AZ-900 Azure Pricing and Support

Question 1

Which Azure pricing model charges you only for the resources you actually use with no upfront commitment or termination fees?

Accepted Answer

Pay-as-you-go

Answer

Pay-as-you-go charges only for what you consume each billing period with no upfront cost or long-term commitment.

Question 2

Which tool helps organizations estimate the financial savings of migrating existing on-premises workloads to Azure?

Accepted Answer

Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Calculator

Answer

The TCO Calculator compares the cost of running workloads on-premises versus on Azure, factoring in hardware, labor, and facilities.

Question 3

Which Azure pricing option offers the largest discount in exchange for a 1-year or 3-year commitment to a specific virtual machine configuration?

Accepted Answer

Azure Reserved Instances

Answer

Azure Reserved Instances provide up to 72% savings over pay-as-you-go pricing in exchange for a 1- or 3-year commitment.

Question 4

What characteristic best describes Azure Spot Instances?

Accepted Answer

Deeply discounted pricing using unused Azure capacity that can be evicted when demand rises

Answer

Spot Instances use unused Azure compute capacity at significant discounts but can be interrupted when Azure needs the capacity back.

Question 5

What is the Azure Hybrid Benefit?

Accepted Answer

A licensing benefit that lets you reuse existing on-premises Windows Server or SQL Server licenses on Azure VMs

Answer

Azure Hybrid Benefit allows customers with eligible Software Assurance licenses to run Windows Server or SQL Server on Azure at a reduced cost.

AZ-900 Practice Test