Azure offer details
Azure has different offers that you can purchase. So far, we have discussed pay-as-you-go, but there are others, such as Enterprise Agreements (EAs), Azure Sponsorship, and Azure in CSP. We will cover each of these as they are very important for billing:
- Pay-as-you-go: This is a commonly known offering, where customers pay based on the consumption and the rates are available in the public-facing documentation of Azure. Customers receive an invoice every month for usage from Microsoft and they can pay via credit card or an invoice payment method.
- EAs: EAs entail a monetary commitment with Microsoft, which means that organizations sign an agreement with Microsoft and promise that they will use x amount of Azure resources. If the usage goes above the agreed amount, the customer will receive an overage invoice. Customers can create multiple accounts under an EA and have multiple subscriptions inside these accounts. There are two types of EA: Direct EA and...