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Microsoft Azure Fundamentals: Describe Azure cost management and service level agreements

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Overview

  • Module 1: Migration to the cloud presents new ways to think about your IT expenses. This module teaches you about the factors that influence cost and tools you can use to help estimate and manage your cloud spend. Prepare for AZ-900.
  • After completing this module, you'll be able to:

    • Use the Total Cost of Ownership Calculator to compare your current datacenter costs to running the same workloads on Azure.
    • Describe the different ways you can purchase Azure products and services.
    • Use the Pricing calculator to estimate the monthly cost of running your cloud workloads.
    • Define some of the major factors that affect total cost and apply recommended practices to minimize cost.
  • Module 2: Learn about service-level agreements (SLAs) in Azure, and how they can affect your application design decisions. See how to access preview services and learn how they affect your planning. Prepare for AZ-900.
  • After completing this module, you'll be able to:

    • Describe what a service-level agreement (SLA) is and why SLAs are important.
    • Identify factors, such as the service tier you choose, that can affect an SLA.
    • Combine SLAs to compute a composite SLA.
    • Describe the service lifecycle in Azure, including how to access new capabilities that are coming to Azure.

Syllabus

  • Module 1: Plan and manage your Azure costs
    • Introduction
    • Compare costs by using the Total Cost of Ownership Calculator
    • Exercise - Compare sample workload costs by using the TCO Calculator
    • Purchase Azure services
    • Exercise - Estimate workload cost by using the Pricing calculator
    • Manage and minimize total cost on Azure
    • Knowledge check
    • Summary
  • Module 2: Choose the right Azure services by examining SLAs and service lifecycle
    • Introduction
    • What are service-level agreements (SLAs)?
    • Define your application SLA
    • Design your application to meet your SLA
    • Access preview services and preview features
    • Knowledge check
    • Summary

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