 titleSuffix: Microsoft Cost Management
-description:  Learn about Azure saving plan cancellation policies.
+description: Learn about Azure saving plan cancellation policies.
 author: nwokolo
 ms.author: onwokolo
 ms.reviewer: onwokolo
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ All savings plan purchases are final. After you buy a savings plan, you can't ca
 
 ## Saving plans and reservations
 
-While you cannot cancel or exchange a savings plan, you can trade in select Azure reservations for a new savings plan. For more information about reservation trade ins, see [Self-service trade-in for Azure savings plans](reservation-trade-in.md).
+While you cannot cancel or exchange a savings plan, you can trade in select Azure reservations for a new savings plan. For more information about reservation trade-ins, see [Self-service trade-in for Azure savings plans](reservation-trade-in.md).
 
 ## Related content
 
-- Learn more about savings plan at [What are Azure savings plans for compute?](savings-plan-compute-overview.md)
+- Learn more about savings plans at [What are Azure savings plans for compute?](savings-plan-compute-overview.md)
 - Learn about [Self-service trade-in for Azure savings plans](reservation-trade-in.md).

articles/cost-management-billing/savings-plan/charge-back-costs.md

@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ Users with an individual subscription can get the amortized cost data from their
 7. Set the chart type to **Table**.
 8. Set the **Group by** option to **Resource**.
 
-
 ## Get the data for show back and charge back
 
 1. Sign in to the [Azure portal](https://portal.azure.com/).
@@ -37,18 +36,18 @@ Users with an individual subscription can get the amortized cost data from their
 4. Select **Add**.
 5. Select **Amortized cost** as the metric and set up your export.
 
-The *EffectivePrice* for the usage that gets savings plan discount is the prorated cost of the savings plan, instead of being zero. It helps you know the monetary value of savings plan consumption by a subscription, resource group or a resource. It can help you charge back for the savings plan utilization internally. The dataset also has unused savings plan benefits.
+The _EffectivePrice_ for the usage that gets savings plan discount is the prorated cost of the savings plan, instead of being zero. This helps you know the monetary value of savings plan consumption by a subscription, resource group or a resource. It can help you charge back for the savings plan utilization internally. The dataset also has unused savings plan benefits.
 
 ## Get Azure consumption and savings plan usage data using API
 
-You can get the data using the API or download it from Azure portal.
+You can get the data using the API or download it from the Azure portal.
 
 You call the [Usage Details API](/rest/api/consumption/usagedetails/list) to get the new data. For more information about terminology, see [Usage terms](../understand/understand-usage.md).
 
 Here's an example call to the Usage Details API:
 
 ```http
-https://management.azure.com/providers/Microsoft.Billing/billingAccounts/{enrollmentId}/providers/Microsoft.Billing/billingPeriods/{billingPeriodId}/providers/Microsoft.Consumption/usagedetails?metric={metric}&api-version=2019-05-01&$filter={filter}
+https://management.azure.com/providers/Microsoft.Billing/billingAccounts/{enrollmentId}/providers/Microsoft.Billing/billingPeriods/{billingPeriodId}/providers/Microsoft.Consumption/usagedetails?metric={metric}&api-version=2019-05-01&$filter={filter}
 
 ```
 
@@ -59,18 +58,18 @@ Information in the following table about metric and filter can help solve common
 | Type of API data | API call action |
 | --- | --- |
 | **All Charges (usage and purchases)** | Request for an ActualCost report. |
-| **Usage that got savings plan discount**  | Request for an ActualCost report. <br><br> Once you've ingested all of the usage, look for records with ChargeType = 'Usage' and PricingModel = 'SavingsPlan'. |
-| **Usage that didn't get savings plan discount**  | Request for an ActualCost report.<br><br> Once you've ingested all of the usage, filter for usage records with PricingModel = 'OnDemand'. |
+| **Usage that got savings plan discount** | Request for an ActualCost report. <br><br> Once you've ingested all of the usage, look for records with ChargeType = 'Usage' and PricingModel = 'SavingsPlan'. |
+| **Usage that didn't get savings plan discount** | Request for an ActualCost report.<br><br> Once you've ingested all of the usage, filter for usage records with PricingModel = 'OnDemand'. |
 | **Amortized charges (usage and purchases)** | Request for an AmortizedCost report. |
-| **Unused savings plan report**  | Request for an AmortizedCost report.<br><br> Once you've ingested all of the usage, filter for usage records with ChargeType = 'UnusedSavingsPlan' and PricingModel ='SavingsPlan'. |
-| **Savings plan purchases**  | Request for an AmortizedCost report.<br><br> Once you've ingested all of the usage, filter for usage records with ChargeType = 'Purchase' and PricingModel = 'SavingsPlan'. |
-| **Refunds**  | Request for an AmortizedCost report.<br><br> Once you've ingested all of the usage, filter for usage records with ChargeType = 'Refund'. |
+| **Unused savings plan report** | Request for an AmortizedCost report.<br><br> Once you've ingested all of the usage, filter for usage records with ChargeType = 'UnusedSavingsPlan' and PricingModel = 'SavingsPlan'. |
+| **Savings plan purchases** | Request for an AmortizedCost report.<br><br> Once you've ingested all of the usage, filter for usage records with ChargeType = 'Purchase' and PricingModel = 'SavingsPlan'. |
+| **Refunds** | Request for an AmortizedCost report.<br><br> Once you've ingested all of the usage, filter for usage records with ChargeType = 'Refund'. |
 
 ## Download the usage CSV file with new data
 
 If you're an EA admin, you can download the CSV file that contains new usage data from Azure portal.
 
