Azure Cost Management
summary
Shows how to map Azure resource hierarchy into scopes and use cost analysis, budgets and action groups + automation runbooks to trigger steps (shut down VMs, scale instances) when thresholds hit. Demonstrates tagging (application, environment, owner, reason) to chargeback, connects Cost Management to Power BI or APIs, and reads Azure Advisor recommendations. Notes a ~4-hour data lag, reservation commitments of 1–3 years for big discounts, hybrid benefit to reuse Windows/SQL licenses, and AWS visibility (paid, ~1% fee).
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chapters (19)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:25Welcome
- 0:50Introductions
- 2:00Agenda
- 2:51Cost Management
- 4:00Every architectural decision has a cost
- 5:22Introduction to Azure Cost Management
- 7:39How do we plan
- 13:19Tags
- 15:17Scope
- 29:10How to Use Cost Analysis
- 32:22Performance Tuning
- 35:34Budgets
- 41:54Action Groups
- 43:13Azure Advisor
- 44:41Wrap Up
- 45:22Power BI
- 46:16Azure Cost Management Tips
- 51:53Closing Thoughts
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