Scenario: Contoso Ltd is migrating to Azure. They want to estimate costs before migrating, track costs by department after migration, and find ways to reduce costs for workloads that run 24/7. Which purchasing option provides the most significant cost savings for Contoso's virtual machines that will run continuously (24/7) for the next 3 years?

Look for 'run continuously' and '3 years'. What do you call it when you commit to something long-term for a discount?

What mistakes do candidates make on this AZ-900 question?

Choosing Spot VMs. Spot VMs offer massive discounts but provide no guarantee of uptime, so they cannot be used for critical 24/7 workloads.

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Scenario: Contoso Ltd is migrating to Azure. They want to estimate costs before migrating, track costs by department after migration, and find ways to reduce costs for workloads that run 24/7.<br/><br/>Which tool should Contoso use to estimate the monthly costs of their resources BEFORE they actually provision anything in Azure?

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AZ-900 · Question 43 · Domain 3.1: Cost Management in Azure

Scenario: Contoso Ltd is migrating to Azure. They want to estimate costs before migrating, track costs by department after migration, and find ways to reduce costs for workloads that run 24/7.<br/><br/>Which purchasing option provides the most significant cost savings for Contoso's virtual machines that will run continuously (24/7) for the next 3 years?

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