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Save up to 80 percent with these added benefits
Azure Reserved VM Instances
Save up to 72 percent compared to pay-as-you-go pricing with one-year or three-year terms on Linux or Windows virtual machines.
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Azure Hybrid Benefit
Use your on-premises Windows Server or SQL Server licenses with Software Assurance to save up to 80 percent* compared to pay-as-you-go pricing when you combine with cost savings from Azure Reserved Virtual Machine (VM) Instances.
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Dev/test pricing
Get discounted rates on Azure for ongoing development and testing, for services including Azure Virtual Machines, HDInsight, and App Service.
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*Savings based on D4_v2 three-year RI in West US 2 Region and Software Assurance cost (Level A) for Windows Server Standard edition (four 2-core licenses). Actual savings may vary based on region, instance type, usage or customer specific Windows Server license cost. Prices as of November 2017.
Other ways to pay for Azure
Explore more options for purchasing Azure, including through your existing Enterprise Agreement, or as part of a managed service from a Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider partner. Choose the best option for your organization.
Take advantage of these free products with your subscription
Quickly create powerful apps for any platform or device using your choice of tools including Node.js and PHP.
Process events with a serverless code architecture.
Get reliable event delivery at massive scale.
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
CONTAINERS
Deploy and manage containers using the tools you choose.
Face API
AI-MACHINE-LEARNING
Enable natural and contextual interaction with tools that augment users' experiences.
DevTest Labs
DEVELOPER-TOOLS
Enable fast, easy, and lean dev-test environments.
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Active Directory
IDENTITY
Enable one-click sign-in to any cloud or on-premises web app for secured identity and access management.
Active Directory B2C
IDENTITY
Enable customer identity and access management in the cloud.
Service Fabric
CONTAINERS
Build and operate always-on, scalable, distributed apps.
Azure DevOps
DEVELOPER-TOOLS
users (with unlimited private Git repos)
Build apps in any language using our DevOps service - git repos, CI/CD, build and release automation.
Machine Learning Studio
ANALYTICS
Build powerful, cloud-based machine learning applications.
policy assessment and recommendations
Prevent, detect, and respond to threats with increased visibility and control over the security of your Azure resources.
Get personalized recommendations to Azure best practices.
Connect, monitor, and manage billions of IoT assets.
public load balanced IP (VIP)
Add scale, availability, and network performance to your applications instantly.
Compose and manage data services at scale.
Include a cloud search service in your web and mobile application.
Notification Hubs
CONTAINERS
Send push notifications to any platform from any back end.
Scale your application in the cloud with job orchestration and scheduling for HPC applications.
Automation
MANAGEMENT-TOOLS
Simplify cloud management with process automation.
Get more value from your enterprise data assets.
Translator Text API
AI-MACHINE-LEARNING
Easily conduct real-time speech translation with a simple REST API call.
Virtual Network
NETWORKING
Provision private networks and connect to on-premises datacenters.
Inter-VNET data transfer
NETWORKING
Bandwidth (Data Transfer)
NETWORKING
Transfer data inbound and outbound through our robust network of global data centers.
Machine Learning Service
AI-MACHINE-LEARNING
Get started with a free workspace. Only pay for the Azure resources you consume when training your models.
Visual Studio Code
DEVELOPER-TOOLS
Boost your productivity with a powerful, lightweight code editor for cloud development.
Machine Learning Server
DEVELOPER-TOOLS
Develop and run R and Python models on your platform of choice.
SQL Server 2017 Developer Edition
DEVELOPER-TOOLS
Build, test, and demostrate applications in a non-production environment.