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How to Use the Azure Pricing Calculator Effectively – A Step-by‐Step Guide
When you’re planning to move workloads to Microsoft Azure, one of the first questions that comes up is simple but important: How much is this going to cost?
Cloud pricing can be tricky. Between different regions, service tiers, storage options, and licensing models, it’s easy to underestimate or overestimate costs. Thankfully, Microsoft provides a free tool called the Azure Pricing Calculator to help you get a clear, customized cost estimate before you deploy anything.
In this guide, we’ll walk through how to use the calculator effectively, the best practices for accurate estimates, and a few tips that can help you plan your Azure budget with confidence.
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Sharing a tool that might be useful for UK-based teams planning or optimising
Sentinel/Log Analytics costs.
azure-calc.co.uk/log-analytics covers:
Prices pull nightly from the Azure Retail Prices API filtered to uksouth + GBP,
so they stay current as Microsoft adjusts rates monthly.
Not affiliated with Microsoft. Happy to hear if anything looks wrong with
the calculations.
