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Azure Essentials: Module 5: Azure Cost Management and Service Level Agreements

This document discusses Azure cost management and service level agreements. It covers using the Total Cost of Ownership calculator to compare costs of running workloads on-premises versus Azure. It also describes Azure subscription types like pay-as-you-go and free trials. The pricing calculator is explained for estimating monthly Azure workload costs. Factors affecting costs are defined and practices for minimizing costs are recommended.

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Azure Essentials: Module 5: Azure Cost Management and Service Level Agreements

This document discusses Azure cost management and service level agreements. It covers using the Total Cost of Ownership calculator to compare costs of running workloads on-premises versus Azure. It also describes Azure subscription types like pay-as-you-go and free trials. The pricing calculator is explained for estimating monthly Azure workload costs. Factors affecting costs are defined and practices for minimizing costs are recommended.

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Azure Essentials

MODULE 5: AZURE COST MANAGEMENT AND SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENTS

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Objectives 2

 Use the Total Cost of Ownership Calculator to compare your current


datacenter costs to running the same workloads on Azure.
 Describe the different ways you can purchase Azure products and services.
 Use the Pricing calculator to estimate the monthly cost of running your cloud
workloads.
 Define some of the major factors that affect total cost and apply
recommended practices to minimize cost.

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Total Cost of Ownership Calculator 3

 The TCO Calculator helps you estimate the cost savings of operating your
solution on Azure over time, instead of in your on-premises datacenter.
 The term total cost of ownership is commonly used in finance. It can be hard
to see all the hidden costs related to operating a technology capability on-
premises. Software licenses and hardware are additional costs.

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Total Cost of Ownership Calculator 4

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Azure subscriptions 5

 Free trial
 A free trial subscription provides you with 12 months of popular free services, a credit to
explore any Azure service for 30 days, and more than 25 services that are always free.
Your Azure services are disabled when the trial ends or when your credit expires for paid
products, unless you upgrade to a paid subscription.
 Pay-as-you-go
 A pay-as-you-go subscription enables you to pay for what you use by attaching a credit
or debit card to your account. Organizations can apply for volume discounts and
prepaid invoicing.
 Member offers
 Your existing membership to certain Microsoft products and services might provide you
with credits for your Azure account and reduced rates on Azure services. For example,
member offers are available to Visual Studio subscribers, Microsoft Partner Network
members, Microsoft for Startups members, and Microsoft Imagine members.

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Pricing calculator 6

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Pricing calculator 7
The options that you can configure in the Pricing calculator vary between products, but they can
include:
 Region
 A region is the geographical location in which you can provision a service. Southeast Asia, Central Canada,
Western United States, and Northern Europe are a few examples.
 Tier
 Tiers, such as the Free tier or Basic tier, have different levels of availability or performance and different
associated costs.
 Billing options
 Billing options highlight the different ways you can pay for a service. Options can vary based on your
customer type and subscription type and can include options to save costs.
 Support options
 These options enable you to select additional support pricing options for certain services.
 Programs and offers
 Your customer or subscription type might enable you to choose from specific licensing programs or other
offers.
 Azure Dev/Test pricing
 This option lists the available prices for development and test workloads. Dev/Test pricing applies when you
run resources within an Azure subscription that's based on a Dev/Test offer.
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Azure Advisor 8

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Azure Cost Management + Billing 9

 Azure Cost Management + Billing is a free service that helps you understand your
Azure bill, manage your account and subscriptions, monitor and control Azure
spending, and optimize resource use.

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