Tuesday, 27 October 2020
Last month, we shared a lot of cost optimization tips and tricks. Continuing with that focus, October is all about helping you save money on Azure infrastructure as a service (IaaS), database, or storage offerings. You'll also read about creating subscriptions via Azure Resource Manager deployment templates, be able to participate in a survey to streamline your experience when verifying your billed charges, and get a sneak peek at a few very early previews. Enjoy!
Wednesday, 30 September 2020
While 2020 may be keeping you on your toes, September should help make your life a little bit easier with the general availability of AWS support in Azure Cost Management + Billing, allowing you to manage all your Azure and AWS costs in a single place; the preview of cost allocation, streamlining your internal chargeback process; and many, many new cost optimization tips and tricks, including a new retail, PAYG pricing API, new Advisor recommendations, and specific guidance for organizations using Azure SQL or Azure Backup. You won't want to miss this update!
Tuesday, 8 September 2020
Learn how you can use cost allocation to split and manage shared costs to help simplify financial reporting within your organization.
Ben Shy
Senior Program Manager - Azure Cost Management + Billing
Wednesday, 2 September 2020
The connector for AWS that helps you manage Azure and AWS costs from a single location is now generally available.
Monday, 31 August 2020
August brings you more. More control over your data. More details behind your reservation purchase recommendations. More cost savings by automating recommendation remediation. More reservation types to help you save money. And, of course, more videos and documentation updates.
Wednesday, 29 July 2020
July introduces new options to drill into your cost data, save on Azure VMs and Data Lake storage, as well as new videos for even more cost-saving tips and tricks.
Tuesday, 30 June 2020
Flexibility was the main theme for June, with more customizable budget notifications, a way to monitor your cost recommendations, and automated subscription creation for Azure Government. And of course, these are just a few highlights. Don't forget to check out new ways to save, a new video, and our regular documentation updates.
Thursday, 18 June 2020
May brings a series of billing improvements to streamline account management, invoicing, and overall Cost Management + Billing navigation within the Azure portal. All this, plus new opportunities and videos to help you save money with Azure.
Thursday, 30 April 2020
April is all about monitoring and optimization. From new learning opportunities to help you get setup for success and improved alerts over reservation and Marketplace purchases to new ways to save money and even automate ongoing optimization with new Azure Advisor recommendation capabilities.
Wednesday, 25 March 2020
We're covering the spectrum this month from improvements to help you stay on top of all your pay-as-you-go (PAYG) invoices to 4 new ways to save money and a wealth of new, quick videos to help you learn how to manage and optimize your costs.