Understanding the cost optimization design principles
If a workload runs within a defined budget and is driven by ROI, we can call it a cost-effective workload. Cost optimization principles are a set of considerations defined by Microsoft that can improve the overall cost profile of your environment. In addition to that, these principles can assist you in achieving both business objectives and cost justification. Let us understand these principles in detail in the following sub-sections.
Choosing the right resources
Capturing the exact requirement is the key ingredient in cost optimization. If we capture the right requirements, then we can forecast the budgets correctly, and later, there won’t be any problems. In on-premises, if you want to host a web server, the process is simple. Either you deploy the server on a VM or on a physical server. However, in the case of the cloud, we have multiple options, such as the following:
- Deploy the web server on a VM
- Use...
