{"id":29725,"date":"2023-09-27T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/?p=29725"},"modified":"2025-06-12T09:36:04","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T16:36:04","slug":"microsoft-cost-management-updates-august-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/microsoft-cost-management-updates-august-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Cost Management updates\u2014August, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whether you&#8217;re a new student, a thriving startup, or the largest enterprise, you have financial constraints, and you need to know what you&#8217;re spending, where it\u2019s being spent, and how to plan for the future. Nobody wants a surprise when it comes to the bill, and this is where&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/services\/cost-management\/\">Microsoft Cost Management<\/a>&nbsp;comes in. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We&#8217;re always looking for ways to learn more about your challenges and how Microsoft Cost Management can help you better understand where you&#8217;re accruing costs in the cloud, identify and prevent bad spending patterns, and optimize costs to empower you to do more with less. Here are a few of the latest improvements and updates based on your feedback:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><a href=\"#_Exports_for_storage\">Exports for storage account behind firewall<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><a href=\"#_Updates_for_Microsoft\">Updates for Microsoft Azure pricing pages <\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><a href=\"#_What's_new_in\">What&#8217;s new in Cost Management Labs<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><a href=\"#_New_ways_to\">New ways to save money with Microsoft Cloud<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><a href=\"#New\">New videos and learning opportunities<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><a href=\"#Documentation\">Documentation updates<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let&#8217;s dig into the details.<a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"exports-for-storage-accounts-behind-firewall\"><a id=\"_Exports_for_storage\"><\/a>Exports for storage accounts behind firewall<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We know security and compliance are important to you. So, we are thrilled to announce that the existing exports functionality in cost management can be configured to use storage accounts behind a firewall. This can be done through the Azure portal or the Exports API. You either need to be the owner of the storage account or have a custom role with required permissions. For detailed instructions on how to configure this, please refer to this article: <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/cost-management-billing\/costs\/tutorial-export-acm-data?tabs=azure-portal#configure-exports-for-storage-accounts-with-a-firewall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Configure exports for storage accounts with a firewall<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"updates-for-microsoft-azure-pricing-pages\"><a><\/a><a><\/a><a id=\"_Updates_for_Microsoft\"><\/a>Updates for Microsoft Azure pricing pages&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We&#8217;re thrilled to announce some exciting changes we&#8217;ve made to our Azure pricing experiences that will make it even easier for you to estimate the costs of your solutions. We&#8217;ve been working hard to improve our pricing tools and make them more accessible and user-friendly, and we&#8217;re excited to share the following updates with you:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/pricing\/details\/service-fabric\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Azure Service Fabric<\/a> now offers savings plan pricing.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">We&#8217;ve added a new pricing page for <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/pricing\/details\/microsoft-fabric\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Microsoft Fabric<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">We&#8217;re excited to surface pricing updates for two services that have become generally available: <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/pricing\/details\/energy-data-services\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Azure Data Manager for Energy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/pricing\/details\/graph-data-connect\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Microsoft Graph Data Connect<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">Several offers across multiple Azure services have gone generally available, including <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/pricing\/details\/virtual-machines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Virtual Machines<\/a> (Bpsv2, Bsv2, and Basv2 series), <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/pricing\/details\/storage\/blobs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Block Blobs<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/pricing\/details\/storage\/data-lake\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Azure Data Lake Storage<\/a> (Cold tier offers), <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/pricing\/details\/defender-for-cloud\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Microsoft Defender<\/a> (malware scanning), and <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/pricing\/details\/monitor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Azure Monitor<\/a> (Prometheus Queries). These offers will help you optimize your costs and get the most out of your Azure solutions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">Additionally, many Azure services have new pricing offers and pricing changes, including <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/pricing\/details\/virtual-machines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Virtual Machine services<\/a> (DCesv5-series and ECesv5-series in public preview), <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/pricing\/details\/kubernetes-service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Azure Kubernetes services<\/a> (new premium tier), <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/pricing\/details\/defender-for-cloud\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Microsoft Defender<\/a> (service layer update for Key Vault and Azure Resource Management pricing), <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/pricing\/details\/postgresql\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PostgreSQL<\/a> (new AMD SKUs, Flexible server SKUs, and Provisioned IOPS SKUs), <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/pricing\/details\/databricks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Databricks<\/a> (added Enhanced Security and compliance add-on), and <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/pricing\/details\/managed-lustre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Managed Lustre<\/a> (new Lite and Ultra SKUs). These changes will help you better manage your costs and tailor your solutions to your specific needs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We&#8217;re committed to improving our pricing