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Azure Blob Storage early deletion penalties apply to cooler access tiers, not the Hot tier. Microsoft states that blobs are subject to an early deletion penalty if they are deleted, overwritten, or moved to a different tier before the minimum number of days required by that tier has elapsed. For a general-purpose v2 account, the Cool tier has a minimum retention period of 30 days, and the Archive tier has a minimum retention period of 180 days.

File1 is in the Hot tier and is deleted on January 5. The Hot tier has no early deletion retention requirement, so no early deletion penalty applies. Also, because blob soft delete is enabled, Microsoft notes that a blob is considered deleted only after the soft-delete retention period expires; until then, it is soft-deleted and not subject to the early deletion penalty.

File2 is placed in the Cool tier on January 1 and moved to Archive on January 15, before the 30-day Cool retention period is met, so an early deletion penalty applies. File3 is placed in Archive on January 1 and rehydrated on April 5, which is before 180 days, so the Archive early deletion penalty applies. Study Guide reference: AZ-104 Implement and manage storage , Blob access tiers, lifecycle management, and storage cost behavior.