Use the What is Azure SQL page to get an overview of SQL Server solutions in Azure with a useful video, and billing and licensing basics. There are individual pages for Azure SQL Managed Instance and Azure SQL Database for…
Online training If you are a High Schooler, or have access to the Dear Louise training sessions, then you can register for the Dear Louise: Licensing SQL PaaS solutions training which we ran in August 2024. It’s a 43-minute session…
You’ll find the Microsoft Learn documentation for Capacity Reservations here, with sections for Usage and billing, a table showing the differences between Capacity Reservations and Reserved Instances, information on which virtual machine types support Capacity Reservations, and a useful FAQ.
If you look at the three terms used in this heading, you’d imagine that they’re all different ways of describing the same thing. However, they’re not – they’re all quite different capabilities, so let’s take a look here. Capacity Reservation…
Blacken White Solicitors have purchased a Capacity Reservation and when they want to deploy a D2as_v4 virtual machine in the UK South data center they know that they will be able to because they have reserved the capacity. When they…
The main Licensing Azure Virtual Desktop page is here, with (amongst other things) useful information on when you can use the Per User Access pricing with a couple of scenarios showing the difference between internal and external solutions. Information in…
Microsoft Fabric is a platform that allows users to get, create, share, and visualize data using various tools. Power BI is now a component of Microsoft Fabric, and the licensing is covered here.
Windows 7 virtual desktops included free Extended Security Updates until January 2023.
Azure infrastructure costs will typically include virtual machines, storage and networking costs, and are charged on a consumption basis. If there are Reservations available for the services used, then they may be used in conjunction with Azure Virtual Desktop deployments…
External users are paid for on monthly meters via an Apps or a Desktop + Apps tier. Organizations are only charged when unique users access either one published RemoteApp (Apps tier) or a full desktop (Desktop + Apps tier) during…