Microsoft Developer (hosted by Thomas Maurer with guest Maria Jose Fernandez) walks through estimating Azure database costs using the Azure Pricing Calculator, focusing on the configuration choices that drive monthly spend and practical ways to model and compare scenarios before you commit.

Azure Cost Estimation: Navigate Database Pricing

Join host Thomas Maurer and guest Maria Jose Fernandez from Microsoft Azure on this episode of the Azure Essentials Show as they explore database cost estimation in Azure.

What this episode covers

Three-layer framework for database cost estimation

A practical way to estimate Azure database costs by working through three layers:

1. Architecture: understand the target architecture and requirements.
2. Computing services: choose the database service and compute approach.
3. Usage patterns: factor in how the workload behaves and is consumed.

Configuration decisions that drive monthly cost

The episode calls out five configuration choices that have a big impact on database spend:

• Purchasing model
• Compute tier and size
• Storage
• High availability
• Savings options

Hands-on demo: Azure Pricing Calculator

Maria Jose demonstrates how to use the Azure Pricing Calculator to:

• Model different database scenarios
• Compare cost options and trade-offs
• Make decisions before committing to cloud database spending

Recommended next steps

• Open the Azure Pricing Calculator and start modeling your own database workloads.
• Try different configurations for:
  • Azure SQL Database
  • Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server
• Export estimates to share with finance and engineering teams.

Resources

• Azure Pricing Calculator: https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/calculator/
• More Essential resources!: https://azure.com/AzureEssentials

Related episodes

• Azure Cost Estimation: Plan Confidently with the Azure Pricing Calculator: https://aka.ms/AzEssentials/231
• Azure Cost Estimation: Your Strategic Guide to Cloud Pricing: https://aka.ms/AzEssentials/232
• More Azure Pricing Videos: https://aka.ms/AzurePricingVideos
• Watch the Azure Essentials Show: https://aka.ms/AzureEssentialsShow

Connect

• Thomas Maurer: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomasmaurer2/
• Maria Jose Fernandez: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariajosefm/

Chapters

• 00:00 In this episode
• 00:20 Episode Introduction
• 01:00 How does database pricing fit?
• 02:08 Database pricing challenges
• 02:44 Typical scenario
• 03:32 Key configuration decisions
• 04:28 Hands-on demo
• 09:07 Recommended next steps