{"id":31110,"date":"2023-12-19T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-06-11T06:12:43","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T13:12:43","slug":"microsoft-cost-management-2023-year-in-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/microsoft-cost-management-2023-year-in-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Cost Management\u20142023 year in review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even if you are remotely following the updates in the technology sector or just keeping track of recent events, you have heard about AI and its potential to change our interactions with systems and simplify our everyday tasks. Microsoft has been at the forefront of this technological revolution, announcing Copilot for Azure, M365, GitHub, and more. We, in Microsoft Cost Management, are also always looking for ways to simplify your FinOps practice so that you can stay focused on your business goals. We have forged some great partnerships with the FinOps Foundation and OpenCost to deliver value to you. Here, I summarize all the major updates of the year, all of these are also covered in detail in the monthly updates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"strategic-partnerships\">Strategic partnerships<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"finops-foundation\">FinOps Foundation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We started the year (February, 2023) with Microsoft joining the <strong>FinOps Foundation as a premier member<\/strong>&nbsp;and also joined the Governing Board defining the strategy and vision of the organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/microsoft-joins-the-finops-foundation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Microsoft joins the FinOps Foundation<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Michael Flanakin, from my team, has been closely partnering with the foundation and collaborating with the FinOps community to help drive vision and define the framework to make your FinOps practice efficient. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>During Microsoft Ignite 2023, we announced the availability of the FinOps open cost and usage specification (FOCUS) dataset with the new and improved Exports experience.<\/strong> Adhering to a common and standard schema will make consuming and processing the data simpler. Of note, the FOCUS dataset includes both actual and amortized costs in a single dataset, which can drive additional efficiencies in your data ingestion process. You\u2019ll benefit from reduced data processing times and more timely reporting on top of reduced storage and compute costs due to fewer rows and less duplication of data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To get more details, please read the below blog:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/democratizing-finops-transform-your-practice-with-focus-and-microsoft-fabric\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Democratizing FinOps: Transform your practice with FOCUS and Microsoft Fabric<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"opencost-for-azure-kubernetes-service-aks-costs-visibility\">OpenCost for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) costs visibility<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We know that Kubernetes come with a lot of cost benefits and continues to gain popularity. Teams run their applications on a single cluster sharing the infrastructure costs and scaling capacity only when load demands. While this shared computing model is great for cost savings, it makes cost allocation for showback or chargeback scenarios&nbsp;and optimization difficult as teams don\u2019t have visibility into costs of running their workloads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In April 2023, <strong>Microsoft joined the OpenCost community as a contributing partner to bring additional cost visibility to our AKS customers<\/strong>. You can export data (namespace, controller, service, pod granularity) in a comma separated value (CSV) format that can be pushed to an Azure Storage Account, other cloud provider storage, or local storage by installing OpenCost on AKS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/techcommunity.microsoft.com\/t5\/apps-on-azure-blog\/leverage-opencost-on-azure-kubernetes-service-to-understand-and\/ba-p\/3796813\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Leverage OpenCost on Azure Kubernetes Service to understand and monitor your infrastructure spend<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This was followed by the preview of AKS cost views in Cost analysis in November making Azure the <strong>first cloud provider to provide visibility into Kubernetes costs natively based on the OpenCost project<\/strong>. AKS users always had visibility into the infrastructure costs of running their clusters, with these new cost views they also get visibility into costs of Kubernetes entities starting with namespaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/cost-management-billing\/costs\/view-kubernetes-costs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">View Kubernetes costs (Preview)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"cost-visibility-and-control\">Cost visibility and control&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"copilot-in-cost-management\">Copilot in Cost Management<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At Microsoft Ignite 2023, we announced Copilot for Azure to simplify management of your Azure infrastructure and services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/techcommunity.microsoft.com\/t5\/azure-infrastructure-blog\/simplify-it-management-with-microsoft-copilot-for-azure-save\/ba-p\/3981106\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Simplify IT management with Microsoft Copilot for Azure<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You can also leverage Copilot to get insights into your costs,<\/strong> understand your invoices, optimize costs, and more. For example, you can use prompts like \u2018Summarize the costs for this month\u2019, \u2018Why did my charges go up compared to the previous month\u2019, and so on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you want to take advantage of all these capabilities, sign up for the preview here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/pages\/responsepage.aspx?id=v4j5cvGGr0GRqy180BHbR0n7gYndnJdPlOYE9zov5RpUQ0FPWVpUREQwM0FEWU1OV0k0Mjk4V0dMUy4u\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Request access to preview Microsoft Copilot for Azure<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"cost-analysis\">Cost analysis<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We know Cost analysis is your go-tool for analyzing and reporting on costs. We revamped the experience totally, adding <strong>smart views for resources, resource groups, subscriptions, and Kubernetes clusters and reservations<\/strong>. With smart views you can quickly get a glance at your summarized costs, identify top cost contributors, get anomaly alerts, and more. You can also drilldown into the next level to get a deeper understanding of the costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new experience automatically pins the views you visit, also providing the ability to pin views you are most likely to visit. You can learn more here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/cost-management-billing\/costs\/quick-acm-cost-analysis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Quickstart: Start using Cost analysis<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"exports\">Exports<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We know that data is important to you to build and analyze your custom reports. <strong>Exports capabilities expanded to cover more datasets: price sheets, reservation recommendations, reservation transactions, and reservation details.