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The pricingcalculator tag on WindowsForum.com covers discussions about Microsoft's Azure cost management tools, including the Azure Pricing Calculator and related cost estimation features. Recent threads explore Azure Cost Management updates for July–August 2025, focusing on partner automation, multi-cloud cost control, and programmatic access for Enterprise Agreement partners. Another thread discusses Azure MySQL Extended Support as a paid bridge for older MySQL engines, highlighting SLA-backed availability and security updates. These topics are relevant for FinOps teams, MSPs, and IT leaders seeking to manage Azure spending and plan upgrades. The tag provides insights into pricing strategies, cost optimization, and migration planning within the Azure ecosystem.
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    Azure Cost Management July–August 2025: Partner automation and multi-cloud cost control

    Microsoft revealed a compact but meaningful set of Cost Management updates for July and August 2025 that aim to reduce friction for partners, trim logging costs, simplify multi-cloud migrations, and strengthen the programmatic access story for Enterprise Agreement (EA) indirect partners—changes...
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    Azure MySQL Extended Support: A paid bridge to safe upgrades

    Microsoft’s cloud team has quietly added a new safety net for customers running older MySQL engines on Azure: a paid Extended Support program for Azure Database for MySQL that preserves SLA-backed availability, delivers critical security updates, and keeps Azure engineers available for technical...
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    • azuredatabaseformysql enterprise esu extended support managed services microsoft azure migration modernization mvu mysql mysql57 mysql80 pay-as-you-go pitr pricingcalculator readreplica security updates sla upgrade path vcore
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