We have 10 developer VM's running in Azure.
Now, we are looking out for options for the cost optimization. Below is our analysis outcome.
1) Reserved Instance : Reserve the VM's for one year to get 36% discount.
2) Auto Start \ Stop VM : Define business hours policy for the VM's and turn off during the non business hours.
3) Dev\Test Pricing : Need some input on this on how is this different from reserved instances and the 2nd one auto start \ stop.
4) Shift towards Windows Virtual Desktop : Session based solution. Based on the number of users connecting to the VM, VM's can be spinned up? How will you quantify the cost savings on this one?
Thanks!