<\/strong> With an enhanced user interface, it also allows for file partitioning and file overwriting, helping you save on storage and network costs. You can also enhance security and compliance by <strong>configuring exports to storage accounts behind a firewall<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I strongly recommend <a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/exportspreview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">signing up for the preview functionality<\/a> here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"pricesheet-download\">Pricesheet download<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We launched a newer version of the pricesheet download API last week. The newer version of the Enterprise Agreement (EA) pricesheet will have Reserved Instance prices, market price, and base price. And the Microsoft Customer Agreement (MCA) pricesheet will have Reserved Instance prices. Some of the gaps from the previous version have been addressed with this release to improve your experience, increase cost transparency, increase parity across different pricing experiences, along with the ability to compare different price types.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">View and download your <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/cost-management-billing\/manage\/ea-pricing#download-pricing-for-an-enterprise-agreement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">organization&#8217;s Azure pricing<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">Terms in your <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/cost-management-billing\/manage\/ea-understand-pricesheet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Enterprise Agreement price sheet<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">Terms in your <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/cost-management-billing\/manage\/mca-understand-pricesheet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Microsoft Customer Agreement price sheet<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"alerting\">Alerting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In June 2023, we released the ability for you to configure alerts for under-utilized reservations. This works like the way budgets are configured. Setting up the right alerts will maximize your reservation utilization and hence the savings that come with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/cost-management-billing\/costs\/reservation-utilization-alerts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Reservation utilization alerts<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you don\u2019t want to be surprised and constantly have an eye on your costs, you can also subscribe to email alerts for the built-in views of accumulated costs, daily costs, and costs by service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/cost-management-billing\/costs\/save-share-views\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Save and share customized views<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"microsoft-defender-costs\">Microsoft defender costs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Costs will be presented for each protected resource instead of as an aggregation of all resources on the subscription. If a resource has a tag applied, it will be added to cost records corresponding to the resource\u2019s use of defender.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/defender-for-cloud\/upcoming-changes#changes-to-how-microsoft-defender-for-clouds-costs-are-presented-in-microsoft-cost-management\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Important upcoming changes<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These additional capabilities along with <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/cost-management-billing\/manage\/direct-ea-administration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EA billing and cost management support in Azure portal,<\/a> simplified invoices, and <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/partnumbers-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">additional data for invoice reconciliation<\/a> should enable you to manage and optimize your costs better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"new-ways-to-save-and-do-more-with-less\">New ways to save and do more with less<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The theme for the year has been AI for Microsoft and with cost management capabilities integrated with Copilot, it should be simpler than ever to analyze and optimize your clouds costs as Copilot preview expands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Throughout the year, there have also been a bunch of videos and articles released to help you optimize your spending. I have included a few of them for your reference here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Videos:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XQTQz-MgEBA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Managing, reporting, and reducing your costs in Azure<\/a>\u202f(26 minutes).&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=imap2tk6AYQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lessons learned optimizing Microsoft\u2019s internal use of Azure<\/a>\u202f(24 minutes).&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/shows\/inside-azure-for-it\/optimize-your-data-protection-costs-with-azure-backup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Optimize your data protection costs with Azure Backup<\/a>\u202f(21 minutes).&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/shows\/inside-azure-for-it\/optimize-it-investments-to-maximize-efficiency-and-reduce-cloud-spend\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Optimize IT investments to maximize efficiency and reduce cloud spend<\/a>\u202f(10 minutes).&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LvtUXO4wcjs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How to leverage centrally-managed Azure Hybrid Benefit to save money, manage cost and stay compliant<\/a>\u202f(10 minutes).