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How to save Maximum on Azure VM pricing?
Azure Virtual Machines (VM) is a scalable, on-demand computing resource offered by Azure. There are several reasons cloud users use virtual machines when they need direct control over their computing environment on the cloud.
The Azure Virtual Machine (VM) service creates a computing resource with all the configurations required to run an application during development and testing.
As the demand for applications in the cloud can vary, you may save costs by running the application in a virtual machine and adding more virtual machines to it, or shutting down instances that are no longer needed, depending on the actual demand for the application.
Azure pricing for VMs is typically calculated per second of usage. However, there are several other ways to pay for a VM. The Azure free tier, for instance, offers you free access to a specific type of virtual machine for a period of 12 months. Reserved instances allow you to commit to a VM for a long period of time and to receive a discount, while spot VMs allow you to purchase unused capacity at a deeply discounted price in Azure when it is still available.
It is possible to optimize costs by using different regions since different regions have different pricing, so using Azure regions can be a good way to optimize costs.
Below is a detailed explanation of the different pricing models that are available when buying Azure virtual machines.
Like other cloud services, Azure grants a free credit trial. Azure offers a free tier of $200 in Azure credits for the initial 30 days and a capped quantity of additional free services for 12 months. You can develop services in any region that supports Azure. Also, you can develop multiple instances, making sure the total is within the specified limits. You can receive 750 hours for B1s burstable virtual machines, every month for 12 months.
With Azure VMs, Microsoft charges you for each second a VM resource is active, so you pay only for actual use.
This option is regarded as the most flexible choice and is suitable for instances that cannot be interrupted or short-lived workloads.
You don’t need to make a long-term commitment or pay upfront. You can decrease or increase your computing capacity according to your application’s needs and only pay the hourly rate for the instances you use. Yet, prices are typically higher than the other pricing models.
If you want to save money and know a VM will be needed for more than a year, you can reserve a virtual machine instance and save up to 72%. Reserving a VM puts a specific region in place for a term of 1 or 3 years.
You can return and exchange reserved instances. You can also cancel a reserved instance with an early cancellation fee, up to the yearly cap.
On the other hand, you can also use a reserved instance for other VMs such as pay-as-you-go VMs in the same resource region and group.
With the reserved VM instances model you can do the following:
Beyond the discounts granted by reserved instances and spot instances, Azure provides several additional options for saving cloud costs.
The Azure Hybrid Benefit program is intended for organizations that own Microsoft licenses in their on-premise data centers. When you own licenses for Windows Server and SQL Server and are using them locally, you can bring those licenses to the cloud without purchasing additional licenses. This is known as bring your own license (BYOL).
It is important to bear in mind that the cost of an Azure Virtual Machine running Windows or SQL Server includes the cost of Microsoft software licensing, which means that if you already have a license, you will receive a discount on the cost of the VM per hour. Azure Hybrid Benefit applies to Windows Server VMs, SQL Server VMs, and the Azure SQL Database service.
Combined with reserved instances, Azure Hybrid Benefit offers up to 85% discount.
Additionally, for some versions of Windows Server and Microsoft SQL Server to Azure, you get 3 years of free security updates, without needing to extend the license.
There are substantial discounts available to you if you use Azure services for development and testing, including the following:
Microsoft offers a variety of virtual machine sizes, divided into six categories for different use cases.
Identify idle virtual machines (VMs), ExpressRoute circuits, and other resources with Azure Advisor. We will provide you with recommendations on which resources to shut down, as well as how much you could save by doing so.
With Azure Advisor you are able to find underutilized resources and get recommendations on how to reduce your spending by reconfiguring or consolidating them in order to reduce costs.
If you choose to prepay for a one-year or three-year term with reservation pricing, you will receive a discount of up to 72 percent over pay-as-you-go pricing on Azure services.
AWS is up to five times more expensive than Azure for Windows Server and SQL Server. You can save a lot of money by migrating your on-premises workloads over to Azure.
You can save money by dynamically allocating and de-allocating resources according to the performance requirements you have.
With Microsoft Cost Management, you can create and manage budgets for the Azure services you use or subscribe to as well as monitor the cloud expenditures of your organization.
Azure offers many ways to host your code. With the right compute service for your application, you can run your business more efficiently and at a lower cost.
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