AZ-900 Episode 36 | Cost Reduction Methods, Reservations, Hybrid benefit, Spot VM, Pricing & TCO

After core factors that indicate the cost of Azure services we move to cost reduction methods.
Skills Learned
- Identify factors that can reduce costs (reserved instances, reserved capacity, hybrid use benefit, spot pricing)
- Describe the functionality and usage of the Pricing calculator and the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) calculator
🌐 Site: marczak.io/az-900/#ep36
Episode Resources
- 📚 Study cheat sheet marczak.io/az-900/episode-36/...
- 🧠 Practice Test marczak.io/az-900/episode-36/...
Study Guide
- Microsoft Learn: Compare costs by using the Total Cost of Ownership Calculator docs.microsoft.com/en-us/lear...
- Microsoft Learn: Manage and minimize total cost on Azure docs.microsoft.com/en-us/lear...
- Microsoft Azure: TCO Calculator azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pri...
00:00 Episode Introduction
00:50 Azure Reservations
03:53 Azure Spot Pricing for VMs
06:23 Hybrid use benefit
08:48 Azure Pricing Calculator
10:54 TCO Calculator
14:09 Episode Summary
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[@ronpaz9655]

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[@PeteMaverickMitchell87]

Surprising how much a Windows license adds to the total monthly VM cost. As always, a terrific video Adam.

[@AdamMarczakYT]

Yea, a windows server was always an expensive one. But it has its strengths where its still worth it. Thanks again for watching Pete :)

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thank you so much Adam for simplifying these topics... I have been binge watching all the episodes because they were so easy to understand..

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[@Tim010]

The demos on Azure Portal really help so much with understanding how this works. Great work.

[@chachichacha07]

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@@poojadesai2688 yes... Practice tests on the internet are also helpful. Many are repeat questions

[@poojadesai2688]

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[@justjite15]

Amazing teacher.

[@meinkleinesBier]

Hey Adam, thank you from my side as well. Passed today and it would have not been possible without your tutorials!

[@AdamMarczakYT]

Great job! Keep up the good work Paulina!

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[@thatdecemberguy]

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[@walajan]

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[@davidbengui1163]

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High quality content, just like other videos in this channel, thanks!

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Thank you Adam!

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hi Adam, I gone through your all videos and these videos are treasure for a person who want to prepare az-900 certification. Thanks for this content and brief detail explanation.

[@AdamMarczakYT]

Thanks! :)

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I too cleared az-900. Thanks Adam

[@syedjunaid7846]

Another quality video. Greatly appreciated Adam. :)

[@AdamMarczakYT]

Thanks again!

[@user-hc2nx6tp6n]

Hi Adam , to understand the concept below : Your developers have created 10 web applications that must be host on Azure. You need to determine which Azure web tier plan to host the web apps. The web tier plan must meet the following requirements: ✑ The web apps will use custom domains. ✑ The web apps each require 10 GB of storage. ✑ The web apps must each run in dedicated compute instances. ✑ Load balancing between instances must be included. ✑ Costs must be minimized. Which web tier plan should you use?......... which vid of urs shd I refer

[@juliethakopian9296]

Just cleared my exam, thank you so much for all your videos, and cheat sheets. 💓💕💙

[@AdamMarczakYT]

Fantastic, congrats Juliet, keep up the good work :)

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Hi Adam Thanks for all the vedios, your vedios are clear and understandable, the content is very helpful while preparing for exam and today i cleared my AZ-900 Exam,Thanks a lot 😀

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Thanks for the video 🤠 I was waiting for this one😍✌️

[@AdamMarczakYT]

Glad you like it! Thanks!

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great video

[@cristianopires2359]

Very clear all videos off this serious. Many tanks

[@AdamMarczakYT]

Glad you like them!

[@maxtoro1337]

I watched every video of this series, read the MS Learn pages to AZ-900. I think I can try the AZ-900 certification! :)

[@AdamMarczakYT]

Good choice! :)

[@maxtoro1337]

@@AdamMarczakYT Passed today with 910 Points! Thank for your very competently videos! And for me your accent make you more sympathetic! dziekuje bardzo :-)

[@nazuu]

Thanks.

[@AdamMarczakYT]

You're welcome

[@vishnukalyan7125]

I just cleared my AZ-900 exam. There were a few topics that I felt were unfamiliar. This series has helped me a lot. Thanks, adam for the time and effort you invested into it. Hope you make a series about AZ-104. Eagerly waiting.

[@AdamMarczakYT]

Excellent! Congrats Vishnu, keep up the good work! Happy to help!

[@juliethakopian9296]

Yes please, AZ 104, my next study round. Adam is great, I learned more from his videos than MS training videos. 🙏🙏

[@artak9439]

What resource did you use for preparation except Adam's videos ?

[@artak9439]

@@juliethakopian9296 Did you pass AZ-900 ?

[@juliethakopian9296]

@@artak9439 Yes my Armenian friend. 💓🙏

[@Eurisko__78]

Great video. It's probably important to note that your existing licenses require software assurance if you want to take advantage of the Azure Hybrid Benefit.

