Azure general contract terms and purchase procedures
Options exist for organizations to reduce cost on Azure VMs that run extended workloads
Azure Reserved VM Instances offers discounts over pay-as-you-go use of Azure VMs, but it requires a degree of monetary commitment for one- or three-year terms
Azure, Microsoft's hosted application and storage services offering, provides discounts and financial credits on select services when used exclusively for development and test purposes
To differentiate Azure hosted services from competitors, Azure IP Advantage offers patent indemnification for Azure-branded services
How an organization purchases Azure affects their upfront costs, long-term obligations, and ability to manage the resulting infrastructure