In Episode 266, Ben and Scott spend most of the time talking about Azure Reserved Instances. What they are, when you might want to use them, and some of the services you can purchase them for. They also cover some potential things to watch out for when considering if you should purchase a reserved instance for one or more of your Azure Services.

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Show Notes

Automatically stop unused Azure Data Explorer Clusters

Automatic stop of inactive Azure Data Explorer clusters

What are Azure Reservations?

Manage Reservations for Azure resources

Buy a reservation

Save costs with Azure Reserved VM Instances

Buy a Reserved VM Instance

Self-service exchanges and refunds for Azure Reservations

Optimize costs for Blob storage with reserved capacity

Automatically renew reservations

Renewal notification

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