Azure licensing (not) so easy - Laurynas Dovydaitis

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Azure licensing (not) so easy

Laurynas Dovydaitis

Professional Solution Architect / CSC

Azure MVP, MCT, MCP

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• Scenario and planned changes

• Licensing breakdown (IaaS case)

• Alternatives (PaaS case)

Agenda


SCENARIO AND PLANNED CHANGES


• IT equipment is getting old

• Total of 250 employees

• External users accessing web solution

• Is expanding

Typical SMB scenario


Current architecture

AD LOB+SQL

WEB RDSSystem Center


• New vendor portfolio

• Aggressive online sales expansion

• Growing number of employees

Planned changes


a) Buy additional hardware and licenses

b) Expand to cloud

Expansion options (infrastructure needs)


System Center

Extended architecture

AD LOB+SQL

WEB RDS RDSWEB

LOB+SQLAD


• Azure subscription

• Infrastructure licenses

–Operating systems

– Line-of-business app + Database (ie SQL)

–Web solution (ie IIS)

–Management solution (ie System Center)

• User and device licenses

• External user licenses

Licenses in question


LICENSING BREAKDOWN


System Center

Azure subscription

AD LOB+SQL

WEB RDS


• PAYG

• PAYG with commitment

• CSP

• Open

• EA/MSPA

Azure subscription options


• Credit Card only

• Pay after use

• Activation in Azure portal

• No commitments

• Most expensive

Comparison (PAYG)


• Flexible payment options

• Upfront payment >5.060 €

• Possible growth

• Activation in Azure portal

• Additional 5% discount

• Commitment to use services for 12 months

Comparison (PAYG*12)


• Through partner order

• Pay after use

• Not all Azure services available

• Through partner activation

• Discount for customer*

• Partner dependent commitment

Comparison (CSP)


• Through partner

• Upfront payment (approx. 100$ increment)

• Activation by email


• Commitment to use services for 12 months

Comparison (Open)


• Through LSP partner

• MSFT recommended initial order 20.000 €

• Activation through EA portal


• Commitment for 3 years

• Upfront payment every 12 months

Comparison (EA/MPSA)


• Monetary commitment is billed by “internal” Azure

price list

• Azure resource pricing can be fixed for agreement

term*

Monetary commitment


PRICING AND ONLINE SERVICES TERMS

Demo


System Center

Cloud infrastructure licensing

AD LOB+SQL

WEB RDS

AD LOB+SQL

RDSWEB


• Operating system licenses

– License with resource (or open source)

–Bring your own license (BYOL)*

Cloud infrastructure licensing (IaaS)


• LOB + Database (SQL) + Web solution

– License with resource (or open source)

–Buy through Azure Marketplace

–Bring your own license (BYOL)*



• Management solution

– Implement new, cloud focused (or open source)

–Bring your own license (BYOL)



• Azure hybrid use benefit

• CIS Suite benefits

• License mobility

Other considerations


Recap

AD LOB+SQL

WEB RDS

System Center

AD LOB+SQL

RDSWEB


Users and devicesExternal users

AD LOB+SQL

WEB RDS

AD LOB+SQL

RDSWEB

System Center


MARKETPLACE AND PRODUCT TERMS

Demo


ALTERNATIVES


a) Hybrid PaaS with on premise

b) Cloud PaaS only

Consider PaaS case


AD LOB+SQL

WEB RDS

AD SQL

RDSWEB

OMS

LOB

Hybrid PaaS


Users and devicesExternal users

AD LOB+SQL

WEB RDS

AD SQL

RDSWEB

OMS

LOB

Hybrid PaaS


Cloud only PaaS


Q & A

Technology

Azure licensing (not) so easy - Laurynas Dovydaitis