&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aVmS3rm_zOU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Maximize cloud value by optimizing your migration<\/a>\u202f20 minutes).&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Articles:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/techcommunity.microsoft.com\/t5\/azure-governance-and-management\/optimize-your-cloud-investment-with-new-azure-advisor-workbooks\/ba-p\/3950911%22%20\/o%20%22https:\/\/techcommunity.microsoft.com\/t5\/azure-governance-and-management\/optimize-your-cloud-investment-with-new-azure-advisor-workbooks\/ba-p\/3950911%22%20\/t%20%22_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Optimize your Cloud investment with new Azure Advisor Workbooks<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/techcommunity.microsoft.com\/t5\/azure-governance-and-management\/improve-visibility-into-workload-related-spend-using-copilot-in\/ba-p\/3986503%22%20\/o%20%22https:\/\/techcommunity.microsoft.com\/t5\/azure-governance-and-management\/improve-visibility-into-workload-related-spend-using-copilot-in\/ba-p\/3986503%22%20\/t%20%22_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Improve visibility into workload-related spend using Copilot in Microsoft Cost Management<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/techcommunity.microsoft.com\/t5\/azure-governance-and-management\/interconnected-guidance-for-an-optimized-cloud-journey\/ba-p\/4006134%22%20\/l%20%22M305%22%20\/o%20%22https:\/\/techcommunity.microsoft.com\/t5\/azure-governance-and-management\/interconnected-guidance-for-an-optimized-cloud-journey\/ba-p\/4006134#m305%22%20\\t%20%22_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Interconnected guidance for an optimized cloud journey<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While there have been numerous updates to our service offerings, I have included few that are directly related to cost optimization and savings for your easy reference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">You can now buy <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/general-availability-fabric-capacity-reservations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reservations for Microsoft Fabric<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">Save up to <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/generally-available-azure-container-apps-savings-plan-support\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17% on Azure container apps<\/a> using Azure savings plan for compute.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">Centralized management of <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/cost-management-billing\/scope-level\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Azure Hybrid Benefit<\/a> for SQL server is now generally available.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/ga-azure-dedicated-host-resize\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Resize your host<\/a> to run more virtual machines (VMs) on the host to save costs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">Efficiently allocate your infrastructure using <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/public-preview-node-autoprovision-support-in-aks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Node autoprovision in AKS <\/a>(NAP).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">Cost-optimizations with <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/generally-available-costoptimizations-with-transformations-on-log-analytics-for-troubleshooting-cosmos-db\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">transformations on Log Analytics<\/a> for troubleshooting Cosmos DB.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">Up to <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/azure-stream-analytics-is-launching-a-new-competitive-pricing-model\/#:~:text=Published%20date%3A%20May%2024%2C%202023&amp;text=To%20make%20streaming%20analytics%20with,democratizing%20stream%20processing%20for%20all.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">80% price reductions<\/a> for Azure Stream Analytics.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">Assess cost optimization opportunities using new workbook template in Azure advisor.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/azure-advisor-vmvmss-rightsizing-recommendations-with-custom-lookback-period\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Right-size your VM\/VMSS with custom lookback period<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"looking-forward-to-another-year\">Looking forward to another year<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2024, we expect to continue our focus on providing you with the data and tools needed to implement your FinOps practice. We expect to continue our investments in:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">AI to simplify and act on your charges.<ul><li>FOCUS to provide you with the necessary data in the right format.<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Exports to make data available for your custom reporting.<\/li><\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">New views and alerting capability in Cost analysis.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With all the things that happened in 2023 I couldn&#8217;t list everything here. But I hope you find the summary helpful. I strongly encourage you to check out and subscribe to the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/costmgmt\/blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Microsoft Cost Management monthly updates<\/a>&nbsp;for the latest news.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We look forward to hearing your feedback as new and updated capabilities become available. And if you&#8217;re interested in the latest features, before they&#8217;re available to everyone, check out&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/azure\/cost-management-billing\/costs\/enable-preview-features-cost-management-labs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cost Management Labs<\/a>&nbsp;and don\u2019t hesitate to reach out with any feedback. Cost Management Labs gives you a direct line to the Microsoft Cost Management engineering team and is the best way to influence and make an immediate impact on features being actively developed and tuned for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Follow Microsoft Cost Management on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mscostmgmt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Twitter<\/a>&nbsp;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! And, as always, share your 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>.<\/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>Microsoft has been at the forefront of this technological revolution, announcing Copilot for Azure, M365, GitHub, and more. 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