Tech and Other Stuff by Neil Koch

The Ultimate Azure Pricing Calculator Guide! - Part III

The Azure Pricing calculator is a tool used to estimate what costs you can expect to incur when utilizing Azure services. In this series of articles I will walk through the different options available. Part III Creating an estimate of what your Azure monthly recurring subscription costs will look like can be quite challenging. Azure today has ... Read more

How to save money with Azure

The Azure Advisor tool within the Azure Portal provides Recommendations across five key areas; Cost, Security, Reliability, Operational excellence and Performance. Relating to Cost - simply, by visiting this page you’ll be able to at a glance review cost saving options. This summary will go into specific details on what options you may have avai... Read more

The Ultimate Azure Pricing Calculator Guide! - Part II

The Azure Pricing calculator is a tool used to estimate what costs you can expect to incur when utilizing Azure services. In this series of articles I will walk through the different options available. This one focuses on the VM compute resources for Reserved Instances in Azure. Part II - Reserved Instances How to find Reserved Instance pricin... Read more

The Ultimate Azure Pricing Calculator Guide! - Part I

The Azure Pricing calculator is a tool used to estimate what costs you can expect to incur when utilizing Azure services. In this series of articles I will walk through the different options available. This one focuses on the VM selector tool, selecting virtual machines, selecting storage and then adding them to a basic Azure Pricing Calculator ... Read more

Become a Microsoft Certified Azure Administrator!

The Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate is a hands-on certification for those who wish to become a Cloud Administrator. Through the content available from Microsoft Learn, YouTube and potentially taking a third-party private course you’ll have all the knowledge and experience to sit and pass this exam. This certification is tough... Read more