Take advantage of the Azure Rapid Assessment Estimator, a Microsoft Excel workbook that rapidly generates estimates of your existing infrastructure and workloads that are directly mapped to Azure IaaS and/or Azure PaaS services that meet or exceed your current specifications in the Azure region(‘s) you specify.
Azure Rapid Assessment Estimator
Download nowAzure Rapid Assessment Estimator – Overview
~18-minute video outlining how to price Azure services using Azure.com pricing, the Azure.com Online Calculator and the Microsoft Excel based DCO Azure Rapid Assessment Estimator (ARAE) guides you threw how to setup the initial estimate, load server details, select the region, set any discount you may receive from Microsoft as well as setting any applicable Managed Services markup you may want to charge your customers.
Azure Rapid Assessment Estimator – Deep Dive
~20-minute video outlining how to customize a Microsoft Excel based DCO Azure Rapid Assessment Estimator (ARAE) estimate by taking advantage of RI’s, Software Subscriptions, Hybrid Use Benefits, Dev/Test and how to add Azure Site Recovery, Azure Backup, Networking/Bandwidth to your estimate as well as how to work at the VM level to optimize SAP certified VM’s, constrained core & Spot VM’s and how to exclude entire VM families.
Azure Rapid Assessment Estimator – PaaS Services
~15-minute video outlining how to add Azure PaaS services to your Microsoft Excel based DCO Azure Rapid Assessment Estimator (ARAE) estimate.
- How to compare/contrast the Azure costs of using Azure PaaS services like Azure AD Directory Services over a pair of Azure VMs acting as Domain Controllers or using Azure SQL Managed Instance over a SQL Stand-alone server or SQL Always-on FCI/AG
PaaS will not always result in lower costs (i.e. Microsoft invoice) but will result in a dramatic pivot to administrative labor and time when compared to IaaS (i.e. VM's).
Azure Rapid Assessment Estimator – Helper Tabs
~12-minute video outlining how to take advantage of “helper tabs” in the Microsoft Excel based DCO Azure Rapid Assessment Estimator (ARAE) workbook.
- How to add Azure blob storage to an estimate
- How to check VM region availability and/or region cost (stack ranked) for a specific VM
- How to Visually identify Azure VM’s by core/memory and how they compare/contrast by cost and specs to different family VMs with the same specs
- A Map of VM family chipsets
- How to weigh and understand cost liabilities of Standard versus Premium managed disks
- How to weigh and understand cost liabilities of reserved instance versus on-demand VMs
- Understanding net costs after Microsoft partner incentives and ramped Azure consumption over time '