After core factors that indicate the cost of Azure services we move to cost reduction methods.

Skills Learned
- Identify factors that can reduce costs (reserved instances, reserved capacity, hybrid use benefit, spot pricing)
- Describe the functionality and usage of the Pricing calculator and the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) calculator

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Episode Resources
- Study cheat sheet https://marczak.io/az-900/episode-36/cheat-sheet
- 🧠 Practice Test https://marczak.io/az-900/episode-36/practice-test

# Study Guide
- Microsoft Learn: Compare costs by using the Total Cost of Ownership Calculator https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/plan-manage-azure-costs/2-compare-costs-tco-calculator?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-5003556
- Microsoft Learn: Manage and minimize total cost on Azure https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/plan-manage-azure-costs/6-manage-minimize-total-cost?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-5003556
- Microsoft Azure: TCO Calculator https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/tco/calculator/?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-5003556

00:00 Episode Introduction
00:50 Azure Reservations
03:53 Azure Spot Pricing for VMs
06:23 Hybrid use benefit
08:48 Azure Pricing Calculator
10:54 TCO Calculator
14:09 Episode Summary

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