Azure Management and Governance 3.1 Flashcards

cost management in Azure

1
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Factors that can reduce costs include

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reserved instances, reserved capacity,
hybrid use benefit, spot pricing

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Reserved Instances

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Reserve virtual machines in advance and
save up to 72 percent compared to PAYG
pricing with 1-yr or 3-yr commitment

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3
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Reserved Capacity
discount is product-specific!
also includes 1-year and 3-year options

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Achieve significant savings on Azure SQL
Database, Azure Cosmos DB and Azure
Synapse Analytics and Azure Cache for Redis.
Enables you to more easily manage costs across
predictable and variable workloads and help
optimize budgeting and forecasting.

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4
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Hybrid Use Benefit

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A licensing benefit that helps you to
significantly reduce the costs of running
your workloads in the cloud.
Let’s you use your on-premises
Software Assurance-enabled Windows
Server and SQL Server licenses on Azure.
Windows Server, SQL Server, Redhat and Suse Linux

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5
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Spot Pricing

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applies to Azure VMs only!
Access unused Azure compute capacity
at deep discounts—up to 90 percent
compared to pay-as-you-go prices.
Use for workloads that can be interrupted without harm

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6
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Pricing Calculator

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Interactive calculator that allows you to
estimate the expected monthly Azure costs.
Choose regions, services, options, and SKUs.

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7
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TCO Calculator

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A tool that helps estimate cost savings you can
achieve by migrating application workloads to Azure.
Allows you to compare the TCO of different Azure
services and regions and provides a detailed breakdown
of cost of components and potential savings.

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8
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Azure Cost Management

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A suite of tools provided by Microsoft
that help you analyze, manage, and
optimize costs of your workloads.

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9
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What are Tags

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A name and a value pair used to logically
organize Azure resources, resource groups,
and subscriptions into a logical taxonomy.

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10
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How are Tags used

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A name and a value pair used to logically
organize Azure resources, resource groups,
and subscriptions into a logical taxonomy.
You can also enforce tagging rules
with Azure policies.
Examples of common tags include owner,
cost center, app/service, and environment

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