Cloud and Cost Savings Windows Azure will cost less than the overall price of running a server internally. Azure will be pay as you go. But customers can get discounts by prepaying. With regard to off-premise pricing, take Exchange Online as an example. It costs $10 per user per month.
Licensing the on-premises version of Exchange Server costs users $3 for Exchange Server per user per month. But with additional costs (including infrastructure, IT staff, licensing and operational costs), Microsoft estimates it adds up to an average of $18 per user per month.
--Doug Hauger, Microsoft General Manager
► First, cloud enables companies to be more responsive. In a fast-paced, rapidly evolving global economy, the ability to respond quickly to the needs of customers, markets and opportunities represents a significant market differentiator.
► Second, cloud offers access to technologies that help companies connect. This drives deeper and more effective relationships with partners and customers.
► Third, cloud computing enables specialization. By tapping technologies available as a service instead of owning and managing all IT systems, companies can invest more of their time and resources in focusing on what truly differentiates them in the marketplace
Licensing the on-premises version of Exchange Server costs users $3 for Exchange Server per user per month. But with additional costs (including infrastructure, IT staff, licensing and operational costs), Microsoft estimates it adds up to an average of $18 per user per month.
--Doug Hauger, Microsoft General Manager
Point of View
The cloud offers companies the opportunity to improve how they do business by re-envisioning how they utilize IT. It can help companies succeed in three critical areas.► First, cloud enables companies to be more responsive. In a fast-paced, rapidly evolving global economy, the ability to respond quickly to the needs of customers, markets and opportunities represents a significant market differentiator.
► Second, cloud offers access to technologies that help companies connect. This drives deeper and more effective relationships with partners and customers.
► Third, cloud computing enables specialization. By tapping technologies available as a service instead of owning and managing all IT systems, companies can invest more of their time and resources in focusing on what truly differentiates them in the marketplace
