Azure Cost: Are You Funding Value or Subsidising Microsoft?
This is a level 200 session for IT and Finance leaders. We will share patterns that reduce cloud waste and give you a list of questions that help you probe whether your organisation pays what is due for Azure or donates to Microsoft.
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⚠️ THE SITUATION
Migrating to Azure often ends up costing more than was initially planned. Especially during an accelerated migration, cost inefficiencies creep in, add up and never get resolved.
There is always the next release, a new service made available by Azure. Your cloud teams are (more than) busy keeping up with day-to-day operations, and your company ends up tipping Microsoft generously.
The crux is that your organisation often knows about its optimisation potential but cannot act on that knowledge. In this session we will give you the means to understand whether you have optimisation potential (you do) and how you can unlock it, by giving your operations and admin teams what they need to run a cost-efficient shop without slowing down your delivery release pipelines.
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💸 WHAT IT COSTS YOU
🔻 Per our experience and Flexera's State of the Cloud Report, about 30% more than you would have to pay Microsoft for your Azure tenant 🔻 Decision inertia due to the ever-growing complexity of a sprawling Azure tenant 🔻 Additional fees for a cloud cost management tool (that often ends up not meaningfully reducing your cloud bill)
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🎯 YOU WILL LEARN
✅ The canaries to look for in your costs, to quickly determine whether you are donating to Microsoft or running a cost-efficient setup ✅ The skills and priorities your cloud ops team and admins need to clean up shop ✅ How to report their successes and develop champions ✅ We will share our experiences from several Azure migrations put back on track.
If we have the time, we will also talk about how you can turn an Azure cost crisis into value. If not, that becomes our next Azure topic.
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👥 WHO SHOULD ATTEND
▪️ CIOs, CTOs and IT directors under pressure to reduce spend or cut jobs ▪️ CFOs and Chief Controllers who want to understand how to test whether money is spent for value ▪️ Team leads and individuals who want to build a career on Azure cost optimisation
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🖐 Cut Azure waste and lower your monthly bill with expert FinOps support. Learn more: https://samexpert.com/services/finops-azure-cost-optimisation/?utm_source=samexperttv&utm_medium=youtube&utm_campaign=azure-cost-are-funding-value-subsidising-microsoft&utm_content=video_description
🖐 Negotiate stronger Azure terms and lock in long-term price protection with expert, independent support. Learn more: https://samexpert.com/services/microsoft-azure-contract-negotiation-macc/?utm_source=samexperttv&utm_medium=youtube&utm_campaign=azure-cost-are-funding-value-subsidising-microsoft&utm_content=video_description
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⚠️ THE SITUATION
Migrating to Azure often ends up costing more than was initially planned. Especially during an accelerated migration, cost inefficiencies creep in, add up and never get resolved.
There is always the next release, a new service made available by Azure. Your cloud teams are (more than) busy keeping up with day-to-day operations, and your company ends up tipping Microsoft generously.
The crux is that your organisation often knows about its optimisation potential but cannot act on that knowledge. In this session we will give you the means to understand whether you have optimisation potential (you do) and how you can unlock it, by giving your operations and admin teams what they need to run a cost-efficient shop without slowing down your delivery release pipelines.
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💸 WHAT IT COSTS YOU
🔻 Per our experience and Flexera's State of the Cloud Report, about 30% more than you would have to pay Microsoft for your Azure tenant 🔻 Decision inertia due to the ever-growing complexity of a sprawling Azure tenant 🔻 Additional fees for a cloud cost management tool (that often ends up not meaningfully reducing your cloud bill)
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🎯 YOU WILL LEARN
✅ The canaries to look for in your costs, to quickly determine whether you are donating to Microsoft or running a cost-efficient setup ✅ The skills and priorities your cloud ops team and admins need to clean up shop ✅ How to report their successes and develop champions ✅ We will share our experiences from several Azure migrations put back on track.
If we have the time, we will also talk about how you can turn an Azure cost crisis into value. If not, that becomes our next Azure topic.
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👥 WHO SHOULD ATTEND
▪️ CIOs, CTOs and IT directors under pressure to reduce spend or cut jobs ▪️ CFOs and Chief Controllers who want to understand how to test whether money is spent for value ▪️ Team leads and individuals who want to build a career on Azure cost optimisation
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🖐 Cut Azure waste and lower your monthly bill with expert FinOps support. Learn more: https://samexpert.com/services/finops-azure-cost-optimisation/?utm_source=samexperttv&utm_medium=youtube&utm_campaign=azure-cost-are-funding-value-subsidising-microsoft&utm_content=video_description
🖐 Negotiate stronger Azure terms and lock in long-term price protection with expert, independent support. Learn more: https://samexpert.com/services/microsoft-azure-contract-negotiation-macc/?utm_source=samexperttv&utm_medium=youtube&utm_campaign=azure-cost-are-funding-value-subsidising-microsoft&utm_content=video_description
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