Azure Cost Management
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Azure Fundamentals
New to the cloud? Azure fundamentals is a six-part
series that teaches you basic cloud concepts,
provides a streamlined overview of many Azure
services, and guides you with hands-on exercises to
deploy your very first services for free.
• Azure Fundamentals
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• What is cost optimization?
• How to optimize your Azure workload costs
Plan and Manage your Azure
2 Optimization: Episode 1 Episode 2
Costs
Learn about the factors that influence cost and
tools you can use to help estimate and manage
your cloud spend (part of Azure Fundamentals pathway)
• Introduction
• Compare costs by using the Total Cost of
Ownership Calculator
• Exercise - Compare sample workload costs by
using the TCO Calculator
• Purchase Azure Services
• Exercise – Estimate workload cost by using the
Pricing Calculator
• Manage and minimize total cost in Azure
• Knowledge Check
• Summary
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Microsoft Azure Well-Architected
Cloud Adoption Framework Azure Reserved Instances
Framework - Cost optimization
Learn how to use the cost optimization pillar of the Microsoft The Cloud Adoption Framework is a collection of documentation, Save money by taking advantage of Azure reservations.
Azure Well-Architected Framework to design a cloud-based implementation guidance, best practices, and tools that are proven Analyse and decide what to purchase and then learn how to
architecture that is efficient, eliminates waste, and gives you guidance from Microsoft designed to accelerate your cloud adoption make a purchase. Understand the benefits provided through
full visibility into where your money is spent on cloud journey compute purchases and optimize against any under use.
resources Perform basic reporting on your reservations
• Introduction • Framework Overview • What’s New
• Introduction
• Plan and estimate your Azure Costs • Find Cloud Adoption Tools and • Get started with the Cloud
Adoption Framework • Determine what to purchase
• Provision with optimisation Templates
• Make a purchase
• Use monitoring and analytics to gain cost insights
• • View and manage reservations
• Maximise efficiency of cloud spend • Get Started Innovate
• Monitor and optimise reservation use
• Summary • Strategy • Govern
• • Analyse and report after reservation purchase
• Plan Manage
• • Knowledge Check
• Channel 9: Start optimizing your Azure costs | Cost • Ready Organise
• • Architectural Decision Guides • Summary
Migrate
• Software Defined Networking
Analyse costs and create budgets
4 Azure Cost Management + Billing – Reference Links
with Azure Cost Management
Learn how to use cost analysis to understand how your costs Azure Cost Management + Billing helps you understand your Azure invoice (bill), manage your billing account and subscriptions, monitor
accrue each month. Use this understanding to create an and control Azure spending and optimize resource use. Learn how to analyse costs, create and manage budgets, export data, and review
Azure budget to monitor and alert on your costs and act on recommendations. Quick links below or visit the main site HERE.
• Introduction Get Started Manage your Costs
Optimise your Costs
• Cost management principles • What is Cost Management and Billing • Create and manage budgets
• Azure Cost Management Best Practice
• Evaluate your costs using cost analysis • Learn at your own pace • Export cost and usage data
• Save Money with Azure Reservations
• Exercise – Determine your most expensive resource and • Azure Cost Management Videos • Manage costs with automation
• Act on Recommendations
see trends • Start analysing costs • Usage terms explained
• Start optimising your costs today
• Build budgets and alerts How to Guide • Invoice terms explained
Other
• Exercise – Create your first budget • Use cost analysis for common tasks How to guide
• Understand and work with scopes
• Summary • Analyse costs with the Power BI • Use cost alerts
• Understand cost management data
template app • View and Download your Azure
• EA roles in Azure
• Connect with the Power BI Desktop Invoice
• Assign access to cost management data
Tutorial • View and download your Azure usage
• View billing accounts
• Review your individual account bill and charges
• Create an additional subscription
• Review your Microsoft Customer • View and download tax documents
• Defining roles and responsibilities for
Agreement bill • Pay your Microsoft Customer
cloud cost optimization
• Review your Enterprise Agreement bill Agreement bill
• Azure Cost Management and Billing
• Analyse unexpected charges
updates – January 2021