Q&A: I have a new business idea. How can I implement it cheaply using the Windows Azure Platform?
Note: Cross posted from IUpdateable from Eric Nelson.
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I have been asked this one a few times recently. The question is often driven by the realisation that that the Windows Azure Platform is actually a little more expensive that alternatives such as shared hosting/dedicated hosting in the early stages of a new application – i.e. when you have no/few users and you don’t need all that elasticity and high availability isn’t really a priority. It turns out the Windows Azure Platform actually does a lot more than the alternatives – but I will stick firmly to the question, namely “What is the cheapest way?”.
There are two really great ways to solve this:
- If you (or a member of your team) are an MSDN Subscriber:
- You can take advantage of a great introductory offer that gives you 750 compute hours, 10GB storage and 3 RDBMS instances https://bit.ly/azuremsdnfree
- If you are a privately held company, under 3 years old and making less than $1M annually:
- You can sign up to BizSpark and get exactly the same offer as an MSDN Subcriber as BizSpark includes an MSDN Subscription. https://www.microsoft.com/bizspark/. developerFusion in the UK is one of many BizSpark network partners that can help you sign up https://www.developerfusion.com/bizspark/
