How to know formula func. availability of Content Understanding in Foundry Tools in certain region.

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How to know formula func. availability of Content Understanding in Foundry Tools in certain region.

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I have 2 questions.

Could you please let me know how I get to know formula function and output function of Content Understanding in Foundry Tools being GA'd in a region? I would like to know it for Japan east.

According to the Pricing Calculator, those functions are not GA'd in Japan east. It is not informed in a page in MS learn "Azure Content Understanding in Foundry Tools region and language support".
https://learn.microsoft.com/ja-jp/azure/ai-services/content-understanding/language-region-support

According to the configurator screen, the price for Formula function is $3.3/1000 pages in WEST US. $3.3 is not found in the pricing table for west US. If these two matters can be reconciled, how should I make sense of them?
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/content-understanding/

Best regards,

SM 40 Reputation points

2026-07-17T07:02:16.6666667+00:00

The reason why i came to have a question like Q2, I supposed if a $3.30 /1000 pages item found in the pricing table, i thought i found formula function is preview, not GA'd in Japan or not.

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SM 40 Reputation points

2026-07-17T07:02:16.6666667+00:00

The reason why i came to have a question like Q2, I supposed if a $3.30 /1000 pages item found in the pricing table, i thought i found formula function is preview, not GA'd in Japan or not.

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The key distinction is the API version, not a separate “formula availability” switch.

Japan East is listed as a supported region for the GA Content Understanding API, version 2025-11-01. Formula extraction is documented as a GA document element returned in the formulas collection, with inline and display kinds. Microsoft does not publish a separate region matrix for that element, so it should follow the GA service availability for Japan East.

The smaller region list applies to the old 2025-05-01-preview API, which supported only West US, Sweden Central, and Australia East. That preview was scheduled for retirement on July 15, 2026, so it should not be used to decide GA availability.

The pricing calculator is not a feature-availability source. Current GA billing is based on the content-extraction level actually used, plus contextualization and any Foundry model input/output tokens. A $3.30-per-1,000-pages “Formula” line does not match the currently published GA pricing model; treat it as calculator or legacy meter metadata rather than proof that formulas are unavailable.

For a production estimate, select Japan East, use API version 2025-11-01, run representative documents, and use the response’s usage fields. If that line item still appears, send Azure billing support a screenshot with the selected region, currency, and offer so they can confirm the applicable meter.