Short answer
FirstNet controls cloud costs by right-sizing workloads, applying reserved or predictable capacity where it fits, and implementing cost governance tooling from day one of a migration.
In detail
What that looks like in practice:
- Tagging applied at the Azure landing zone, so spend can be tracked by workload, team or project
- Budget alerts at 50%, 80% and 100% of spend, set by default
- A monthly Azure consumption summary and a quarterly optimisation review
- Reservations or Savings Plans applied once usage is steady, typically 60 to 90 days in
- FirstNet Private Cloud consumed as building blocks: per vCPU, per GB of RAM and per GB of storage by tier
Cloud cost is driven by design choices, not just resource size. The main drivers are compute and memory allocation, storage performance tiers, connectivity and bandwidth, and your security and resilience requirements. FirstNet uses a consumption-based model, billed monthly in arrears, so you can scale without penalty and keep cost visible.
Savings depend on your workloads, so no fixed percentage can be promised. Microsoft licence right-sizing reviews at onboarding and every 90 days also keep licence spend matched to what your users actually need.
Source: FirstNet Cloud Migration & Modernization service page →
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