Cost Difference

Sharjeel Ahmed 25 Reputation points
2023-01-29T11:17:12.88+00:00

I need to know what the cost difference would be if we switch from Azure Standard to Enhanced backup policy.

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  1. Luke Murray 10,526 Reputation points MVP
    2023-01-29T12:02:22.35+00:00

    Hi, Sharjeel.

    There are a lot of factors to determine the cost, region (of the Backups), data size and the number of size of backups etc., especially when moving from Standard to Enhanced polices.

    Your best bet is to reach out to the Azure sales team directly,

    • Get one-on-one guidance on Azure pricing You can message them on chat or call them, and they can help put through a cost estimate. It doesn't look like the Azure Pricing calculator has been updated with Enhanced Policy support yet.

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  1. JimmySalian-2011 41,916 Reputation points
    2023-01-29T11:54:30.76+00:00

    Hi,

    AFAIK, there is no such thing as enhanced backup policies, there is set of policies you can implement.

    The journey of creating and implementing a policy in Azure Policy begins with creating a policy definition. Every policy definition has conditions under which it's enforced. And, it has a defined effect that takes place if the conditions are met.

    In Azure Policy, we offer several built-in policies that are available by default. For example:

    • Allowed Storage Account SKUs (Deny): Determines if a storage account being deployed is within a set of SKU sizes. Its effect is to deny all storage accounts that don't adhere to the set of defined SKU sizes.
    • Allowed Resource Type (Deny): Defines the resource types that you can deploy. Its effect is to deny all resources that aren't part of this defined list.
    • Allowed Locations (Deny): Restricts the available locations for new resources. Its effect is used to enforce your geo-compliance requirements.
    • Allowed Virtual Machine SKUs (Deny): Specifies a set of virtual machine SKUs that you can deploy.
    • Add a tag to resources (Modify): Applies a required tag and its default value if it's not specified by the deploy request.
    • Not allowed resource types (Deny): Prevents a list of resource types from being deployed.

    To implement these policy definitions (both built-in and custom definitions), you'll need to assign them. You can assign any of these policies through the Azure portal, PowerShell, or Azure CLI.

    If you want to change the SKU or the storage retention policies you will have to use Azure Pricing Calculator and follow the pricing stats - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/backup/azure-backup-pricing

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/policy/overview

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/backup/azure-backup-pricing

    Hope this helps.

    JS

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  2. Sharjeel Ahmed 25 Reputation points
    2023-01-29T13:01:55.7066667+00:00

    Hi Lukemurraynz,

    Yes, I have already checked Azure Calculator and there is no option for Standard or Enhanced Policy. I think the better option is to talk to the Azure sales team.

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