{"id":385,"date":"2017-11-15T13:22:43","date_gmt":"2017-11-15T13:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ciraltos.com\/?p=385"},"modified":"2023-03-24T00:40:41","modified_gmt":"2023-03-24T05:40:41","slug":"azure-desired-state-configuration-pricing-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ciraltos.com\/staging2\/azure-desired-state-configuration-pricing-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Azure Desired State Configuration Pricing Change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-359 size-thumbnail\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/PowerShellDSC-150x150.png\" alt=\"AzureAutomation\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\">Microsoft announced a change in the pricing model for Azure Desired State Configuration from a per-node to a per-transaction pricing structure.&nbsp; With the standard 15 minute refresh, the cost is about the same as per-node.&nbsp; However, it&#8217;s possible to get the monthly price to under $1 US by setting the refresh rate to once or twice a&nbsp; day.&nbsp; Microsoft&#8217;s announcement can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/powershell\/2017\/11\/14\/azure-automation-dsc-pricing-flexibility\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>My other posts on Azure DSC can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ciraltos.com\/tag\/dsc\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft announced a change in the pricing model for Azure Desired State Configuration from a per-node to a per-transaction pricing structure.&nbsp; With the standard 15 minute refresh, the cost is about the same as per-node.&nbsp; However, it&#8217;s possible to get the monthly price to under $1 US by setting the refresh rate to once or &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ciraltos.com\/staging2\/azure-desired-state-configuration-pricing-change\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Azure Desired State Configuration Pricing Change<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3740,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[9,126,125,11,176],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.3 - 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