Azure is an ideal platform for Linux as over 60% of the cores customers use in Azure run Linux. Azure offers a broad Linux and open-source ecosystem to support any workload. You can choose any Linux distribution you prefer and Microsoft has close collaboration with Red Hat, SUSE, Canonical, Oracle, and the broader Linux community.
Until Feb. 29, 2024, you can save up to 50% on select Linux Virtual Machines (VMs) in Sweden Central* – compared to the amount you’d spend on pay-as-you-go pricing. This offer enables you to purchase a one-year Azure Reserved VM Instances that fits your specific business needs and IT roadmap. Save even more by combining this offer with other savings options, such as Azure Hybrid Benefit for Linux and Azure savings plan for compute.
This means there’s never been a better time to launch, expand, or modernize your cloud services at a significantly reduced cost. And while reaping those savings, you can grow your business at the same time.
How can organizations benefit?
Any qualifying organization can improve their competitive position by taking advantage of this offer in the Sweden Central region, though customers outside the region are welcome to benefit from the offer.
The discount is applied to the reservation scope – resource group, subscription, or share scope – and are only available to resources in that scope. The discount is applied automatically to the number of running virtual machines that match the reservation scope and attributes. Assigning a reservation to a virtual machine isn’t necessary to receive the discounts.
This Limited-Time Offers allows for continuous cost management and cloud growth. The savings that you realize from this offer can be directed to other cloud growth initiatives and projects.
Track cloud spend with predictable cost
Several key reports are available after a reservation purchase. Create and use these reports to analyze and perform reporting after you buy a reservation.
The available reports include:
- Chargeback with cost analysis: See the charges as they appear on your bill. These charges are shown as actual costs or amortized over the course of your reservation period.
- Amortized cost data: Change internal cost centers using amortized data. With amortized data, the cost of a reservation is the consumption value based on the discounted price for the instances covered by reservations.
- Chargeback with Microsoft Power BI: Review the reservation transactions, subscription names, and resource groups to identify teams using resources.
- Unused reservation cost: View reservation waste from underutilized reservations so you can prioritize fixing it.
Calculate your potential savings
To see for yourself how much you’ll save, enter your configuration in the pricing calculator using one-year Azure reserved virtual machine instances for qualified VMs in Sweden Central. The pricing calculator makes it easy to calculate your estimated hourly or monthly costs for using Azure. For the latest pricing on Linux VMs in Sweden Central visit Azure Pricing Page.
Purchase now in Sweden Central
To take advantage of this Limited-Time Offer, purchase a one-year term for Azure Reserved Virtual Machine Instances for qualified VM instances in the Sweden Central region. Learn more about this offer and how your business can take advantage of it.
Read more about the Sweden Datacenter.
* Offer only available for qualified Linux VMs in Sweden Central with purchase of a 1-year Azure Reserved VM Instance. Microsoft retains the authority to revoke this limited time offer at any time. Terms apply, learn more here.
