Category / Pricing
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The end of the discrete Virtual Machine pricing
Or, the impact of the Ignite’21 release of the Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets flexible orchestration on pricing levels. Less than 20 years ago, each application ran on its own physical machine,…
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Azure Dedicated hosts: more expensive than regular Azure VMs?
To make the transition to Azure easier for Hosters running their customers’ workloads on a large virtualized host environment, Microsoft introduced Dedicated Hosts in 2020. In this blog we will answer whether…
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Saving 50% on your Windows Server license
As a smart partner you use the Windows Server CSP Subscription license (1y or 3y) on Azure under AHB. That saves you 90% on the comparable PAYG Windows server license that you…
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Microsoft and its hosting channel having a Cinderella issue
The success of the Microsoft hosting channel is largely based on the SPLA licenses. A simple, clear license model which is charged per month based on the used licenses reported by the…
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SPLA versus CSP licensing, which one is more cost effective?
Many Hosting and CSP partners believe that the transition to Azure will cost them a lot of margin because they are forced to part with the SPLA licenses. In this blog I…
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Internet Egress
From Outbound traffic to Egress From the very beginning of Azure, incoming internet traffic was free of charge and outgoing traffic was and is being charged. In recent months, Microsoft has not…
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Azure Landing Zone and the other 150 SKU’s
If you make an Azure migrate quote, you naturally want to give as reliable picture as possible of the expected monthly Azure costs. The greatest attention is paid to the Compute and…
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The Azure pricing is dynamic, complex and constantly changing. Microsoft discount programs come and go to push specific Azure offerings under certain conditions. This blog will help you to better understand the Azure pricing, keep track of price- and program changes and ultimately making better and more competitive Azure offerings.
See also our YouTube channel with free sales training videos:Selling Azure Migrate