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Azure Cost Management &
Billings
Udaiappa Ramachandran ( Udai )
https://udai.io

2.
About me
• Udaiappa Ramachandran ( Udai )
• CTO-Akumina, Inc.
• Microsoft Azure MVP
• Cloud Expert
• Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, and Google
• New Hampshire Cloud User Group (http://www.meetup.com/nashuaug )
• https://udai.io

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Agenda
• Getting Started
• Billing Accounts
• Billing Scopes
• Azure Tools
• Optimizing Cost
• Reporting
• Demo…Demo…Demo…

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Getting started
• Conduct billing administrative tasks such as paying your bill
• Manage billing access to costs
• Download cost and usage data that was used to generate your monthly
invoice
• Proactively apply data analysis to your costs
• Set spending thresholds
• Identify opportunities for workload changes that can optimize your
spending

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Billing Accounts
• Microsoft Online service
• Enterprise Agreement
• Microsoft Customer Agreement

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Billing Scope
• RBAC Scopes
• Management Group
• Subscriptions
• Resource Groups
• Built-In Roles
• Owner
• Contributor
• Reader
• Cost Management Contributor
• Cost Management Reader

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Azure Tools
• Azure billing calculator
• Azure Migrate
• Azure Adviser
• Azure Hybrid benefits

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Demo
• Cost Analysis
• EA Portal walk through
• MCA
• Partner Accounts
• Budget
• Budget Alerts – actual, forecast
• Exports

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Optimize your Azure Cost
• Principles
• Planning
• Visibility
• Accountability
• Optimization
• Iteration
• Estimate the cost – pricing calculator, azure migrate
• Cost Analysis
• Estimated costs for the current month
• Investigate anomalies
• Invoice reconciliation
• Internal chargeback

10.
Demo
• Optimization (Azure Adviser)
• Cost Allocation (Allocate for Shared Resources)

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Understanding Cost
• Understanding Offers
• Cost data using Tags
• Data storage and retention
• Rerated
• Cost Rounding (.004+.004=.008 rounted to 0.01)

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REST APIs
• Cost Management
• Consumption
• Billing
• Retail Prices
• Reservations
• Usage Details
• Reservations Details

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Reporting
• Cost Management Report – Built-In views
• PowerBI report

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Reference
• Azure Cost Management: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-
management-billing/
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AzureCostManagement