Estimating One-time and Recurring Costs for Microsoft Azure

Cost has the greatest influence on cloud solutions. This course will equip Azure solution architects with the skills to confidently estimate costs in real-world cloud migration projects.

The most frequent question fired at Azure solution architects is “how much will it cost to move to the cloud?” In this course, Estimating One-time and Recurring Costs for Microsoft Azure, you will gain the ability to answer that question in real-world scenarios. First, you will learn how to estimate costs involved with connection and workload migration. Next, you will discover the logic behind selection of product size and pricing estimates. Finally, you will explore how to include third-party components and plan for future growth. When you are finished with this course, you will have the skills and knowledge of Azure cost estimation needed to ensure your pricing proposals for cloud migration have the best prospects for stakeholder approval.

Topics:

• Course Overview
• Identifying and Estimating Initial Connection Costs
• Identifying and Estimating Migration Costs
• Identifying Sizing
• Identifying Cost of Third-party Components
• Identifying and Estimating Cross-organizational Costs
• Predicting and Planning for Periodic Growth
• Identifying and Estimating Run Rate