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The Cloud Clinic: Determining if reserved instances or PaaS is best for your organization

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In this episode of the Azure Enablement Show, David and Magnus field a question about using reserved instances of virtual machines, then the discussion centers the advantages of using platform as a service (PaaS) over reserved instances. Magnus closes out the discussion with some tips on how to get started using PaaS. Resources • Training: Explore Azure compute services https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/tra... • Training: Host a web application with Azure App Service https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/tra... • Use platform as a service (PaaS) options https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azu... • Modernize any application in the cloud https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azu... Related episodes • Join us here to watch more episodes of The Cloud Clinic, as part of the Azure Enablement Show. https://aka.ms/TheCloudClinic https://aka.ms/azenable Chapters 0:00 Introduction 1:05 Reserved instances are very easy to configure-but is that the right a …...more
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Introduction

0:00

Reserved instances are very easy to configure-but is that the right approach?

1:05

Consider running workloads on a platform service instead of reserved instances of VMs

3:08

Moving to the cloud is an opportunity to change old habits

3:39

What are the advantages of switching from VMs to platform services?

5:27

VMs require maintenance—OS updates, patching, etc., and VMs are often under-utilized

6:14

Get started by taking an inventory of your environment, your people, and your skills, and invest in skilling

7:18

Establish a task force or v-team to work through the issues on one workload

8:04
The Cloud Clinic: Determining if reserved instances or PaaS is best for your organization
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In this episode of the Azure Enablement Show, David and Magnus field a question about using reserved instances of virtual machines, then the discussion centers the advantages of using platform as a service (PaaS) over reserved instances. Magnus closes out the discussion with some tips on how to get started using PaaS. Resources • Training: Explore Azure compute services https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/tra... • Training: Host a web application with Azure App Service https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/tra... • Use platform as a service (PaaS) options https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azu... • Modernize any application in the cloud https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azu... Related episodes • Join us here to watch more episodes of The Cloud Clinic, as part of the Azure Enablement Show. https://aka.ms/TheCloudClinic https://aka.ms/azenable Chapters 0:00 Introduction 1:05 Reserved instances are very easy to configure-but is that the right approach? 3:08 Consider running workloads on a platform service instead of reserved instances of VMs 3:39 Moving to the cloud is an opportunity to change old habits 5:27 What are the advantages of switching from VMs to platform services? 6:14 VMs require maintenance—OS updates, patching, etc., and VMs are often under-utilized 7:18 Get started by taking an inventory of your environment, your people, and your skills, and invest in skilling 8:04 Establish a task force or v-team to work through the issues on one workload

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