“Azure monitor collects data from various sources such as applications, operating systems, Azure resources, etc. in the form of metrics and logs. This data can then be processed to perform various functions such as analysis, visualization, alerting, automation and integrations.”

That’s where cloud monitoring tools and services come into play. They help you manage, monitor, and assess the performance of your cloud computing architecture, infrastructure, services, and applications, and make sure that your users and customers can use your platform to its full potential.

Cloud monitoring is a method of reviewing, observing, and managing the operational workflow in a cloud-based IT infrastructure. Manual or automated management techniques confirm the availability and performance of websites, servers, applications, and other cloud infrastructure.

What is Intelligent Monitoring? Intelligent monitoring leverages Internet of Things (IoT) functionality and powerful analytics to deliver a customizable, 360° view of IT infrastructure and performance in real-time.

Azure Monitor helps you maximize the availability and performance of your applications and services. It delivers a comprehensive solution for collecting, analyzing, and acting on telemetry from your cloud and on-premises environments. Collect data from monitored resources using Azure Monitor Metrics.

Price of alert rule + Price of dynamic threshold. (10 VMs * 2 metric time-series per VM – 10 free units) * ₹7

Health monitoring is billed for the number of metric time-series monitored using health criteria for an Azure resource. There are no charges for health monitoring while in preview….Health Monitoring.

Feature	Free units included	Price
Health Criteria	None	$0.10 per monitored metric time-series per month

So, hopefully, now, it is clear that Azure Monitor is the tool to get the data from the Azure resources, and Log Analytics is the tool to query that data if you want to query over multiple resources. Nearly every resource will offer you the ability to export data to three things: A storage account. An Event Hub.

Download price sheets for the current billing period

1. Sign-in to the Azure portal.
2. Search for Cost Management + Billing.
3. Select a billing profile.
4. In the Overview area, find the download links beneath the month-to-date charges.
5. Select Azure price sheet.

Azure support plans

	DEVELOPER	STANDARD
Best for:	Trial and non-production environments	Production workload environments
Initial response time	<8 hours	<2 hours
Monthly costs	$29/month	$100/month
	Learn more	Learn more

7 ways to optimise costs today

1. Shut down unused resources. Identify idle virtual machines (VMs), ExpressRoute circuits and other resources with Azure Advisor.
2. Right-size underused resources.
3. Reserve instances for consistent workloads.
4. Take advantage of the Azure Hybrid Benefit.

For users wishing to adopt cloud services, Azure provides a web-based TCO Calculator. You can use this calculator to estimate the costs of migrating your data and applications to Azure and predict potential savings.

The TCO is often the financial metric that is used to estimate and compare direct and indirect costs of a product or a service. It typically includes the actual costs of procurement, management, maintenance and decommissioning of hardware resources over their useful life (which is typically a 3 or 5 year period).

The TCO Calculator lets you create a customised business case to justify migration to Azure. You have the option to modify any assumptions so the model accurately reflects your business. The result is a detailed report which shows how much money you can save by moving to Azure.

Cloud TCO (total cost of ownership) is the total costs associated with your new cloud technology—often compared to the total costs of your former server or data center deployment.

Whether return on investment drives more technology decisions than total cost of ownership shows how your company views IT. An ROI calculation quantifies both the costs and the expected benefits of a specific project over a specific timeframe, usually three to five years. TCO, on the other hand, includes just costs.

Steps for Calculating Cloud TCO

1. Step 1: Calculate your current IT infrastructure costs. Understanding the actual cost of your current IT solution is the first step.
2. Step 2: Estimate the cost of a cloud solution.
3. Step 3: Consider the intangible benefits of the cloud.

I + M – R = TCO The initial cost is the label price, that is, how much you will pay for the asset. The maintenance cost, in turn, involves the costs to ensure that the asset remains useful in the long term. The remaining cost is the asset’s price in the long term, for example, in five years.

Total cost of ownership (TCO) is an analysis that looks at the hidden costs beyond price and places a single value on the complete life-cycle of a capital purchase.

How to calculate total cost of ownership TCO in 6 steps.

1. Describe the acquisition, define TCO lifespan.
2. Identify ownership cost category impacts.
3. Structure the total cost of ownership cost model.
4. Add Individual resources, activities to cost model.
5. Estimate cash inflows, outflows.

January 20, 2011 | SCRC SME. In supply chain management, the total cost of ownership of the supply delivery system is the sum of all the costs associated with every activity of the supply stream.

TPE-TCO-Life refers to:A tradeoff of concerns 2. The industry 4.0 focus is on:Advancing from computer automation to cyber physical systems 3. Integrated supply chain management is:The consideration of all supply chain activities into one seamless system4.

What is Total Cost of Ownership? In a nutshell, TCO goes beyond the purchase price of a good or service to examine its complete cost — from purchase to disposal. To do this, TCO estimates the direct and indirect costs and benefits related to the purchase of goods or services, less any income you receive.

A TCO analysis helps businesses determine the difference between short-term (purchase price) and long-term (total cost of ownership) costs of a product or system. It helps make an informed purchasing decision when selecting the right vendor from multiple alternatives.

The problem with total cost of ownership is that, used alone, it provides a very narrow view of just the costs associated with an application. TCO completely ignores the benefits.

The total cost of ownership, or TCO, includes the purchase price of a particular asset, plus operating costs over the asset’s lifespan. Looking at the total cost of ownership is a way of assessing the long-term value of a purchase to a company or individual.

TCO: The benefits Guidance tool for optimising direct or indirect costs (avoiding waste, exceeding quality requirements etc.). Decision-making aid for outsourcing/internalisation operations etc. ROI (Return on Investment) or ROTI (Return on Time Investment) evaluation. Improved long-term financial performance.

Challenges in Assessing Total Cost of Ownership in Facilities Management

• Fragmented market.
• Immature supplier base.
• Lack of data and transparency.
• Poor asset visibility.
• Poor budget management.
• Not utilizing technology.

True Cost to Own® (TCO®) pricing system calculates the additional costs you may not have included when considering your next vehicle purchase. These extra costs include: depreciation, interest on your loan, taxes and fees, insurance premiums, fuel costs, maintenance, and repairs.

4- What is total cost of ownership (TCO), and what costs are often underestimated? Total cost of ownership (TCO) is a financial estimate of how much a project is going to cost including all the direct and indirect costs. TCO is important if the development team is assessing several alternatives.