Azure Cost Optimization Tips

Azure Cost Optimization tips compiled from online resources -

  1. Utilize Azure Reserved Instances (1-year, 3-year) & Spot pricing 
  2. Azure Hybrid Benefit program allows on-premises licenses of Windows Server or SQL Server to be brought to the cloud.
  3. Azure Dev/Test Pricing provides deep discounts on services if you are using them for development and testing.
  4. Azure offers price-match guarantee against AWS on some comparable services 
  5. Azure provides tools for cost planning and optimization like  Azure Advisor, Cost Calculator, Cost Analysis and Azure Budgets which lets you track resource usage and expenditure for Azure alongside other clouds.
  6. Right-Sizing VMs by monitoring your metrics using Azure Monitor, and use auto-scaling or other methods to add and remove machines according to utilization.
  7. Azure offers B-Series virtual machines designed for applications that are typically idle and then have sudden bursts of usage at discounts of between 15-55% compared to equivalent VMs.
  8. Shifting workloads from VMs to Containers
  9. Locate and delete unused disks that remain after you delete a virtual machine.
  10. Move from SQL Server instances to the Azure SQL Elastic Database service and pay only for actual database resources used
  11. Build storage tiering automation into your applications, ensuring that data that is no longer needed is automatically moved to a lower-cost tier.



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