Chapter 18
Ten Ways to Optimize an Azure Environment
IN THIS CHAPTER
Learning to keep your Azure environment optimized
Understanding ways to reduce your spending with Microsoft Azure
Exploring ways to scale your Azure environment automatically
If you’ve reached this chapter in excitement trying to cut costs on your cloud computing infrastructure, you are indeed not alone. Cloud computing is sold as a significant cost saver by enterprise IT vendors. Truth be told, though, it can get as pricey as operating in the data center, if not more. If you treat Azure like you’ve treated the data in that filing cabinet found in the back office, you will spend big money unnecessarily.
Why spend more than you need to? Why give your cloud infrastructure more horsepower if the workload doesn’t require such resources? In this chapter, you discover ten ways to optimize your cloud (and save money too).
Leverage the Stop-Start Button for Virtual Machines
It does not matter whether you are a cloud rookie or a cloud administrative superstar. We all make this error now and again. Why keep the lights on if your cloud workload does not require 24/7/365 always-on support? Turn your virtual machine (VM) ...
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