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User Groups Aug 1: Cookout for Data Professionals Aug 2: Akron Women in Tech Aug 3: Great Lakes User Group for .Net (GLUG.Net) Aug 24: Cleveland C#  

User Groups Jul 11: DBA Fundamentals Group Jul 12: Azure Cleveland Jul 19: Akron Women in Tec h Jul 20: Great Lakes User Group for .Net (GLUG.Net) Jul 27: Cleveland C#   Conferences Jul 15: SQL Saturday Columbu s  

While attending a Microsoft Azure Fundamentals Training session today, some interesting questions were posted.  Listed below is the Q&A from the forum:   1.       How does private cloud differ from on-prem? A private cloud may be hosted from your onsite datacenter, which would be on-premises. It may also be hosted in a dedicated datacenter offsite, potentially even by a third party that has dedicated that datacenter to your company. You can find more information here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/modules/describe-cloud-compute/5-define-cloud-models   2.       Which is cheaper, public or hybrid cloud? This depends on how your organization is structured, the size, and the services you need. You can compare on-premises and cloud costs using the Total Cost of Ownership Calculator here: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/tco/   3.       W...

User Groups May 2: Ohio North Database Training May 10: Azure Cleveland May 18: Great Lakes User Group for .Net (GLUG.Net) May 25: Cleveland C#   Conferences May 5: StirTrek May 11-13: Global Azure 2023 May 20: Ohio North SQL Saturday  

User Groups Mar 7: Ohio North Database Training Mar 8: Azure Cleveland Mar 16: Great Lakes User Group for .Net (GLUG.Net) Mar 16: Chicago .Net Mar 23: Cleveland C #   Conferences Mar 10: Global AI Bootcamp NYC May 11-13: Global Azure 2023  

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Listed below are 7 ways to reduce your Azure monthly cost. 1. Shut down unused resources Use Azure Advisor to identify idle virtual machines (VMs), ExpressRoute circuits, and other unused resources. 2. Right-size underused resources Find resources not fully utilized with Azure Advisor.  It will also provide recommendations on reconfiguring resources to reduce cost. 3. Reserve instances for consistent workloads Use reservation pricing to pre-pay for resources for a 1 or 3 year term.  This could result in a discount of up to 72% over pay-as-you-go pricing on Azure services. 4. Take advantage of the Azure Hybrid Benefit Have existing on-premises software licenses?  Use them with Azure for no additional cost and select Azure services for free. 5. Configure autoscaling Avoid the high cost of hardware investment used only during peak times of the year.  Instead, dynamically allocate and de-allocate resources to match your b...