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Microsoft Azure: How to Navigate the Pricing Calculator
This is the landing page for the Microsoft Azure pricing calculator. For Project 2, you will have to select many categories, products, and variables to compute the cost of an Azure cloud solution. Listed below are a few steps to help you learn how to navigate the tool so you can complete your assignment.
To get started, you will need to select categories of products to include in your estimate. Select Compute from the category menu on the left. You will see the products that are associated with that category in the middle section of the screen.
Next, select the Batch tab and the Virtual Machines tab, as shown in the screenshot below. You will see an animated calculator figure and a "Batch Added view" box slide in from the right and disappear, and "Virtual Machines Added view" box slide in from the right and disappear.
Note: The products selected in the middle screen will not show any difference once they are selected.
Now that you have made the initial selections, scroll to the bottom of the screen to review what has been added and to fill in other options for a given product.
Here is what Batch looks like when viewed.
Here is what Virtual Machines looks like when viewed. Notice the different options that you can change. The default for "VIRTUAL MACHINES" is 1, and you will be changing this to 10. Also, note the “Savings Options” for “Pay as you go,” which you will later change to “1 year reserved” for your alternate pricing.
Try another one. Select Networking from the category menu on the left and notice the products that are shown in the middle section of the screen.
For Networking, select two products: Virtual Network and VPN Gateway. Again, you will see an animated calculator figure, and after each selection, the "Virtual Network Added view" and "VPN Gateway Added view" boxes will slide in from the right and disappear. And again, the products selected in the middle screen will not show any difference once they are selected.
Now that you have made the selections, scroll to the bottom of the screen to view what has been added to the pricing calculator. Notice the two additions.
Here is what Virtual Network looks like when viewed.
Here is what VPN Gateway looks like when viewed.
Continue with the selections provided in the Project 2 instructions for Deliverable 1. When you have completed all your selections, scroll to the bottom of the calculator and click the Export box to populate your results into an Excel file.