Azure updates

Generally Available: AKS cost views

The Kubernetes clusters and Kubernetes namespaces cost views are now generally available in Cost analysis within Azure portal. You can view the aggregated costs for all your AKS clusters and namespaces across a subscription and drill down into infrastructure and namespaces costs of a cluster.

• Microsoft Cost Management
• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Management

Support for Connector for AWS in Cost Management is ending on 31 March 2025

Target retirement date: April 01, 2025

The Connector for AWS in the Cost Management service will be retired on 31 March 2025. By that date, please consider alternative cost management reporting for AWS available in the market.

• Microsoft Cost Management
• Retirements

Part numbers from EA invoice are now added to the cost and usage file.

All records in cost and usage file will now match the part numbers in an invoice for EA customers. This will allow leveraging the part number to match invoice and cost details data. Please note that when comparing charges, refunds for purchases done in past billing periods should be excluded.

• Microsoft Cost Management
• Management

Generally available: Export Cost Management data to secure storage accounts with firewall

You can export Cost Management data to secure storage accounts with firewall.

• Microsoft Cost Management
• Management

Preview: Export Cost Management data to secure storage accounts with firewall

Export Cost Management data to secure storage accounts with firewall

• Microsoft Cost Management
• Compliance
• Management

Optimize your reservation purchases with reservation utilization alerts.

Target availability: Q2 2023

Activate reservation utilization alerts and take control of your Azure reservation strategy.

• Microsoft Cost Management
• Management
• Features

General Availability: Centrally Managed Azure Hybrid Benefit for SQL Server

Today, we’re officially announcing the general availability for Centrally Managed Azure Hybrid Benefit for SQL Server.

• Microsoft Cost Management
• SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
• Pricing & Offerings

Generally available: Indirect enterprise agreement on Azure Cost Management and Billing

Manage your enrollment hierarchy, view account usage, and monitor costs directly from the Azure Cost Management and Billing menu on the Azure portal (for indirect enterprise agreement customers)

• Microsoft Cost Management
• Management

Public preview: Use tag inheritance for cost management

Use tag inheritance preview to automatically apply subscription and resource group tags to child resource usage records.

• Microsoft Cost Management
• Management

General availability: Azure savings plan for compute

Today, we’re officially announcing the general availability for Azure savings plan for compute.

• App Service
• Azure Container Instances
• Microsoft Cost Management
• Azure Dedicated Host
• Azure Functions
• Virtual Machines
• Pricing & Offerings

General availability: Microsoft Cost Details API for EA and MCA customers

Target availability: Q3 2022

Cost Details API is now generally available for use by EA and MCA customers.

• Microsoft Cost Management
• Management
• Features

Generally available: Budget alert supports action groups with common alert schema

Azure cost management budget alert now supports action groups with common alert schema.

• Microsoft Cost Management
• Management
• Features

Public preview: Schedule automated emails of your saved cost views

Subscribe to daily, weekly, or monthly updates of your saved cost views in Azure Cost Management to stay informed about changes in cost.

• Microsoft Cost Management
• Management

Generally available: Direct enterprise agreement on Azure Cost Management and Billing

Manage your enrollment hierarchy, view account usage, and monitor costs directly from the Azure Cost Management and Billing menu on the Azure portal (for direct enterprise agreement customers on commercial cloud).

• Microsoft Cost Management
• Management