Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)

Last Updated: 1/15/2023

Exercise Pricing Calculator

Scenario

An ASP.NET web application that runs on Windows. The web application provides information about product inventory and pricing. There are two virtual machines that are connected through a central load balancer. The web application connects to a SQL Server database that holds inventory and pricing information.

Resources you Need:

  • Use Azure Virtual Machines instances, similar to the virtual machines used in your datacenter.
  • Use Azure Application Gateway for load balancing.
  • Use Azure SQL Database to hold inventory and pricing information.

Explore the Pricing calculator

  • Go to the Pricing calculator
  • On the Products tab, select the service from each of these categories:
    • Compute > Virtual Machines
    • Databases > Azure SQL Database
    • Networking > Application Gateway
  • Under Virtual Machines, set these values
    • Region: West US
    • Operating system: Windows
    • Type: (OS Only)
    • Tier: Standard
    • Instance: D2 v3
    • Virtual machines: 2 x 730 Hours
  • Under Azure SQL Database, set these values:
    • Region: West US
    • Type: Single Database
    • Purchase model: vCore
    • Service tier: General Purpose
    • Compute tier: Provisioned
    • Hardware Type: Gen 5
    • Instance: 8 vCore
    • Storage > Backup storage tier: RA-GRS
  • Under Application Gateway, set these values:
    • Region: West US
    • Tier: Web Application Firewall
    • Size: Medium
    • Gateway hours: 2 x 730 Hours
    • Data processed: 1 TB
    • Outbound data transfer: 5 GB
  • At the bottom of the page, you see the total estimated cost of running the solution. You can change the currency type if you want.
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