Azure Reserved Virtual Machine Instances -- Private Beta

We’re excited to announce the private beta of Microsoft Azure Reserved Virtual Machine (VM) Instances. Azure Reserved VM Instances allow you to make an all upfront commitment to utilize specific virtual machine instance types in return for a discount on your compute costs.

Azure Reserved VM Instances will be supported in the following CloudHealth reports and tools:

• Asset Report

• Cost History Report

• Current Cost Report 

• Amortized Cost Report 

• Virtual Machine Cost Report 

• Virtual Machine RI Amortization Report 

• Virtual Machine Usage Report 

• Virtual Machine RI Inventory Report 

• Virtual Machine RI Utilization Report 

• Virtual Machine RI Underutilization Report 

• Virtual Machine RI Optimizer

Note: Azure Reserved VM Instances can only be purchased with an Enterprise Agreement or pay-as-you-go. Learn more in this Help Center article. 

If you would like to participate in this private beta, please contact azure-reservations@cloudhealthtech.com.

Update to Costs for RDS Snapshots

In the CloudHealth Platform, RDS Snapshot cost is currently accounted for as a generic RDS indirect charge i.e. ‘RDS - Other’. Moving forward, we are breaking out this charge from ‘RDS - Other’ into a separate indirect cost named ‘RDS - Charged Backup Usage’ which will allow you to more specifically allocate this cost to a key cost driver. We recommend that you update your reallocation rules for this RDS Snapshot indirect charge.