Prices drop in Zurich plus updated Microsoft licenses globally

Prices drop up to 18% in our Zurich cloud plus updated exchange rates and pricing for Microsoft licences.

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Prices Drop up to 18% in Zurich

Hi dhuh,

We have three important updates to share with you today.

Lower prices for compute & SSD storage in Zurich
We are wholly committed to continually offering our customers competitive pricing and service. Our hardware team is always passionate about finding ways to optimize costs and maximise savings. Effective immediately we are reducing our compute and SSD storage prices as follows:
- 13% reduction for CPU and RAM
- 18% reduction for SSD storage

CPU & RAM will be priced at just CHF 0.0059 (EUR 0.0055) per GHz/GB per hour compared to CHF 0.0068 (EUR 0.0063) per GB per hour previously and SSD storage falls to CHF 0.098 (EUR 0.091) per GB per month compared to CHF 0.120 (EUR 0.112) per GB per month previously.

Not using us in Zurich yet? Take our cloud for a free test spin.

Exchange rate update
Occasionally we need to update pricing in the various currencies to reflect the actual prevailing rates. We try and minimise these updates but need to adjust periodically when movements exceed an acceptable limit.

This change will only affect your pricing if you are using a different currency than the main base currency for that specific location. We use the local currency as the base currency for each location. Please refer to the tables below, which present the local base currency together with the approximate price shift as a percentage for the other non-local currencies offered in that location.

Location	Location Main Currency	CHF Change	USD Change	GBP Change	EUR Change
Zurich	CHF	0.00%	4.30%	0.00%	0.00%
Frankfurt	EUR	0.00%	4.30%	0.00%	0.00%
Warsaw	PLN	5.46%	9.99%	5.46%	5.46%
Miami	USD	-4.12%	0.00%	-4.12%	-4.12%
San Jose	USD	-4.12%	0.00%	-4.12%	-4.12%
Washington DC	USD	-4.12%	0.00%	-4.12%	-4.12%
Manilla	PHP	-5.21%	-1.14%	-5.21%	-5.21%
Perth	AUD	0.00%	4.30%	0.00%	0.00%
Melbourne	AUD	0.00%	4.30%	0.00%	0.00%

Updated pricing and guidelines for Microsoft licencing
In line with Microsoft's latest guidance we are implementing some changes in the pricing of licences and - in some cases - the way licences are being charged.

Charging Changes

All SQL licences must be purchased in pairs of cores. Additionally the minimum licensed core count per instance is four cores. For example, an SQL instance with four cores will require four SQL core licenses (due to minimum licensing per instance). Likewise an instance with 11 cores would require 12 cores to be licensed (due to the pairing).
Windows Server 2016 licensing must be purchased in pairs of cores. Additionally the minimum licensed core count per instance is eight.
We are now exposing Microsoft Remote Desktop Services (RDS) licence for purchase in the webapp. Please note ALL USERS on the server beyond the original admin (the CloudSigma user) require an RDS license. If you have multiple users on any Windows Server you need to purchase RDS licenses to cover them going forward.

Pricing Updates

License Name	Utilisation	USD	CHF	EUR	GBP	AUD	PHP	PLN	BRL
Up to Windows Server 2012	per core	9.00	8.80	8.20	6.90	11.60	455	34.40	30.20
Windows Server 2016*	per core	18.00	17.50	16.30	13.80	23.10	905	68.40	60.00
SQL Server Enterprise**	per core	325	316	294	249	418	16'348	1'236	1'083
SQL Server Standard**	per core	84.80	82.50	76.60	65.00	109.10	4'268	323	283
SQL Server Web**	per core	5.30	5.20	4.80	4.10	6.90	269	20.30	17.80
MS RDS***	per user license	3.00	2.90	2.70	2.30	3.80	150	11.30	9.90

* Minimum requirement: eight cores per instance. Cores purchased in pairs.
** Minimum requirement: four cores each per instance. Cores purchased in pairs.
*** Required for each user after the initial CloudSigma user on any Windows Server licensed instance.

Exchange rates and Microsoft license pricing will be updated in all clouds on the 14th of July 2017.

Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact our sales team.

As always, we welcome your valuable feedback.

Best regards and happy computing,

The CloudSigma Team