This document outlines the benefits that MSDN subscribers receive for using Azure and Team Foundation services, including monthly Azure credits of $100-150 depending on the subscription level. MSDN subscribers also receive discounts of 25-33% on Azure usage costs beyond the monthly credits. Team Foundation service provides version control, work item tracking, and other capabilities for up to 5 users per MSDN license. These benefits help maximize the value of MSDN subscriptions and reduce the cost of development and testing in the cloud.

1. MSDN MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS FOR
AZURE AND TEAM FOUNDATION
SERVICES
Taking DEV/TEST to the Cloud

2. OUTLINE
 Background
 Azure Benefits for MSDN Subscribers
 Azure Products/Capabilities
 Example Scenario(s)
 Team Foundation Service Benefits for MSDN Subscribers
 Benefits/Business Drivers
 Resources

3. BACKGROUND
 Microsoft has been offering free and aggressively discounted Azure andTeam
Foundation services to MSDN subscribers

4. AZURE BENEFITS FOR MSDN SUBSCRIBERS
 Per month Azure credits are $100 for MSDN Premium and $150 for MSDN
Ultimate for development and test usage
 Credits may be used on anyAzure service, includingVirtual Machines, Web Sites,
Cloud Services, Mobile Services, Storage, SQL Databases, CDN, Media Services,
etc
 Overages beyond monthly credits are discounted by 25-33%
 Services are billed by the minute, and may be turned on/turned off on demand or
scheduled
 Service can be set up to automatically turn off when spending limit is met
 No additional charge for MSDN software onVirtual Machines. If it is in MSDN,
you can run it onVM’s for free

5. AZURE BENEFITS FOR MSDN SUBSCRIBERS
SUBSCRIPTION
LEVEL
VISUAL STUDIO
PROFESSIONAL
WITH MSDN
VISUAL STUDIO
PREMIUM
WITH MSDN
VISUAL STUDIO
ULTIMATE
WITH MSDN
WindowsAzure
Credits included per
month
$50 $100 $150
Annual Savings first
year1 $750+ $1,300+ $1,850+

6. AZURE BENEFITS FOR MSDN SUBSCRIBERS
- DISCOUNTS
Feature Retail Price MSDN Member Price Savings
Virtual Machines – Small (A1)$0.09/hour $0.06/hour 33%
Virtual Machines – Medium
(A2)
$0.18/hour $0.12/hour 33%
Virtual Machines – Large
(A3)
$0.36/hour $0.24/hour 33%
Virtual Machines – Extra
Large (A4)
$0.72/hour $0.48/hour 33%
Cloud Services – Small (A1) $0.08/hour $0.06/hour 25%
Cloud Services – Medium
(A2)
$0.16/hour $0.12/hour 25%
Cloud Services – Large (A3) $0.32/hour $0.24/hour 25%
Cloud Services – Extra Large
(A4)
$0.64/hour $0.48/hour 25%
Websites (Reserved) - Small $0.10/hour $0.06/hour 25%
Websites (Reserved) -
Medium
$0.20/hour $0.12/hour 25%
Websites (Reserved) - Large $0.40/hour $0.24/hour 25%

7. AZURE BENEFITS FOR MSDN SUBSCRIBERS
– SIZING DETAILS
Virtual
machine
size
CPU
cores
Memory
OS disk
space–
cloud
services
OS disk
space–
virtual
machines
Max. data
disks
(1TB each)
Max. IOPS
(500 per
disk)
ExtraSmall Shared 768 MB 19 GB 20 GB 1 1x500
Small 1 1.75 GB 224 GB 70 GB 2 2x500
Medium 2 3.5 GB 489 GB 135 GB 4 4x500
Large 4 7 GB 999 GB 285 GB 8 8x500
ExtraLarge 8 14 GB 2,039 GB 605 GB 16 16x500
A6 4 28 GB 999 GB 285 GB 8 8x500
A7 8 56 GB 2,039 GB 605 GB 16 16x500

8. AZURE BENEFITS FOR MSDN SUBSCRIBERS
– USAGE QUOTAS
 The standard quota is 20 concurrent Standard Small (A1) compute instances or an
equivalent number of other types or sizes of compute instances as determined by
using the compute instance quota conversion table below.
1 COMPUTE INSTANCE INTHE FOLLOWING
NUMBER OF EQUIVALENT STANDARD SMALL
(A1) INSTANCES
Extra Small (A0) 1
Small (A1) 1
Medium (A2) 2
Large (A3) or A6 4
Extra Large (A4) or A7 8
 Storage quota is 5 concurrent storage accounts
 Active Directory quota is 150,000 objects

9. AZURE PRODUCTS/CAPABILITIES
 Current Azure services include Web Sites,Virtual Machines, Mobile Services, Cloud
Services, SQL Databases, Storage, SQL Reporting, Media Services, Service Bus,
Active Directory, Networks and 3rd Party Add-Ons (mail, etc)
 Includes all products available in MSDN for use onVirtual Machines
 Subscription guarantees access to current (and previous) version of every product

10. EXAMPLE SCENARIO
 Medium (A2) VM is a close approximation to a current DEV/TEST ServerVM
 Using an always on model (365 days = 8760 hours) an A2VM would be $1051.30 (8760 X $.12/hr)
annually
 MSDN Ultimate Azure entitlement is $1800 annually
 MSDN Premium Azure entitlement is $1200 annually
 Both levels would more than cover a singleA2VM per developer, assuming an always on model
 Using a business hours model (10 hours/day, 5 days/week, 52 week/year = 2600 hours) an A2
VM would be $312 (2600 X $.12/hr) annually
 Using the business hours model would allow for migrating entire DEV/TEST server loads to
Azure for free

11. TEAM FOUNDATION SERVICE BENEFITS
FOR MSDN SUBSCRIBERS
 Plan includes up to 5 free users per MSDN license (can pool)
 Unlimited number of projects
 Version control (TFVC or Git)
 Work ItemTracking
 Agile planning tools
 Virtual team rooms
 Build services
 Test management

12. BENEFITS/BUSINESS DRIVERS
 Maximize use of existing MSDN investments
 Immediate availability of product version upgrades
 Access to every product in the MSDN catalog
 Reduced cost of DEV/TEST environments

13. RESOURCES
 http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/pricing/member-offers/msdn-benefits/
 http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/offers/ms-azr-0049p
 http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/support/legal/
 http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/dn197896.aspx
 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2721672/en-us
 http://tfs.visualstudio.com/en-us/pricing/tfs-information.aspx
 http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/aa718661.aspx