Section 4: Understand Azure Pricing and Support

Understand Azure Pricing and Support (25-30%)

Below you will find helpful links to Microsoft docs and blogs which will enhance your learning and understanding around the AZ-900 topics covered. The topics align with subjects found in each module of the Skylines Academy AZ-900 course as well as the Microsoft Skills Measured Curriculum.

Describe an Azure Subscription

• Subscriptions, licenses, accounts, and tenants for Microsoft’s cloud offerings 

Understand planning and management of costs

• Azure Cost Management + Billing

• Explore flexible purchasing options for Azure 

• Cloud Services pricing 

• Azure Free Account FAQ 

• Azure Free Account 

• Avoid getting charged for your Azure free account 

• Create services included with Azure free account 

• Resource providers and types 

• Prevent unexpected charges with Azure billing and cost management 

• Bandwidth Pricing Details

• Pricing calculator 

• Getting started with the Azure Pricing Calculator 

• Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Calculator 

• Quickstart: Explore and analyze costs with cost analysis 

• Set an Azure spending budget for your customers

• What are Azure Reservations? 

• Reservations 

• Azure Advisor 

• Azure Advisor has new recommendations for you 

• Cost Management + Billing  pricing 

• Public preview: Azure Cost Management 

Understand the support options available with Azure

• Azure support 

• Azure Support FAQs 

• Compare support plans 

• Azure Support: Developer 

• Azure Support: Professional Direct 

• Azure Support: Standard 

• Azure Support: Premier 

• How to create an Azure support request 

• Knowledge Center 

Describe Azure Service Level Agreements (SLAs)

• Service-level Agreements 

• SLA for Cloud Services 

• SLA for Virtual Machines 

• SLA for Azure Active Directory

• SLA for Azure Functions 

• Lifecycle FAQ—Azure 

• Azure updates 

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