-In the Azure portal, navigate to [Cost management + billing](https://portal.azure.com/#blade/Microsoft_Azure_Billing/ModernBillingMenuBlade/BillingAccounts).
+In the Azure portal, navigate to [Cost Management + Billing](https://portal.azure.com/#blade/Microsoft_Azure_Billing/ModernBillingMenuBlade/BillingAccounts).
 
 1. Select the scope.
     1. For EA, your scope is the enrollment.
@@ -83,11 +82,10 @@ The CSV files that you download contain actual costs and amortized costs.
 
 ## Need help? Contact us.
 
-If you have Azure savings plan for compute questions, contact your  account team, or [create a support request](https://portal.azure.com/#blade/Microsoft_Azure_Support/HelpAndSupportBlade/newsupportrequest). Temporarily, Microsoft will only provide Azure savings plan for compute expert support requests in English.
+If you have Azure savings plan for compute questions, contact your account team, or [create a support request](https://portal.azure.com/#blade/Microsoft_Azure_Support/HelpAndSupportBlade/newsupportrequest). Temporarily, Microsoft will only provide Azure savings plan for compute expert support requests in English.
 
 ## Next steps
 
 To learn more about Azure savings plan usage data, see the following articles:
 
 - [View Azure savings plan cost and usage details](utilization-cost-reports.md)
- 

articles/cost-management-billing/savings-plan/choose-commitment-amount.md

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ ms.author: onwokolo
 
 # Choose an Azure saving plan commitment amount
 
-Savings plan purchase recommendations are calculated by analyzing your hourly pay-as-you-go usage and cost data. Recommendations are generated for the selected savings plan term (1- or 3-years), [benefit scope](scope-savings-plan.md) (shared, subscription  and look back period (7-, 30-, or 60-days). Azure calculates your potential savings by simulating the total costs you would have under a savings plan. It examines each combination of term, benefit scope, and look back period. It then compares these simulated costs with the actual pay-as-you-go costs you incurred. The commitment amount that returns the greatest savings for each term, benefit scope and look back period combination is highlighted. To learn more about how recommendations are generated, see [How savings plan recommendations are generated](purchase-recommendations.md#how-savings-plan-recommendations-are-generated).
+Savings plan purchase recommendations are calculated by analyzing your hourly pay-as-you-go usage and cost data. Recommendations are generated for the selected savings plan term (1- or 3-years), [benefit scope](scope-savings-plan.md) (shared, subscription), and look back period (7-, 30-, or 60-days). Azure calculates your potential savings by simulating the total costs you would have under a savings plan. It examines each combination of term, benefit scope, and look back period. It then compares these simulated costs with the actual pay-as-you-go costs you incurred. The commitment amount that returns the greatest savings for each term, benefit scope, and look back period combination is highlighted. To learn more about how recommendations are generated, see [How savings plan recommendations are generated](purchase-recommendations.md#how-savings-plan-recommendations-are-generated).
 
 Some compute products can benefit from both savings plans and reservations. If you buy either a savings plan or a reservation, allow at least 7 days for recommendation systems to update and reflect your purchase before considering the other option. Avoid purchasing both products at the same time to ensure recommendations are accurate and to maximize your savings.
 
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Savings plan recommendations are available in [Azure Advisor](https://portal.azu
 Recommendations for one and three-year savings plans in [Azure Advisor](https://portal.azure.com/#view/Microsoft_Azure_Expert/AdvisorMenuBlade/~/Cost) are currently only available for subscription scopes. These recommendations currently only have a 30-day look back period.
 
 ## Recommendations in Azure portal
-Recommendations for one- and three-year savings plans in [Azure portal](https://portal.azure.com/) are available for shared, subscription, and resource group scopes. These recommendations currently only have a 30-day look back period.
+Recommendations for one- and three-year savings plans in the [Azure portal](https://portal.azure.com/) are available for shared, subscription, and resource group scopes. These recommendations currently only have a 30-day look back period.
 
 ## Savings plan Recommendations API
 One and three-year savings plan recommendations from the [Savings plan benefit recommendations API](/rest/api/cost-management/benefit-recommendations/list) are available for shared, subscription, and resource group scopes. These recommendations are available for 7-, 30-, and 60-day look back periods.
@@ -46,4 +46,4 @@ If you have Azure savings plan for compute questions, contact your account team,
 
 - [Manage Azure savings plans](manage-savings-plan.md)
 - [View Azure savings plan cost and usage details](utilization-cost-reports.md)
-- [Software costs not included in saving plan](software-costs-not-included.md)
+- [Software costs not included in savings plans](software-costs-not-included.md)

articles/cost-management-billing/savings-plan/decide-between-savings-plan-reservation.md

@@ -29,4 +29,4 @@ Opt for savings plans when your workloads are dynamic or evolving, particularly
 
 ## Related content
 
-For general information about savings plans, see [What is Azure savings plans for compute?](savings-plan-compute-overview.md).
+For general information about savings plans, see [What are Azure savings plans for compute?](savings-plan-compute-overview.md).