The video is a tutorial on Azure subscriptions, focusing on understanding the cost implications and benefits of various Azure services. It begins by introducing the topics of Azure subscriptions and virtual machines, and then moves on to discussing how to calculate monthly uptime percentages.
The video then dives into a series of questions, each focusing on a different aspect of Azure. These include matching Azure services with their definitions, understanding how to calculate monthly uptime percentages, and learning about the cost implications of different Azure services.
For example, one question asks how to calculate the monthly uptime percentage. The video explains that the formula is to subtract the downtime in minutes from the maximum available minutes, divide the result by the maximum available minutes, and then multiply by 100.
Another question asks about the cost implications of removing unused resources in Azure. The video explains that while removing unused groups, network interfaces, and public IP addresses does not reduce Azure costs, removing unused public addresses does reduce the overall Azure cost.
The video also discusses Azure support plans, explaining that the correct answer to which support plan can open a new support request is Premier and Professional Direct only. It also covers the concept of Azure Reservation, explaining that reservations offer a discounted price on resources for a one or three-year commitment.
The video concludes with a discussion on the importance of deleting resources when they are no longer needed to avoid unnecessary costs. It encourages viewers to always remove all resources when they are done practicing on Microsoft Azure.
1. The text introduces a tutorial on Azure subscriptions, with the focus on understanding and matching Azure services with their one-line definitions .
2. The tutorial also covers how to calculate the monthly uptime percentage and the importance of understanding the mathematical operations involved .
3. The tutorial provides a detailed explanation on how to reduce Azure costs, emphasizing that not all resources are charged for, and how to create Azure support requests from the Azure portal .
4. The text discusses how to evaluate underlying text to determine its correctness, using Azure resources as an example .
5. The tutorial also covers when additional costs are incurred when creating resource groups in an Azure subscription and when copying several gigabytes of data from an on-premises network over a VPN .
6. It also explains that with Azure reservation, you pay less for the virtual machines than with pay-as-you-go pricing .
7. The tutorial further explains that when an Azure virtual machine is stopped, you continue to pay storage cost for the virtual machine .
8. The tutorial emphasizes the importance of always deleting resources when done practicing on Microsoft Azure to avoid unnecessary costs .
9. It also clarifies that a user who is assigned the owner role cannot transfer ownership of an Azure subscription .
10. The tutorial explains that you can convert the Azure subscription of your company from a free trial to pay as you go .
11. It also clarifies that the Azure spending limit is fixed and cannot be increased or decreased, but it can be removed .
12. The tutorial provides a detailed explanation on what Azure service can be used for quickly sending billions of notifications to iOS, Android, Windows, and Kindle devices .
13. The tutorial also covers the importance of ensuring that when Azure active directory users connect to Azure AD from the internet using an anonymous IP address, the users are prompted automatically to change their passwords .