Cloud cost optimization using AMD based virtual machines on Azure
Summary
Learn how Azure Infrastructure as a Service choices can help optimize cloud costs with AMD-powered Azure VMs. Andrew Ruffin from AMD explains how to identify AMD-based VM series, compare Da, Ea, and Fa families, and choose the right configuration for workload performance and cost efficiency. This session covers cost-saving opportunities like lower-memory SKUs, avoiding unnecessary temp disks, using constrained core VMs, modernizing from older v5 or earlier infrastructure to v7 VMs, and improving SQL Server performance per licensed core. You’ll also hear how AMD Cloud Cost Advisor can help analyze…
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