Microsoft terminates pay-as-you-go model in Azure

There is a big change in pricing models of Azure on the horizon. Below article explains pros and cons of this move that has been announced by Microsoft:

http://blog.cloudthat.com/microsofts-latest-decision-to-stop-pay-as-you-go-model-in-azure-master-stroke-or-a-big-mistake

Here is a clarification in which cases pay-as-you-go pricing model will be obsolete from 1st February 2017 onwards:

https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/volume-licensing/2017/01/10/modern-licensing-for-digital-transformation