Understanding Azure subscription plans and offers
Azure offers various subscription options that cater to a range of customer needs. They each play a crucial role in billing.
The main Azure subscription models are as follows:
- Pay-as-you-go: This is one of the most popular licensing models in Azure. Customers are invoiced based on their actual Azure resource utilization, with no upfront fees or long-term commitments. Customers are billed monthly based on their usage. Credit cards and other invoice payment options are accepted. Please see the following for further details on pay-as-you-go pricing: https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/purchase-options/pay-as-you-go/.
- Enterprise Agreements (EAs): EAs involve a financial commitment between organizations and Microsoft. Organizations agree to use a specified amount of Azure resources under an EA. If their usage exceeds the agreed-upon amount, customers receive an overage invoice. EAs allow the creation of multiple accounts and...