Windows Azure Platform Pricing, and SLAsNovember 17, 2010
Windows Azure Platform Purchasing OptionsCONSUMPTIONCOMMITMENTVOLUME LICENSING“Pay as you go and grow”Low barrier to entry and flexibility
Optimized for cloud elasticity  “Value for a promise“Discounts for commitment
Plans for payment predictability “Coordinated purchasing”Unified purchasing through EA
Introduction to volume discounts Windows Azure Platform Consumption PricesBUSINESS EDITION  COMPUTESTORAGEWEB EDITIONPer GB stored and transactionsPer service hourPer database/month Starting at $9.99/month(1 GB or 5 GB DB) Starting at $99.99/month(10-50 GB DB)Per database/month Starting at $0.12/hour(Variable instance sizes)  $0.15 GB/month$0.01/10k transactions ACCESS CONTROLSERVICE BUS$3.99/month per connection$1.99/100k transactionsPer message operationPer connection/monthWindows Azure AppFabricBandwidthAll prices shown in USD;international prices are availableInOut$0.15/GB Americas/Europe$0.20/GB Asia/Pacific$0.10/GB Americas/Europe$0.10/GB Asia/PacificPer GBPer GB
Windows Azure Instance SizesVariable instance sizes to handle workloads of any size SmallMediumX-LargeLarge $0.12 $0.24 $0.96 $0.48 Per service hourPer service hourPer service hourPer service hourUnit of Compute Defined Equivalent compute capacity of a 1.6Ghz processor (on 64-bit platform) X-LargeLarge MediumSmall8 x 1.6Ghz4 x 1.6Ghz 2 x 1.6Ghz 1 x 1.6Ghz (high IO)(high IO) (high IO)(moderate IO) 14 GB memory7.0 GB memory3.5 GB memory 1.75 GB memory 2000 GB (instance storage) 1000 GB storage(instance storage)500 GB storage(instance storage) 250 GB storage(instance storage)
Pricing Example: Marketing Website“Unpredictable Bursting“  Compute Average Usage Time 92% savings94% savings$266$3.2K$180Windows AzurePlatformDevelopment Accelerator CoreHosted*Traditional server purchase costs, divided over 12 month period
Pricing Example: Payroll Application Add-on“Predictable Bursting“ Compute Average Usage Time 85% savings89% savings$633$4.5KWindows  AzurePlatformDevelopment Accelerator Core$475 Hosted*Traditional server purchase costs, divided over 12 month period
Pricing Example: Inventory Data-hub“On and Off “  InactivityPeriod Compute UsageAverageTime 90% savings89% savings$282$3.1KWindows AzurePlatformHostedSQL Azure Development Accelerator$332*Traditional server purchase costs, divided over 12 month period
IT Portfolio AssessmentExample: Cloud Assessment Connected Business Suite PricingWindows Azure Platform SolutionWorkload PatternApplication BackgroundWindows Azure ComputeWindows Azure AppFabricWindows Azure StorageSQL Azure DatabaseGrowing business connectivity portal, consisting of 50 communication and organizational applications scaling up to 100 applicationsVariables Per ApplicationEA Billing EstimateCommitment Quantities50 App Totals“Growing Fast“ Compute Instances: 2 (Medium) Connections: 5connectionsSQL Storage: 10 GBBlob Transactions: 500,000 Storage: 0 to 150 GB peakData Transfer In: 25 GB  Data Transfer Out: 75 GB Individual InstancesSets of 5Sets of 250Sets of 1 millionSets of 100Sets of 100Sets of 1001002505002.5 million7,5001,2503,750$13,860.00 $432.83$3,849.62$2.31 $8.66 $1.13$4.96Compute Average UsageTime Total EA Monthly Cost for 50 Applications: $18,159.51Cost of Ownership ComparisonWindows Azure Platform EA Monthly Costs100 Applications50 ApplicationsTotal Cost for 50 Applications                             $18,159.51Total Cost for 100 Applications                           $36,319.0260%Savings 56% Savings TCO Tool Derived On-Premises Costs*90K41K36KTotal Cost for 50 Applications                             $41,432.00        Total Cost for 100 Applications                           $90,193.0018KEA PricingEA PricingHosted Hosted *Traditional server purchase costs, divided over 12 month period
Monthly Service Level AgreementsWindows Azure Compute instance monitoring   Windows Azure Computeconnectivity Windows Azure Storage availability SQL Azure Database availability Service Bus and Access Control availabilityService bus and access control endpoints will have external connectivity
Message operation requests processed successfully
Storage service will be available/ reachable (connectivity)
Your storage requests will be processed successfullyDatabase is connected to the internet gateway All databases will be continuously monitoredAll running instances will be continuously monitoredIf instance is not running, we will detect and initiate corrective actionYour service is connected and reachable via the internet
Internet-facing roles will have external connectivity>99.9%>99.9%>99.9%>99.9%>99.95%

Windows azure platform pricing and sl as

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    Windows Azure PlatformPricing, and SLAsNovember 17, 2010
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    Windows Azure PlatformPurchasing OptionsCONSUMPTIONCOMMITMENTVOLUME LICENSING“Pay as you go and grow”Low barrier to entry and flexibility
  • 3.
