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Published inJan 2016
PublisherPackt
ISBN-139781785882470
Edition1st Edition
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Amit Malik
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Amit Malik

Amit Malik is an IT enthusiast and technology evangelist from Delhi, India. He specializes in Virtualization, Cloud, and emerging technology space. He has an intense knowledge in building cloud solutions with Microsoft Windows Azure Pack. Amit holds various industry admired certifications from all major OEM's in Virtualization and Cloud space including MCSE for Private Cloud. Amit has designed and built numerous virtualization and private cloud solutions comprising the product lines of Microsoft, VMware, and Citrix. Apart from these, he can be found working on emerging technologies including VDI, hyper convergence, Software Defined Infrastructure solutions including networking and storage, Containers, Big Data, IoT, and other similar technologies. Amit is interested in building products and doing product management in near future for related technology space. You can always reach Amit on LinkedIn (https://in.linkedin.com/in/amitmalik99)or email (contact2amitmalik@gmail.com)
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Usage and billing by Cloud Assert


Cloud Assert provides a chargeback solution for Windows Azure Pack, which can be used to manage usage and billing for tenants and internal customers.

Cloud Assert writes following on their official website for usage and billing solutions:

Usage and billing solution enables Windows Azure Pack administrators to configure pricing for more than 100 plus resources, maintain multiple Pricing Profiles, integrate with billing systems, and generate invoices automatically based on real usage from end users.

It supports multiple scenarios including the following:

  • Plan Credits: This is similar to Azure. Users can have an overall credit of say X amount, and they are free to use any resource for this X amount. Excess usage is automatically billed based on utilization.

  • Bundled Offers: This is similar to popular service provider offerings. Users buy a bundle of resources in advance, such as X CPU, Y DB Size, and Z websites. Only usage that exceeds these including unit credits...

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Published in: Jan 2016Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781785882470

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Amit Malik

Amit Malik is an IT enthusiast and technology evangelist from Delhi, India. He specializes in Virtualization, Cloud, and emerging technology space. He has an intense knowledge in building cloud solutions with Microsoft Windows Azure Pack. Amit holds various industry admired certifications from all major OEM's in Virtualization and Cloud space including MCSE for Private Cloud. Amit has designed and built numerous virtualization and private cloud solutions comprising the product lines of Microsoft, VMware, and Citrix. Apart from these, he can be found working on emerging technologies including VDI, hyper convergence, Software Defined Infrastructure solutions including networking and storage, Containers, Big Data, IoT, and other similar technologies. Amit is interested in building products and doing product management in near future for related technology space. You can always reach Amit on LinkedIn (https://in.linkedin.com/in/amitmalik99)or email (contact2amitmalik@gmail.com)
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