Azure Billing for storage account

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Good Day.

I'm new to Azure cloud and trying to understand different services.

We have FileShare storage account which is mounted on the VMs that are created. Will Azure defender be enabled by default for Storage accounts? Reason am asking is we are getting around 30-40% of the bill only for 'advanced threat protection'. Not sure if this is something related to azure defender or data transfer charges. If it is Azure defender then do we really need this as we don't have this charge for other storage account (general purpose v2).

Attached the description that is present in the billing, and don't have any other information to understand more.

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Any inputs/suggestions would be very helpful. Thanks

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According to this page you have the optional Advanced Threat Protection for Storage enabled via Security Center. Pricing can be found here. This is an opt-in service which can be applied at the subscription level. I'd talk to your subscription owner or security team to determine if they'll allow you to turn it off.