Azure: Maxmise your bang for Buck
summary
Covers concrete purchase levers: Azure Hybrid Use Benefit lets active Software Assurance Windows/SQL cores move to Azure (enterprise core can convert to four general-purpose vCores), Reserved Capacity prepay one- or three-year compute or 100TB+/1PB blob blocks to cut costs (reserved compute ~30% alone, combining reserved + hybrid can reach ~80% vs PAYG), and Spot instances use unused hosts for interruptible batch, dev/test or short jobs; also advises right‑sizing, auto shutdown and billing dashboards.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:31Company overview
- 2:33Cloud migration journey
- 3:42Common cloud pain points
- 7:09Azure purchasing models
- 9:01Azure hybrid use benefits
- 10:40SQL license conversion
- 12:44Reserved capacity basics
- 14:25Compute and storage savings
- 16:05Spot instances
- 17:10Optimization strategies
- 18:44Resources and conclusion
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