Priyanshi Mittal joins David Blank-Edelman to discuss the Azure Advisor recommendation 'Buy virtual machine reserved instances to save money over pay-as-you-go costs' and walks through what it means and discusses the the benefits. Resources • Azure Advisor performance recommendations documentation https://aka.ms/azenable/46/01 • Azure Advisor in the Azure portal https://aka.ms/azenable/46/02 • Azure Cost Management PowerBI App https://aka.ms/azenable/46/03 Related Episodes • Advisor Clinic: Upgrade your Azure Virtual Machines to premium disks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lefqzP96HuE • Advisor Clinic: Upgrade your Azure Virtual Machines to managed disks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sX-tK3SOM5c • Essential advice for improving your Azure workloads (Part 1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcLf5jx22bU • Essential advice for improving your Azure workloads (Part 2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzgudBNDe80 To watch more episodes in the Well-Architected Series, check out our playlist: https://aka.ms/azenable/yt/wa-playlist Explore more cloud enablement resources! https://www.azure.com/enablement 0:00 Introduction 1:01 What's an Azure Reserved Instance, and how does it help me save money? 1:50 I understand about saving me money, but what's in it for Microsoft? 2:07 How does all of this work? 3:12 How are the Reserved Instances calculated, and how do I know I have maximized savings? 4:21 Does the recommendation from Azure Advisor take customer discounts into account? 4:39 Does the recommendation from Azure Advisor also take into account considerations from right-sizing VMs? 5:01 Is there a way to view all my Reservations and utilization before making further purchases? #Azure #AzureEnablementShow #WellArchitected