by samclub | Jun 26, 2024 | Azure, Microsoft, The SAM Club News
Microsoft Windows Server 2025 is poised to deliver a secure, high-performance platform that caters to the evolving needs of modern infrastructure. With its public preview now available, companies can test and familiarise themselves with the new functionalities before...
by samclub | May 16, 2024 | Azure, Microsoft, The SAM Club News
Microsoft has announced the policy to exchange reserved instances (RI’s) for Azure Virtual Machine, Azure Dedicated Host and Azure App Service has been extended until further notice with at least 6 months’ notice in advance if this changes. It was previously announced...
by Neeley SAM Club | Sep 5, 2023 | Azure, Microsoft, The SAM Club News
Keeping a close eye on your Azure bill on a monthly basis is essential. Azure isn’t cheap and optimisation is an ongoing effort, it’s not a one time hit as changes will always happen with infrastructure. It is also important to stay up to date with changes and new...
by Neeley SAM Club | Sep 5, 2023 | Azure, Microsoft, The SAM Club News
Updated 7th November 2023 An Azure Reserved Instance is a pricing plan that offers discounts for committing to use Azure compute capacity for a specific VM instance in a specified geographic region. The discount offered varies by VM instance depending on the age of...
by Neeley SAM Club | Sep 5, 2023 | Azure, Microsoft, The SAM Club News
In previous articles, we have discussed Azure Hybrid Benefit where the use of current Windows Server and SQL Server licenses can reduce Azure costs. Here we consider how Savings Plans for Compute can provide additional cost savings. What is an Azure Savings Plan for...