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    1. Provide a way to schedule worker roles so they only run when needed

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        37 comments  ·  Windows Azure Feature Voting  ·  Admin →
        George BellGeorge Bell commented  · 

        I have a role that only processes something once a day, for 20 minutes....yet I got charged for it aall 24 hours - this is ridiculous...make it possible to only run a role during certain times...that way you can provision them for a short amount of time each day and we don't get charged as much for doing nothing...

        George BellGeorge Bell gave this 3 votes  · 

      • Make it less expensive to run my very small service on Windows Azure.

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          129 comments  ·  Windows Azure Feature Voting  ·  Admin →
          completed  ·  CalvinAdminCalvin (Product Planner, Windows Azure, Microsoft Windows Azure) responded

          At PDC 2010 Microsoft announced the Extra Small Instance, which will be priced at $0.05 per compute hour in order to make the process of development, testing and trial easier. This will make it affordable for developers interested in running smaller applications on the platform. A beta of this role will be available before the end of 2010.

          Please let us know if this addresses your needs for a more cost effective Azure offering.

          George BellGeorge Bell commented  · 

          I have a role that only processes something once a day, for 20 minutes....yet I got charged for it aall 24 hours - this is ridiculous...make it possible to only run a role during certain times...that way you can provision them for a short amount of time each day and we don't get charged as much for doing nothing...

          George BellGeorge Bell commented  · 

          I have a role that only processes something once a day, for 20 minutes....yet I got charged for it running all 24 hours - this is ridiculous...make it possible to only run a role during certain times...that way you can provision them for a short amount of time each day and we don't get charged as much for doing nothing...

          George BellGeorge Bell commented  · 

          I have a role that only processes something once a day, for 20 minutes....yet I got charged for it running all 24 hours - this is ridiculous...make it possible to only run a role during certain times...that way you can provision them for a short amount of time each day and we don't get charged as much for doing nothing...

          George BellGeorge Bell commented  · 

          I have a role that only processes something once a day, for 20 minutes....yet I got charged for it running all 24 hours - this is ridiculous...make it possible to only run a role during certain times...that way you can provision them for a short amount of time each day and we don't get charged as much for doing nothing...

          George BellGeorge Bell gave this 3 votes  · 

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