Describe Azure Pricing, Service Level Agreements, And Lifecycles Flashcards
Describe azure subscriptions
Logical unit of services that links to an azure account, an identity in azure ad or in a directory azure ad trusts
Describe offer types
Pay as you go dev/test
Free account
Members offers
Discount rates for azure services
Describe management groups
Containers to manage access, policy, and compliance for multiple subscriptions. 6 levels of depth
Describe options for purchasing
Enterprise. Paid annually agreed cost
Web direct public azure prices
Cloud solution provider. Paid through csp
Factors affecting cost
Usage meters
Resource type
Service
Location
Describe zones for billing purposes
Zone is a geographical grouping of azure regions for billing purposes
Describe pricing calculator
Tool to help estimate cost
Describe total cost of ownership
Tool used to estimate cost savings realised by migrating to the cloud
Describe minimising costs
Perform cost analysis
Use spending limits
Azure reservations - discounted prices. Pay in advance.
Choose low cost locations and regions
Describe azure cost mamangement
Product that provides a set of tools for monitoring, allocating and optimising your azure costs.
Free to customers
Describe a service
Level agreement
Capture the specific terms that define the performance standards that apply to azure
Defines a performance target for product or service
Describe composite spa
Combined sla’s to form a service.
Describe private preview feature
An azure feature is available to certain azure customers for evaluation purposes
Describe public preview
An azure feature is available to all azure customers for evaluation
Access via azure portal
Describe general availability
A feature release to all customers