tools and making them more customer-friendly, and we hope you find these changes helpful in estimating the costs for your Azure solutions. If you have any feedback or suggestions for future improvements, please don&#8217;t hesitate to let us know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-s-new-in-cost-management-labs\"><a id=\"_What's_new_in\"><\/a>What&#8217;s new in Cost Management Labs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/blog\/azure-cost-management-updates-july-2019?WT.mc_id=acm-micflan#labs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cost Management Labs<\/a>, you get a sneak peek at what&#8217;s coming in Microsoft Cost Management and can engage directly with us to share feedback and help us better understand how you use the service, so we can deliver more tuned and optimized experiences. Here are a few features you can see in Cost Management Labs:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/azure\/cost-management-billing\/costs\/enable-preview-features-cost-management-labs#Customizev3Currency\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Currency selection in Cost analysis smart views<\/a><br>View your non-USD charges in USD or switch between the currencies you have charges in to view the total cost for that currency only. To change currency, select Customize at the top of the view and select the currency you would like to apply. Currency selection is not applicable to those with only USD charges. Currency selection is enabled by default in Labs. If not enabled for you, enable currency selection from the <a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/costmgmt\/trypreview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Try preview menu<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><strong>Update<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/azure\/cost-management-billing\/costs\/enable-preview-features-cost-management-labs#newalerts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Anomaly and reservation utilization alert rules<\/a>\u2014<em>Now enabled by default in the public portal.<\/em><br>Manage anomaly and reservation utilization alerts from the new Alert rules page. Anomaly detection alerts are available for all subscriptions and reservation utilization alerts are available for Enterprise Agreement billing accounts and Microsoft Customer Agreement billing profiles. You can enable the Alert rules page in Cost Management from the <a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/costmgmt\/trypreview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Try preview menu<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><strong>Update<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/azure\/cost-management-billing\/costs\/enable-preview-features-cost-management-labs#drilldown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Drill down in Cost analysis smart views<\/a>\u2014<em>Now enabled by default in cost management labs.<\/em><br>Drill into your cost data with one click using Cost analysis smart views. You can drill into a row to view the full details, view related resources from the context menu (three dots), open the resource to manage it from the Go to menu, remove filters using the Customize command, and use the Back command to undo a change. You can enable this option from the <a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/costmgmt\/trypreview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Try preview menu<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/azure\/cost-management-billing\/costs\/enable-preview-features-cost-management-labs#newmenu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Streamlined Cost Management menu<\/a><br>Organize Cost Management tools into related sections for reporting, monitoring, optimization, and configuration settings. You can enable this option from the <a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/costmgmt\/trypreview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Try preview menu<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><strong>Update<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/azure\/cost-management-billing\/costs\/enable-preview-features-cost-management-labs#cav3default\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Merge cost analysis menu items<\/a>\u2014<em>Now enabled by default in the public portal<\/em>.<br>Only show one cost analysis item in the Cost Management menu. All classic and saved views are one-click away, making them easier than ever to find and access. You can enable this option from the <a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/costmgmt\/trypreview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Try preview menu<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/azure\/cost-management-billing\/costs\/enable-preview-features-cost-management-labs#recommendationsview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Recommendations view<\/a>&nbsp;<br>View a summary of cost recommendations that help you optimize your Azure resources in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/costanalysis\/preview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cost analysis preview<\/a>. You can opt in using the <a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/costmgmt\/trypreview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Try preview menu<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/azure\/cost-management-billing\/costs\/enable-preview-features-cost-management-labs?wt.mc_id=micflan_cmupdates_2022-10#cav3forecast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Forecast in Cost analysis smart views<\/a>&nbsp;<br>Show your forecast cost for the period at the top of Cost analysis preview. You can opt in using <a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/costmgmt\/trypreview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Try preview<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/azure\/cost-management-billing\/costs\/enable-preview-features-cost-management-labs?wt.mc_id=micflan_cmupdates_2022-10#resourceparent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Group related resources in Cost analysis smart views<\/a>&nbsp;<br>Group related resources, like disks under virtual machines or web apps under App Service plans, by adding a \u201ccm-resource-parent\u201d tag to the child resources with a value of the parent resource ID.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/azure\/cost-management-billing\/costs\/enable-preview-features-cost-management-labs?wt.mc_id=micflan_cmupdates_2022-10#chartsfeature\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Charts in Cost analysis smart views<\/a>&nbsp;<br>View your daily or monthly cost over time in <a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/costanalysis\/preview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cost analysis smart views<\/a>. You can opt in using <a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/costmgmt\/trypreview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Try Preview<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/azure\/cost-management-billing\/costs\/enable-preview-features-cost-management-labs?wt.mc_id=micflan_cmupdates_2022-10#resourceessentials\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">View cost for your resources<\/a>&nbsp;<br>The cost for your resources is one click away from the resource overview in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/preview.portal.azure.