Azure Collection, in Real or Dollar?

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I searched the entire Azure site and found several divergent information about the currency used in the collection.

On the calculator it says:

Important: the real price (R$) is just a reference. This is a international transaction and as such, your price is subject to exchange and the inclusion of taxes such as IOF. No enf will be issued.

On the page http://azure.microsoft.com/pt-br/pricing/faq/ there is a topic that says that the R$ currency can be used.

Therefore, the services charged by Azure are in dollar or real?

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When you hire a service for $100.00 for example and the dollar rate is at R$3.15 as today, you will pay R$315.00.

If in the next invoice the dollar quotation drops to R $ 2,50 and your hiring is still $ 100,00 you will pay R $ 250,00.

You hire in dollar, but pay in real if you so choose.

I think this is what the Azure website means by using real currency.

We use Azure so here in the company. With the variation of the dollar the value in Reais also varies.

  • Same AWS practice, too bad! It gets hard to maintain a service you don’t know how much will pay at the end of the month, thank you Richard

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    If you want a real payment that doesn’t depend on the dollar variation, try to grab a national server. So you have more certainty about how much you will pay.

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    Richard’s last comment says it all, the service is American, the fault is not the AWS or Azure, the question is exchange, this is a question that each country has its currency and the market always changes, even here in Brazil, today 100 reais can be worth a lot and tomorrow not worth much, the number does not change, but the "market" yes.

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Microsoft Azure has price list in REAIS here in Brazil.

But when will charge on your card (if that is your payment methods) will pick up the amount in REAL, and convert to DOLLARS in the exchange of the day.

This is because the Central Bank of Brazil does not allow foreign companies to charge in national currency.

Example:

His account gave R $ 50,00 at the end of a month. The dollar on credit card day was R $ 3,2510. Microsoft will charge your card 50.00 / 3.2510 = $15.38

Then your credit card operator will do the opposite, but on the due date of the invoice:

Microsoft charged you $15.38 The dollar on the day the invoice expired was R $ 3,2865 The card operator will charge you 15.38 x 3,2865 = R$ 50,55

AI, the government comes drooling and slashes you a tax called IOF (Financial Transactions Tax) in the amount of 6,38%, and charges you in the same invoice R $ 55,55 * 0,0638 = R $ 3,23

In the end, a service that Microsoft charged you $ 50,00, because of the Central Bank and the taxes of our government, you will pay $ 53,78

Simpleton? :)

=> In the end, Microsoft will charge you in DOLLARS.

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The correct information is this same, the amounts in R$ on the Azure website are only as references and yes you will be charged based on the dollar rate of the day + IOF if you are paying on the card, BUT there are some alternatives that can help you get more control over spending or reduce some costs without changing the architecture of your already developed environment.

1 - If today you are on the PAYG (pay-as-you-go) model and paying by credit card the payment logic is mentioned above, but you can order to pay via INVOICE which will at least cause you do not have the IOF cost, ie a reduction of 6,38% on your invoice simply by contacting Billing support and asking to pay via Boleto/Invoice. To open a tiket for Billing team just do it through the Azure Portal or use this link http://support.microsoft.com/oas/? prid=15470&ln=en-us

2 - The alternative will be to change your PAYG account template to the OPEN model, where in the OPEN model instead of you paying the invoice after use you buy the credits in units corresponding to US$100 and can follow directly through the Azure Panel, if you need to include more credits and include them in your account. To make such a purchase just contact any Microsoft Reseller. Note: Remember that in this model all taxes on online services will already be charged and you will still have an NF, something that does not exist in the PAYG model because you are paying directly to Microsoft Corp.

3 - There is still the option of contracts by volume, or also known as EA, where basically is made a projection of its consumption in the period of 1 year and is made a contract for this period of after-pay. This way the client does not suffer with the exchange rate variations and still has some advantages in the management of multiple subscriptions and control of expenses. For more information just call the 0800 that appears on the site http://azure.microsoft.com/ that the team that serves them will help them price, assemble the whole project and put them in touch with companies that leak this type of contract.

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