(Unit 1 of 4) Factors that affect cost in Azure

Question 1

Azure shifts development costs from the ____ of building out and maintaining infrastructure and facilities to an ____ of renting infrastructure as you need it, whether it’s compute, storage, networking, and so on.

Answer 1

**capital expense (CapEx) ** , operational expense (OpEx)

Question 2

OpEx cost can be impacted by many factors. Some of the impacting factors are: (1)

Answer 2

Resource type - The type of resources, the settings for the resource, and the Azure region

Question 3

OpEx cost can be impacted by many factors. Some of the impacting factors are: (2)

Answer 3

Consumption - If you use more compute this cycle, you pay more. If you use less in the current cycle, you pay less.

Question 4

OpEx cost can be impacted by many factors. Some of the impacting factors are: (3)

Answer 4

Maintenance - In order to control costs, it’s important to maintain your cloud environment. (VM provisioning resources)

Question 5

OpEx cost can be impacted by many factors. Some of the impacting factors are: (4)

Answer 5

Geography - The cost of power, labor, taxes, network and fees vary depending on the location.

Question 6

OpEx cost can be impacted by many factors. Some of the impacting factors are: (5)

Answer 6

Network Traffic - mainly outbound data transfers in different zones

Question 7

OpEx cost can be impacted by many factors. Some of the impacting factors are: (6)

Answer 7

Subscription type

Answer 8

Azure Marketplace