Hi All,
I am working on a tender for an Azure hosted web application to manage a membership database for a charity.
The design will consist of a Windows Azure AD for members user accounts, SQL Database to hold extra information on their profile and clubs and then a membership portal for managing the users and details.
I am trying to put together a reasonably accurate estimation of the hosting costs from the pricing calculator but I am not sure what I should put in for the SQL Server Reporting Services component.
I was going to use a regular SQL database for the profile information but see that I should create a VM with SSRS installed for the reporting elements. There won't be tons of reports, so just a handful generated on a weekly basis, then a bunch of schedules end of year report (maybe the hundreds).
I have 2 questions:
- Can an VM with SSRS connect to a SQL Database, or would I need to store ALL the SQL elements in the VM with SQL sever?
- What size server would be required? xs, x, m, l, xl, web, standard, entperprise?
Obviously there is substantial cost differences in the prices of these, so I want to make sure I give them a reasonable estimation so that they don't get any surprises later.
Oh, a final question, does Microsoft provide discounts for charities?
Thanks