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When I wrote Azure Savings Plans, Finally Explained with Math That Actually Makes Sense , I was very focused on solving one specific problem. People were looking at Savings Plans and feeling like they were missing something obvious. They saw the hourly commitment. Then they saw their bill. They did not see a discount. And that disconnect was driving a lot of unnecessary anxiety. Once that post went live, I started finalizing this post as I knew there would be immediate follow

Over the past few slightly chaotic months at work, a customer asked a really interesting question that I realized deserves a better,...

This post required a revision based upon how I originally positioned AWS Reserved Instances. I'm still learning AWS, so I had some During...