A Microsoft offering that enables tracking of cloud usage and expenditures for Azure and other cloud providers.
To get the 19K charge reversed, follow these steps:
- Confirm the subscription is cancelled
- Go to your Microsoft account Services & subscriptions page and ensure the related subscription shows as Canceled or has recurring billing turned off. If you don’t see a cancel option, use the troubleshooting guidance in Unable to cancel your Microsoft subscription.
- Check why you were charged
- If you cancelled close to the billing date, the renewal might still have processed. Cancellations must be more than 2 days before the billing date. Verify the subscription end date and recent charges on your Subscriptions or Manage your payments pages.
- Request a refund from Microsoft
- Use the official refund process for Microsoft subscriptions to see if the charge is eligible and submit a refund request. Follow the steps in How to get a refund on a Microsoft subscription (linked from the cancellation and billing articles in the context).
- If the purchase was accidental or unauthorized
- For accidental or unauthorized purchases (for example, something clicked by mistake), use the guidance in Cancel an order or pre-order from Microsoft Store and Returning items you bought from Microsoft for exchange or refund to request a refund.
- If the charge appears fraudulent or tied to an account that isn’t yours, contact your bank/credit card issuer to dispute the transaction and consider blocking the card and issuing a new one, as recommended in the Q&A billing scenarios.
- Contact Microsoft Support if needed
- If the online steps don’t resolve it or you can’t match the charge to a visible subscription, contact Microsoft Support via the Contact – Microsoft Support or Help with Microsoft Store purchases flows in the referenced articles and provide the transaction date, amount, and last digits of the card so they can locate the charge.
Refund approval depends on Microsoft’s refund policies and eligibility windows, so submit the request as soon as possible after the charge.
References:
- Unable to cancel your Microsoft subscription
- Cancel an order or pre-order from Microsoft Store
- Troubleshoot Azure payment issues
- Troubleshoot a declined card
- Can I speak to someone? -- Billing issues - Microsoft Q&A
- My credit card is being used by an unknown person to buy Xbox pass. How do I cancel the monthly payment? - Microsoft Q&A
- Cancel a monthly charge on my visa credit card - Microsoft Q&A
- Double Billing for Microsoft Services - Microsoft Q&A
- How to Cancel Microsoft 365 subscription if you do not have account info? Or get anyone to help? - Microsoft Q&A