cloud pricing

Microsoft is widening Azure’s cost-control playbook in a way that goes beyond the familiar reservation model, and the timing matters. With new cross-service Savings Plans for Azure databases, customers can now commit to a dollar-per-hour spend and let Microsoft apply discounts across eligible...

Microsoft’s latest Windows Azure update is a clear, targeted push to make the cloud platform cheaper and more practical for developers and QA teams—by changing how compute is billed, relaxing license restrictions for MSDN subscribers, and adding a set of developer-centric services that shorten...