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Here's a handy script that will help you easily generate a report of unused/orphaned Public IPs and save costs!

You can also directly download it as a .ps1 file from the resource section, provided you are enrolled in the course.

Here's a handy script that will help you easily generate a report of unused/orphaned Disks and save cost by cleaning them up!

You can also directly download it as a .ps1 file from the resource section, provided you are enrolled in the course.

Here's a handy script that will help you easily generate a report of Disk snapshots in your subscription.

Disk snapshots are taken a quick backup or when some changes are being done to a VM, users often forget to clean them up!

Over time these snapshots can account for a large chunk of cost especially if they are Premium disks!

Get into the habit of regularly cleaning them up.

You can also directly download it as a .ps1 file from the resource section, provided you are enrolled in the course.

What is the difference between EA benefit vs AHB (Azure Hybrid Benefit)?

The EA (Enterprise Agreement) benefit is only available to companies who sign an Enterprise agreement with Microsoft, it typically involves a usage commitment for Azure resources. The higher the commitment, the better the EA discounts.

PayG or other contract types do not have this type of discount, but may have other smaller discounts.

Azure Hybrid Benefit is a "Licensing" benefit. AHB lets you bring your existing on-premises Windows Server and SQL Server licenses with active Software Assurance or subscriptions to Azure.

AHB benefit is applicable for software license cost portion of a VM's cost (Windows, SQL license). The compute cost of a VM is not reduced.

Recently, Microsoft made this benefit available to RedHat and SUSE Linux subscription as well.

How it applies:

Each two-processor license or each set of 16-core licenses, either Datacenter or Standard editions, are entitled to two instances of up to 8 cores or one instance of up to 16 cores.

Datacenter edition licenses allow for simultaneous usage on-premises and in Azure.

Standard edition licenses must be used either on-premises or in Azure—you will get 180 days of concurrent use rights while migrating servers.

Which Microsoft licenses are eligible for Azure Hybrid Benefit?

SQL Server and Windows Server licenses with active Software Assurance or qualifying subscription licenses. These include:

Windows Server Datacenter edition with Software Assurance.

Windows Server Standard edition with Software Assurance.

SQL Server Enterprise Edition core licenses with Software Assurance or qualifying subscription licenses.

SQL Server Standard Edition core licenses with Software Assurance or qualifying subscription licenses.

For more info on AHB:

Azure Hybrid Benefit FAQ | Microsoft Azure

Azure Hybrid Benefit—hybrid cloud | Microsoft Azure