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">preview portal<\/a>. Just click&nbsp;View cost&nbsp;to quickly jump to the cost of that resource.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of course, that&#8217;s not all. Every change in Microsoft Cost Management is available in Cost Management Labs a week before it&#8217;s in the full Azure portal or Microsoft 365 admin center. We&#8217;re eager to hear your thoughts and understand what you&#8217;d like to see next. What are you waiting for? Try\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/costmgmt\/labs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cost Management Labs<\/a>\u202ftoday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"New\"><a id=\"_New_ways_to\"><\/a>New ways to save money in the Microsoft Cloud<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There have been lots of cost optimization improvements over the last month. Here are new and updated offers you might be interested in:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/generally-available-azure-container-apps-dedicated-plan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Generally available: Azure Container Apps dedicated plan<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/generally-available-40mbstib-and-500mbstib-performance-tiers-for-azure-managed-lustre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Generally available: 40MB\/s\/TiB and 500MB\/s\/TiB performance tiers for Azure Managed Lustre<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/generally-available-zone-redundant-storage-for-azure-disks-is-now-available-in-east-asia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Generally available: Zone Redundant Storage for Azure Disks is now available in East Asia<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/generally-available-azure-premium-ssd-v2-disk-storage-is-now-available-in-more-regions-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Generally available: Azure Premium SSD v2 Disk Storage is now available in more regions<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Documentation\">Documentation updates<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are a few documentation updates you might be interested in:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">New: <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/cost-management-billing\/reservations\/limited-time-central-sweden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Save on select Linux VMs in Sweden Central for a limited time<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">New: <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/cost-management-billing\/reservations\/limited-time-us-west\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Save on select VMs in US West for a limited time<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">Updated: <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/cost-management-billing\/savings-plan\/choose-commitment-amount\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Choose an Azure saving plan commitment amount<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">Updated: <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/cost-management-billing\/manage\/subscription-transfer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Azure product transfer hub<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">Updated: <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/cost-management-billing\/costs\/tutorial-export-acm-data?tabs=azure-portal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tutorial\u2014Create and manage exported data from Cost Management<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">Updated: <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/cost-management-billing\/costs\/pricing-calculator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Estimate costs with the Azure pricing calculator<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Want to keep an eye on all documentation updates? Check out the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/MicrosoftDocs\/azure-docs\/commits\/main\/articles\/cost-management-billing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cost Management and Billing documentation change history<\/a>&nbsp;in the&nbsp;<strong>azure-docs<\/strong>&nbsp;repository on GitHub. If you see something missing, select&nbsp;<strong>Edit<\/strong>&nbsp;at the top of the document and submit a quick pull request. You can also submit a GitHub issue. We welcome and appreciate all contributions!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-s-next\">What&#8217;s next?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These are just a few of the big updates from last month. Don&#8217;t forget to check out the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/costmgmt\/blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">previous Microsoft Cost Management updates<\/a>. We&#8217;re always listening and making constant improvements based on your feedback, so please keep the feedback coming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Follow&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mscostmgmt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@MSCostMgmt<\/a>&nbsp;on Twitter and subscribe to the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/costmgmt\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YouTube channel<\/a>&nbsp;for updates, tips, and tricks. You can also share ideas and vote up others in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/costmgmt\/feedback\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cost Management feedback forum<\/a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/costmgmt\/feedback\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">join the research panel<\/a> to participate in a future study and help shape the future of Microsoft Cost Management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Best wishes from the Microsoft Cost Management team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re always looking for ways to learn more about your challenges and how Microsoft Cost Management can help you better understand where you&#8217;re accruing costs in the cloud, identify and prevent bad spending patterns, and optimize costs to empower you to do more with less.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ms_queue_id":[],"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_classifai_error":"","_classifai_text_to_speech_error":"","_alt_title":"","footnotes":"","msx_community_cta_settings":[]},"categories":[1482,1463],"tags":[],"audience":[3054,3053],"content-type":[1465],"product":[1794],"tech-community":[],"topic":[],"coauthors":[2668],"class_list":["post-29725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-management-and-governance","category-migration","audience-business-decision-makers","audience-it-decision-makers","content-type-announcements","product-cost-management","review-flag-1680286581-295","review-flag-alway-1680286580-106","review-flag-new-1680286579-546","review-flag-publi-1680286584-566","review-flag-usd-1680286585-730"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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