Billing and Pricing

Question 1

This document describes Azure’s commitments for uptime and connectivity for any given service and includes guarantees based on percentages.

Answer 1

Service Level Agreement (SLA)

Question 2

These get applied to a customers Azure bill as a discount, in the event that a service falls below the guaranteed performance metrics provided by Azure

Answer 2

Service Credits

Question 3

This type of service level agreement combines multiple SLAs across different service offerings.

Answer 3

Composite SLA

Question 4

This term refers to the combined costs of your infrastructure including any implementation, configuration, training, or IT personnel.

Answer 4

Total cost of ownership (TCO)

Question 5

The 4 types of pricing for apps and services provided in the Azure Marketplace

Answer 5

Free, Free-Trial, Pay-As-You-Go, Bring-Your-Own-License (BYOL)

Question 6

This Azure service provides a place to purchase apps and services made available by third-party publishers on Azure.

Answer 6

Azure Marketplace

Question 7

This Azure licensing feature gives customers the right to re-purpose existing Windows Server and SQL server licenses for use on Azure Virtual machines

Answer 7

Azure Hybrid Use Benefit (HUB)

Question 8

This Azure billing tool lets you configure and estimate costs for Azure products, then download an Excel spreadsheet to share with your management team.

Answer 8

Azure Pricing Calculator

Question 9

The 4 tiers of Microsoft Azure subscriptions

Answer 9

Free Subscription, Pay-as-you-go Subscription, Enterprise Agreement, Student Subscription

Question 10

This Azure service lets you perform analysis and visualize your spending on Azure, create budgets, and configure billing alerts.

Answer 10

Azure Cost Management

Question 11

What is a key and value pair that you can assign to Azure resources?

Answer 11

A Tag

Question 12

What type of tags do Cost tracking, Budgets, Alerts belong in?

Answer 12

Cost management and optimization