A blog about Azure Cost Management and Related Stuff
When it comes to managing your cloud costs, the last thing you want is to be surprised. So it's important to use whatever tools are available that help with monitoring and forecasting. On Azure, one such tool is the ability to subscribe to a cost view from the Azure Cost Analysis portal. Check out this …
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Microsoft hosts a lot of blogs covering every service area and aspect of Azure. One of the most under-used (from what I’ve seen) is for Cost Management. This is a detailed and information rich source that I strongly recommend you follow. Not only will you learn about Cost Management best practices, you’ll also learn about …
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The Azure Cost Management tool (ACM), which is built into the Azure portal interface, is a powerful but under-utilized service you can use to track and understand the sources of your Azure costs. I wrote that ACM is 'under-utilized' and by that, I don't mean it isn't used but rather, that it's often used in …
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