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Cost Management, Management and Governance, Migration
Published • 8 min read
By Michael Flanakin Principal Product Manager, Microsoft Cost Management
Learn how Microsoft is embracing FinOps practitioners and enabling organizations to drive business value through FinOps education, faster analytics, a new FinOps toolkit open source project, and improvements to help you identify and monitor your cost saving opportunities.
Announcements, Cost Management, Management and Governance
Published • 8 min read
By Michael Flanakin Principal Product Manager, Microsoft Cost Management
May is all about cost optimization! From customizable right-sizing recommendations in Advisor to many updates to pricing experiences and the addition of cost recommendations in Azure Resource Graph for Azure Gov and Azure China clouds. Throw in 3 updated previews in Cost analysis, 6 new/updated ways to save, and a bunch of videos and docs and you’ve got a lot of catching up to do! Enjoy!
Announcements, Azure Monitor, Cost Management, Management and Governance
Published • 9 min read
By Michael Flanakin Principal Product Manager, Microsoft Cost Management
April introduces scheduled cost alerts for Azure Government and a wealth of tips and new ways to save with Microsoft 365 and Azure, plus 8 new and updated docs. Enjoy!
Announcements, Cost Management, Management and Governance
Published • 7 min read
By Michael Flanakin Principal Product Manager, Microsoft Cost Management
Nobody wants a surprise when it comes to the bill, and this is where Microsoft Cost Management comes in.
Announcements, Cost Management, Management and Governance
Published • 7 min read
By Michael Flanakin Principal Product Manager, Microsoft Cost Management
February brings exciting news as Microsoft joins the FinOps Foundation, Azure pricing pages get a slew of updates, and tag inheritance gets an API update.
Announcements, Cost Management, Management and Governance
Published • 4 min read
By Michael Flanakin Principal Product Manager, Microsoft Cost Management
Microsoft has joined the FinOps Foundation as a premier member and has joined the Governing Board defining the strategy and vision of the organization.
API Management, Announcements, Cost Management, Management and Governance
Published • 8 min read
By Michael Flanakin Principal Product Manager, Microsoft Cost Management
January is always exciting, and this year is no different with the general availability of EA account management for indirect customers, recent and pinned views in the Cost analysis preview, 3 new preview features, 7 new ways to save, 1 video, and 6 doc updates.
API Management, Announcements, Cost Management, Management and Governance
Published • 11 min read
By Michael Flanakin Principal Product Manager, Microsoft Cost Management
In some ways, 2022 is what we expected out of 2021. Perhaps it’s better late than never, but the world is beginning to get back to normal—albeit a new normal where hybrid work is a default rather than an exception for many of us. In this new world, demands on our time have increased exponentially, making it more critical than ever to focus on maximizing value, return on investment, and cloud efficiencies. And that’s exactly what you saw as we doubled down on savings opportunities in 2022.
API Management, Announcements, Cost Management, Management and Governance
Published • 8 min read
By Michael Flanakin Principal Product Manager, Microsoft Cost Management
What better way to go into the holiday season than with a long-awaited, major new preview for Cost Management tag inheritance. Add new cost recommendations for VM scale sets and 3 new preview features in the Cost analysis preview on top of 8 new and updated offers to help you save, 76 cost-related sessions from Ignite, and 7 key doc updates and there’s quite a bit to sink your teeth into from November.
API Management, Announcements, Cost Management, Management and Governance
Published • 8 min read
By Michael Flanakin Principal Product Manager, Microsoft Cost Management
Get ready to amp up your savings! October is all about cost optimization with Azure savings plans—a more flexible way to save by pre-committing to hourly usage—the GA of the Azure Advisor score, Azure Migrate improvements, automation with Microsoft Syntex and Power Platform, and 9 other new or updated offers to help you save. You’ll also learn how to group related AVD costs with 2 new videos and see 2 doc updates.