by Neeley SAM Club | Sep 5, 2023 | Microsoft, The SAM Club News
On 31st August 2023 Microsoft announced some important changes to the licensing and availability of Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Teams in the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland to address European competition concerns that will become effective 1st October...
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...
by Neeley SAM Club | Sep 5, 2023 | Microsoft, The SAM Club News
We’ve previously spoken and provided information on licensing considerations with Azure Hybrid Benefit with information provided here which is still relevant today: Migrating to Azure – customer journey and licensing considerations (thesamclub.co.uk) Also see...
