By Thomas Trappler. Since 2014, the UC wide agreement with Microsoft (2018.000231) has made Microsoft’s Azure products available for use under terms and conditions aligned with UC’s needs, policy, and the law.
Effective July 1, 2020, as a result of negotiations, UC receives an additional discount off standard Azure pricing. This discount is the result of the ongoing successful partnership between the UC IT community and UC Procurement Services.
What Is Azure?
Microsoft Azure is a suite of cloud infrastructure as a service (IaaS) products, identified as one of only three “Leaders” in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure and Platform Services.
What Are the Agreement Details?
- Three-year discount term, effective July 1, 2020
- Available to all UC locations
- At least $335,000/year in projected financial benefit systemwide
What Is the Discount? How Do I Get It?
Please contact your local Azure coordinator, listed below, to learn
- how to configure your Microsoft Azure account to obtain these discounts, and
- the amount of the discount available.
UC Azure Coordinators
| UC Berkeley | bisbelle@berkeley.edu |
| UC Davis | iet-cloud-services@ucdavis.edu |
| UC Davis-Health | UCDH-ITArchitecture@ucdavis.edu |
| UC Davis-School of Medicine | UCDH-ITArchitecture@ucdavis.edu |
| UC Hastings | pacholuk@uchastings.edu |
| UC Irvine | azure-coordinator@uci.edu |
| UC Irvine-Health | ndchelp@hs.uci.edu |
| UC Los Angeles | help@it.ucla.edu |
| UC Los Angeles-Health | hanguiano@mednet.ucla.edu |
| UC Los Angeles-School of Medicine | mshane@mednet.ucla.edu |
| UC Merced | helpdesk@ucmerced.edu |
| UC Riverside | cloud-services@ucr.edu |
| UC San Diego | cloud@ucsd.edu |
| UC San Francisco | cloud@ucsf.edu |
| UC Santa Barbara | info@cloud.ucsb.edu |
| UC Santa Cruz | cloud-team-group@ucsc.edu |
| Agriculture & Natural Resources | jonwilson@ucanr.edu |
| Office of the President | cloud@ucop.edu |
Who Obtained this Discount for UC?
This discount and associated benefits result from the dedication and hard work of the Azure Coordinators at each UC location, as well as Mark Cianca (UCOP), Vince Kellen (UCSD), Michael Kilpatrick (UCOP), and Thomas Trappler (UCOP).
Thomas Trappler is associate director, IT Strategic Sourcing, UC Procurement Services, UC Office of the President.