Archive for January 7th, 2012

Azure cost tip: have consistent regions (2012-1-7)

Quick tip: pay attention at your Country/Region settings when using a database or a hosted service.
We know that  database transactions are free if database and the service are in the same Azure data center.
However, having a database with Country/Region set to West Europe and a Worker Role (which uses this database) with its Country/Region [...]