Viewing Upfront vs. Monthly Microsoft Azure Reservations

You can pay for Microsoft Azure Reservations either upfront (pay the full amount) or on a monthly basis.

For Reservations paid monthly, the total cost of the reservation is divided evenly over each month of the Reservation term (1 year or 3 years). The total cost of upfront and monthly reservations is the same. When you renew a reservation, you can change the billing frequency from upfront to monthly.

Monthly Microsoft Azure Reservation payments are available for:

• Virtual Machines

• Azure Storage

• SQL Database

• SQL Data Warehouse

• Cosmos DB

• App Service Stamp Fee.

For additional Monthly Microsoft Azure Reservation information, see Purchase Reservations with Monthly Payments.

To view upfront versus monthly Microsoft Azure Reservations:

1. Go to the Reserved Instances page ( Cloud > Commitments > Reserved Instances ).
2. Click the Microsoft Azure tab.
3. Click the Columns button and select Billing Frequency (if a check mark does not already appear). Hover over the button icon to view the button name.
4. View Upfront versus Monthly Reservations in the Billing Frequency column.