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RobYoung
Dec 06, 2021Iron Contributor
Clarity on pricing change tracking
I am trying to figure out if we will be billed or not for enabling change tracking in Azure Arc. In both Azure arc and in Azure Automation, under change tracking, it states:
"This service is included with Azure virtual machines and Azure Arc machines. You only pay for logs stored in Log Analytics."
On the Azure automation price page it states change tracking falls under Configuration management and will be billed at $7.6053/month/node:
"Configuration management includes the configuration pull service and change tracking capabilities. Billing is based on the number of nodes that are registered with the service and the log data stored in the Azure Log Analytics service."
So which is it? would love to collect this info (and just pay for the LA ingestion) but not $7.60/month per node.
Last question. assuming it is free, does anyone have a ballpark or approx range of per node data collection rate for change tracking...i understand that this will vary depending on the server...just wondering if we will see a significant increase in LA costs.
RobYoung Thanks for your question. Change tracking is a component of our configuration management service in Azure. It's free for Azure VMs but charged at $6 per server for Arc-enabled virtual machines. Keep in mind that the $6 includes Azure Policy Guest Configuration/Change Tracking and DSC - you can use one or all three, you will still be charged only $6 per server per node. Could you let me know the link where you see the $7 number? I am sharing screenshots below from the Automation and the Azure Arc pricing pages, both of which are consistently showing $6.
Screenshot from Azure Automation pricing page:Pricing - Automation | Microsoft Azure
Screenshot from Azure Arc pricing page:Pricing – Azure Arc | Microsoft Azure
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RobYoung Thanks for your question. Change tracking is a component of our configuration management service in Azure. It's free for Azure VMs but charged at $6 per server for Arc-enabled virtual machines. Keep in mind that the $6 includes Azure Policy Guest Configuration/Change Tracking and DSC - you can use one or all three, you will still be charged only $6 per server per node. Could you let me know the link where you see the $7 number? I am sharing screenshots below from the Automation and the Azure Arc pricing pages, both of which are consistently showing $6.
Screenshot from Azure Automation pricing page:Pricing - Automation | Microsoft Azure
Screenshot from Azure Arc pricing page:Pricing – Azure Arc | Microsoft Azure
- RobYoungIron ContributorMy pricing is listed in CDN dollars. $6 US is correct.
Good to know for for the change tracking and thanks for the clarification. I may consider for some of our critical nodes.