*"The T&C on the MSDN credits for Azure, don't they state that you can't put production sites on it, only development sites?"* * * Looking around, I can't find any specific details on if you can use the MSDN credits for production use. https://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/pricing/member-offers/msdn-benefits/
On 2 April 2012 17:31, David Burela <david.bur...@gmail.com> wrote: > The T&C on the MSDN credits for Azure, don't they state that you can't put > production sites on it, only development sites? > > -David Burela > > > On 2 April 2012 16:58, Andrew Coates (DPE AUSTRALIA) < > andrew.coa...@microsoft.com> wrote: > >> <plug> >> >> If you're an MSDN subscriber, then you get Azure usage as part of that >> subscription. >> >> >> >> You can host multiple web sites on a singe Azure instance. In fact, what >> you might want to do is have 2 extra small instances running multiple web >> sites so you've got the umpteen 9's SLA. >> >> </plug> >> >> Cheers >> >> >> >> Coatsy >> >> >> >> Andrew Coates, MCSD MCTS, Developer Evangelist, Microsoft, 1 Epping Road, >> NORTH RYDE NSW 2113 >> Ph: +61 (2) 9870 2719 • Mob +61 (416) 134 993 • Fax: +61 (2) 9870 2400 • >> http://blogs.msdn.com/acoat/ >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] on >> behalf of David Burela [david.bur...@gmail.com] >> *Sent:* Monday, 2 April 2012 15:41 >> >> *To:* ozDotNet >> *Subject:* The cost of putting small websites online >> >> Over the weekend I was considering "supporting websites". Websites that >> support the promotion of your small applications (such as phone apps). >> >> Lets say I'm making phone applications, and I just want to throw a >> website up to act as a landing page. Something I can direct new users to >> which displays an About page, have an embedded video, etc. >> I tried doing some calculations for how much something like this would >> cost, this is what I came up with >> >> *AppHarbor / DNSimple* (https://dnsimple.com/pricing & >> https://appharbor.com/pricing) >> *Domain registration* - $16 / year >> *DNS mapping* - $34 / year >> *Website hosting* - $0 >> *Website hosting with DNS mapping* - $120 / year >> *Total $170* / year / application. >> >> *Wordpress.com* >> Domain registration - $5 / year (wordpress upgrade) >> Domain mapping - $12 / year (wordpress upgrade) >> Removal of adverts - $36 / year >> Custom design - $30 >> *Total $83 / year / application* >> >> Both options are probably more than I'll make on most of my small apps. >> And gets expensive when promoting multiple apps. >> I could try and get more bang for my buck and extend the site so that it >> can also host some supporting webservices that my application can use. >> >> >> Are my calculations correct? >> Is there another way to go about this? >> How do you guys go about creating small landing pages like this? >> ("Buying your own server" seems a very heavy handed way to go about it, >> and I don't want to become a full time sys-admin looking after my own >> server) >> >> -David Burela >> > >
