Pricing

Question 1

How is Pricing managed within Azure ?

Answer 1

Subscriptions
Cost Management
Pricing Factors

Question 2

How do Azure Subscriptions work ?

Answer 2

every service / resource is part of subscription
can have multiple subscriptions within one account
have billing admin role
There are many offer types (e.g. PAYG, EA, etc.)
Possible to have Management Groups (per country, etc.) with Billing Logic

Question 3

How does Cost Management work ?

Answer 3

Possible to have free accounts
Azure Cost Management feature
optimisation recommendations
reports on spending etc.

Question 4

What is Spot VM usage ?

Answer 4

utilises unused capacity
can utilise same features as non-spot VM
can lose at any time

Question 5

How does the Pricing Model work

Answer 5

based on resource size
resource type
location
bandwidth

Question 6

How do Billing Zones work ?

Answer 6

There are 3 billing zones
- many regions within
Ingress data = free
Egress data = charged between billing zones

Question 7

Pricing Best Practices

Answer 7

use default spending limits (these can’t be increased)
quotas - ensure service levels
PAYG has no limit
TAGS - label resources
Reserved instance - but not all can be reserved
Cost Optimization Advisor