9. Pricing

Question 1

How are Azure resources related to subscriptions?

Topic: Subscriptions

Answer 1

Every resource on Azure lives inside a subscription.

Question 2

How can Azure costs be seperated?

Topic: Subscriptions

Answer 2

Create multiple subscriptions with different, related resources.

Question 3

What is a billing admin of subscriptions?

Topic: Subscriptions

Answer 3

A billing admin manages everything to do with billing and invoicing Azure

Question 4

What are management groups?

What are two benefits of using management groups?

Topic: Subscriptions

Answer 4

Management groups allow you to create a tree-hierarchy for Admins to manage access, policy and compliance for subscriptions -> resource groups -> resources.

Benefits:
* Take action for access, policy, and compliance across subscriptions in bulk
* Groups maintain billing associated with their subscriptions

Question 5

List 3 components of Cost Management

Topic: Cost Management

Answer 5

1. Get detailed views of current and project costs
2. Recommendations on how to save on costs by optimizing resources
3. Monitor any AWS charges

Question 6

What are 4 influences on pricing in Azure?

Topic: Pricing Factors

Answer 6

1. Resource size
2. Resource type
3. Location
4. Bandwitdh

Question 7

What is Azure Pricing Calculator used for?

Topic: Pricing Factors

Answer 7

Estimate cost for any scenario possible within Azure, and recieve a monthly cost estimate of scenario.

Question 8

What is Total Cost of Ownership Calculator used for?

Topic: Pricing Factors

Answer 8

Estimate total savings over a period of time by using Azure instead of on-premisis infrastructure