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What are our pricing options for OMS to for Windows 10 upgrade analytics? (We have SA already)
Hi Leo,
all the data that comes into OMS through the Windows Analytics solutions is not getting metered and billed by OMS. This means you can add the Windows Analytics solutions to any OMS workspace (either one you already have or a new one) and you will not get charged. It does not matter if you use a free tier, standard tier or premium tier workspace - Windows Analytics data is always free.
1) Ingestion costs: The "IsBillable=false" records such as Windows Analytics records don’t count towards ingestion costs (e.g. per node plans or per GB plans) and don’t count towards ingestion limits (e.g. free plan)
2) Storage costs: For the default retention period of a given plan (e.g., 1 month for Standalone plan https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/log-analytics/ ), the "IsBillable=false" records such as Windows Analytics data do not incur storage costs, *but* if you customize you workspace to retain data beyond the plan default, then all records (including Windows Analytics) retained beyond the plan default should be charged at the normal extended storage retention rate (e.g. $0.10/GB/month as of today). Note that in some cases this extended retention billing may not be enforced today, but should be expected to be enforced in the future.
tl;dr : Windows Analytics data is never expected to incur OMS/Log Analytics costs, except in the uncommon case of customized data retention beyond plan defaults.
- jasperyueAug 23, 2018Copper Contributor
We like to start sending server data to OMS for log analytics. What's the cost consideration of using the same workspace we already use for workstations (Windows Analytics), or a dedicate one for server data?
Will workstation activities (ingestion and storage) still free of charge when the workspace is used by server data for non-Windows Analytics solutions?
- Matthew ReynoldsAug 23, 2018
Microsoft
The IsBillable==false logic described in the previous post all happens at the record level, so is independent of what other records exist in the workspace, and what charges those other records may generate.