    Optimized for cloudelasticity “Value for a promise“Discounts for commitment
  • 4.
    Plans for paymentpredictability “Coordinated purchasing”Unified purchasing through EA
  • 5.
    Introduction to volumediscounts Windows Azure Platform Consumption PricesBUSINESS EDITION COMPUTESTORAGEWEB EDITIONPer GB stored and transactionsPer service hourPer database/month Starting at $9.99/month(1 GB or 5 GB DB) Starting at $99.99/month(10-50 GB DB)Per database/month Starting at $0.12/hour(Variable instance sizes) $0.15 GB/month$0.01/10k transactions ACCESS CONTROLSERVICE BUS$3.99/month per connection$1.99/100k transactionsPer message operationPer connection/monthWindows Azure AppFabricBandwidthAll prices shown in USD;international prices are availableInOut$0.15/GB Americas/Europe$0.20/GB Asia/Pacific$0.10/GB Americas/Europe$0.10/GB Asia/PacificPer GBPer GB
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    Windows Azure InstanceSizesVariable instance sizes to handle workloads of any size SmallMediumX-LargeLarge $0.12 $0.24 $0.96 $0.48 Per service hourPer service hourPer service hourPer service hourUnit of Compute Defined Equivalent compute capacity of a 1.6Ghz processor (on 64-bit platform) X-LargeLarge MediumSmall8 x 1.6Ghz4 x 1.6Ghz 2 x 1.6Ghz 1 x 1.6Ghz (high IO)(high IO) (high IO)(moderate IO) 14 GB memory7.0 GB memory3.5 GB memory 1.75 GB memory 2000 GB (instance storage) 1000 GB storage(instance storage)500 GB storage(instance storage) 250 GB storage(instance storage)
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    Pricing Example: MarketingWebsite“Unpredictable Bursting“ Compute Average Usage Time 92% savings94% savings$266$3.2K$180Windows AzurePlatformDevelopment Accelerator CoreHosted*Traditional server purchase costs, divided over 12 month period
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    Pricing Example: PayrollApplication Add-on“Predictable Bursting“ Compute Average Usage Time 85% savings89% savings$633$4.5KWindows AzurePlatformDevelopment Accelerator Core$475 Hosted*Traditional server purchase costs, divided over 12 month period
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    Pricing Example: InventoryData-hub“On and Off “ InactivityPeriod Compute UsageAverageTime 90% savings89% savings$282$3.1KWindows AzurePlatformHostedSQL Azure Development Accelerator$332*Traditional server purchase costs, divided over 12 month period
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    IT Portfolio AssessmentExample:Cloud Assessment Connected Business Suite PricingWindows Azure Platform SolutionWorkload PatternApplication BackgroundWindows Azure ComputeWindows Azure AppFabricWindows Azure StorageSQL Azure DatabaseGrowing business connectivity portal, consisting of 50 communication and organizational applications scaling up to 100 applicationsVariables Per ApplicationEA Billing EstimateCommitment Quantities50 App Totals“Growing Fast“ Compute Instances: 2 (Medium) Connections: 5connectionsSQL Storage: 10 GBBlob Transactions: 500,000 Storage: 0 to 150 GB peakData Transfer In: 25 GB Data Transfer Out: 75 GB Individual InstancesSets of 5Sets of 250Sets of 1 millionSets of 100Sets of 100Sets of 1001002505002.5 million7,5001,2503,750$13,860.00 $432.83$3,849.62$2.31 $8.66 $1.13$4.96Compute Average UsageTime Total EA Monthly Cost for 50 Applications: $18,159.51Cost of Ownership ComparisonWindows Azure Platform EA Monthly Costs100 Applications50 ApplicationsTotal Cost for 50 Applications $18,159.51Total Cost for 100 Applications $36,319.0260%Savings 56% Savings TCO Tool Derived On-Premises Costs*90K41K36KTotal Cost for 50 Applications $41,432.00 Total Cost for 100 Applications $90,193.0018KEA PricingEA PricingHosted Hosted *Traditional server purchase costs, divided over 12 month period
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    Monthly Service LevelAgreementsWindows Azure Compute instance monitoring Windows Azure Computeconnectivity Windows Azure Storage availability SQL Azure Database availability Service Bus and Access Control availabilityService bus and access control endpoints will have external connectivity
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    Message operation requestsprocessed successfully
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    Storage service willbe available/ reachable (connectivity)
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    Your storage requestswill be processed successfullyDatabase is connected to the internet gateway All databases will be continuously monitoredAll running instances will be continuously monitoredIf instance is not running, we will detect and initiate corrective actionYour service is connected and reachable via the internet
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    Internet-facing roles willhave external connectivity>99.9%>99.9%>99.9%>99.9%>99.95%