[@AdamMarczakYT]

Thanks Nick, you are 100% correct. In general licensing in hybrid use benefit is a little tricky as each product is licensed differently. For example, a single windows server datacenter 16core license can be split between cloud and the on-prem, but a single 16-core standard license can be used in the cloud OR on-prem. But the principle is important for the fundamentals as this program will evolve. :)

[@snehagaur3463]

Cleared my exam long back but still like to follow new episodes

[@AdamMarczakYT]

Awesome to hear that! :)

[@peter4150]

Hi Adam, thanks for making these awesome videos! Keep it up! It helped me a lot, passed my exam last Friday. I hope you will do a course for DP-900 as well. Cheers, Peter

[@AdamMarczakYT]

Fantastic Peter! Congrats, keep it up :) Not sure yet what will be my next course, we will see.

[@subhanivasareddythummapudi3836]

You need to ensure that the services running on the virtual machines are available if a single data center fails. what will be the answer among the options, select (2) 1. deploy vm across two az in same region 2deploy vm in dimmerent region 3. deploy vm in scale sets 4. deploy load balancer

[@elkolesio]

Mała literowka @ 5:07, ale ogólnie świetnie. Czekałem na ten odcinek. Thanks

[@AdamMarczakYT]

Hehe, no zdarza się :) dzieki :)

[@sekharphani2554]

Hey Adam. Excellent Show. I see only AZ 900 course delivered. Do you have any plans to come out with others soon....Like AZ-104 or AZ-305. We seriously wish that coming soon as we like the content you present and its very absorbing. Please do consider

[@vikasobaiah]

Great content... Hope Satya Nadella stumbles upon this course, he will also be stumped!! :-)

[@AdamMarczakYT]

Hah, I don't think Satya needs to learn about Azure basics, but I'm glad to hear that :)

[@muhammadanas11]

Thankyou so much Adam for providing such quality content. I have passed my exam today and I believe anyone who follows your presentations and practice test can easily clear the exam. Great effort thanks once again. Is there any chance near future you will present AZ-204 ? I'll be very thankful:) Or suggest share the links that you thing is the best way to learn AZ-204.

[@AdamMarczakYT]

Fantastic! Congrats! Future courses are a possibility.

[@kristiyanivanov7414]

I would also like to see AZ-204 course made by you, Adam, even if paid. I already trust you with the quality and the topics covered. Staying tuned. :)

[@bartoszm4290]

dzisiaj miałem egzamin - zdany na 715/1000 Dzięki Adam! jesteś szef :D

[@AdamMarczakYT]

Najs! Gratulacje :)

[@pahelereviewtodekho4225]

Hi Adam, great videos.. I have watched all the 36 videos as part of the Azure fundamental. Is these enough for certification or are you planning to add any more video? Btw, I found these videos very informative, nicely prepared and to the point. Thanks for providing all such greate information on youtube freely..

[@AdamMarczakYT]

Many people already passed so my guess is yes :) but if you aren’t sure then maybe go again through Microsoft Learn materials. :) Thanks for watching!

[@evolagenda]

If you reserve compute do you pay a flat fee like a subscription fee that's billed monthly regardless of what you do with the vm? Can you delete it, change the workload or shut it down to save even further?

[@kalyankalapala8940]

Hello adam, which software do u use to create all these dashboard and the charts. They are really cool with the dark background.

[@AdamMarczakYT]

It's only powerpoint with hand drawings :)

[@user-hc2nx6tp6n]

Hi Adam, are azure support levels : basic , support , levels included in the az 900 exam syllabus anymore?

[@vijvipin]

Adam can we have reservation benefits for already purchsed virtual machines

[@AdamMarczakYT]

Yep, just make a reservation :) remember to read about the details docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/understand-vm-reservation-charges?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-5003556

[@s1n01891376]

I wonder if there is a savings option for azure synapse as well?

[@AdamMarczakYT]

Yep docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/prepay-sql-data-warehouse-charges?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-5003556

[@marcelguzenda]

Hej Adam. Pewnie nie będę pierwszy z tym pytaniem... ale zapytam ;) W jaki sposób robisz swoje prezentacje? Szczególnie szkice, napisy i część z napisami drukowanymi? Świetnie i bardzo klarownie się to prezentuje. Pozdrawiam i trzymam kciuki za rozwój kanału!

[@AdamMarczakYT]

Hej Marcel, to po prostu rysowane odreczne doodle w PowerPoint. PPT dostarcza tez opcje do ich animacji. Zadnych zewnetrznych tooli nie bylo :) support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/draw-and-write-with-ink-in-office-6d76c674-7f4b-414d-b67f-b3ffef6ccf53?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-5003556

[@marcelguzenda]

@@AdamMarczakYT Dzięki za podpowiedź, sprawdzę i potestuję ;)

[@SyedHamedinstrumentation]

Hi adam keep up the great work, where are you from by the way, i mean, place u born

[@hqcart1]

what if i want to put windows 11, I do not have windows server license?

[@SHAKEB1000]

Please upload vedio for DP-900

[@AdamMarczakYT]

Thanks, not sure yet if I will do data platform next but it’s one of the few I’m considering :)

[@xilongjin8093]

I am here from Episode 01...

[@AdamMarczakYT]

Awesome :) Come for one, stay for more :)

[@alexbones5386]

"ONLY $37 a month".... Um... Nm. Thank you for the videos and quizzes though!