Azure Updates: Workload costs; Kubecon EU; CE App Container; Data Box Disk

Microsoft focused on workload and cost optimization for Azure, with updates related to Kubernetes Service, Data Box, VMs and more.

General manager Omar Khan launched a discussion about how to optimize Azure workload costs. Offerings like Azure Well-Architected Framework, Advisor, Reservations or Hybrid Benefit are a good place to start. The Well-Architected Framework offers five pillars for users to asses workloads by, including cost-management principles and cost best practices.