February 2010
Beginner
400 pages
11h 13m
English
Content preview from Introducing .NET 4.0: with Visual Studio 2010
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16.14. Pricing and SLA
Most cloud computing platforms only charge you for what you use, and Windows Azure is no exception. Microsoft says that free trials will be on offer for developers to experiment with Azure. Table 16-1 lists the prices. I've also included a brief summary of the current SLA agreement.
Alan Dean (one of the organizers of the UK Alt Net conference and REST architecture expert) suggested to me this could lead to financial reviews being carried out on code (as if you didn't have enough to worry about without accountants as well). For example, unnecessary use of viewstate could result in a big bill at the end of the month.
| Service | Pricing |
|---|---|
| Windows Azure | Compute @ $0.12/hour
Storage @ $0.15/GB ... |