Controlling spend.
WHY IT MATTERS
Consumption billing means cost follows usage, and mistakes are expensive.
WHAT DRIVES COST
Compute running continuously Storage, particularly in the wrong tier Data leaving the platform Premium tiers selected without need Resources left running after they are finished with
WHAT THAT LAST ONE IS
The commonest waste, by a considerable margin.
WHAT TO SET UP IMMEDIATELY
Budgets, with alerts Cost analysis by tag and resource group Tagging, applied consistently
WHY TAGGING
Without it, nobody can attribute cost to a project or team.
WHAT TO REVIEW MONTHLY
The largest cost items Anything growing unexpectedly Resources with no owner
WHAT SAVES SUBSTANTIALLY
Reserving capacity for predictable long-running workloads Scaling down or stopping non-production resources outside working hours Choosing appropriate tiers Deleting what is unused
WHAT TO AUTOMATE
Shutting down development environments overnight.
WHAT TO BE CAREFUL WITH
Egress charges, which surprise people Services billed per operation at high volume
WHAT TO ESTABLISH
Who is authorised to create expensive resources.
