TCO calculator
The TCO calculator can be accessed as a browser-based tool that can estimate cost savings by moving workloads to Azure. From here, you can generate a report that compares the costs of workloads running in on-premises environments with those running in Azure.
The TCO calculator allows you to enter details for the on-premises workloads. It will then provide some assumptions based on industry average operational costs, including data center facility costs, electricity, labor, hardware, software, and networking costs. It then provides potential costs savings by moving those workloads to Azure. These reports can be saved, downloaded, or shared.
The TCO calculator is shown in the following screenshot and can be accessed from https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/tco/calculator:
Figure 11.3 – TCO calculator
In this section, we looked at the TCO calculator. In the next section, we will cover some hands-on exercises to help you build on the...
