Purchasing & Licensing Options

Azure purchasing options

1. From Microsoft by signing up through Azure website Azure.com
   • 📝 Monthly billing
2. From Microsoft through a Microsoft representative
   • 📝 Monthly billing
3. From a Microsoft partner
   • CSP = Cloud Solution Provider
     • Offer a range of complete managed cloud solutions for Azure.
   • Your partner will provide you with access to Azure, manage your billing, and provide support.

Licensing

Free-trial

• Free access to some Azure products for 12 months
• $200 USD credit to spend for the first 30 days on any service.
• Sign-up from sign-up page

Pay-as-you-go

• Get billed for services as you use them

CSP (Cloud Solution Provider)

• Buy Azure services from a Microsoft Partner organization
• You will be billed by the partner organization.
• First line Azure support will be provided by the partner organization.

Azure in Open licensing

• You buy from a third party reseller using a 12 month upfront commitment
• Buy Azure Monetary Commitment credits to use in your subscription.

Enterprise Agreement (EA)

• For big enterprises
• EA Portal: enterprise overview of all the spending and budgeting for organization’s Azure spend
• Discounts: E.g. up to 30% cheaper virtual machines.
• Enterprise Level Capabilities and Features: Access to enterprise-only service.