A while ago now I covered Azure’s Reserved Instance (RI) feature and how its use can dramatically reduce the TCO for your Azure VMs. Well this useful feature just got even better! Microsoft are introducing ‘size flexibility for Azure Reserved Instances’ With traditional RI’s you chose the VM instance size (D4s_v3 for example) and how … Continue reading Size flexibility for Azure Reserved Instances
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Azure Reserved Instances
Reserved instances provide an easy way to reduce the cost of your VM machines by up to 72% when compared directly to pay-as-you-go - not bad! So what's the catch? Well there isn't one really although you do have to make an upfront commitment to Microsoft for one or three years. It is important to … Continue reading Azure Reserved Instances
