Ah yes, the .NET Services message/bandwidth charge can be quite high. You need to make sure that if you are transferring large quantities of data you ensure you establish a direct connection (using the Hybrid mode of the relay bindings), rather than piping stuff through the service bus.
Nick Randolph | Built To Roam | Microsoft MVP - Device Application Development | +61 412 413 425 The information contained in this email is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not disclose or use the information in this email in any way. Built To Roam does not guarantee the integrity of any emails or attached files. The views or opinions expressed are the author's own and may not reflect the views or opinions of Built To Roam. From: carl.scarl...@bankwest.com.au [mailto:carl.scarl...@bankwest.com.au] Sent: Tuesday, 22 September 2009 10:40 AM To: Nick Randolph Subject: RE: Azure Pricing At a high level, it seems priced towards enterprise applications which I think is a bit premature. Early adopters will likely be project builders with small apps, and some of these prices will drive these types of applications away. At the enterprise level though, I think these are okay. I'd still suggest making them cheaper to entice take-up; developers (for the most part) are still going to have to sell the benefits to their business in order to get projects off the ground and businesses are loathe to take risks with pricing models that are new to them (especially since the GFC). My personal gripe is the .Net Services messages charge - that seems pretty steep to me. Carl. Carl Scarlett Senior .NET/WPF Developer - Genesis Team IT Applications Delivery | bankwest A: Level 5, 199 Hay Street | Perth | Western Australia | 6004 P: (08) 9449 8703 M: 0408 913 870 E: carl.scarl...@bankwest.com.au<mailto:carl.scarl...@bankwest.com.au> From: ozazure-boun...@lists.codify.com [mailto:ozazure-boun...@lists.codify.com] On Behalf Of Nick Randolph <n...@builttoroam.com> Sent: Tuesday, 22 September 2009 7:26 AM To: "ozazure@lists.codify.com" <ozazure@lists.codify.com> Subject: Azure Pricing As a follow up on my previous show of hands, I was wondering how many people had taken a close look at the pricing model for Windows Azure. Does anyone have any opinions on the proposed pricing? Does it suit the way you would charge for your application/service? One of the questions that come to mind for me is the choice between Windows Azure table storage and SQL Azure. Has anyone done the pricing comparison and prepared to provide a commentary on their findings? During TechEd I spent a bit of time investigating Azure pricing and have a rough calculation spreadsheet I put together. I'd be happy to share this with anyone who'd be prepared to provide feedback on it. Nick Randolph | Built To Roam | Microsoft MVP - Device Application Development | +61 412 413 425 The information contained in this email is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not disclose or use the information in this email in any way. Built To Roam does not guarantee the integrity of any emails or attached files. The views or opinions expressed are the author's own and may not reflect the views or opinions of Built To Roam. ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ ozazure mailing list ozazure@lists.codify.com<mailto:ozazure@lists.codify.com> http://prdlxvm0001.codify.net/mailman/listinfo/ozazure _______________________________________________________________________________ Unencrypted electronic mail is not secure and may not be authentic. If you have any doubts as to the contents please telephone to confirm. This electronic transmission including any attachments is intended only for those to whom it is addressed. It may contain copyright material or information that is confidential, privileged or exempt from disclosure by law. Any claim to privilege is not waived or lost by reason of mistaken transmission of this information. If you are not the intended recipient you must not distribute or copy this transmission and should please notify the sender. Your costs for doing this will be reimbursed by the sender. We do not accept liability in connection with computer virus, data corruption, delay, interruption, unauthorised access or unauthorised amendment. _______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________
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