{"id":33199,"date":"2024-04-10T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/?p=33199"},"modified":"2024-07-08T14:16:35","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T21:16:35","slug":"microsoft-cost-management-updates-march-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/microsoft-cost-management-updates-march-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Cost Management updates\u2014March 2024\u00a0"},"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. Nobody wants a surprise when it comes to the bill, and this is where <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/services\/cost-management\/\">Cost Management<\/a> comes in.&nbsp;<\/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 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:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><a href=\"#microsoft-azure-kubernetes-service-aks-costs\">Microsoft Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) costs<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><a href=\"#auto-renewal-of-azure-reservations\">Auto renewal of Azure Reservations<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><a href=\"#connector-for-amazon-web-services-aws-retirement-date-march-31st-2025\">Connector for AWS\u2014Retirement date: March 31, 2025<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><a href=\"#pricing-updates-on-azure-com\">Pricing updates on Azure.com<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><a href=\"#cost-management-labs\">Cost Management Labs<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><a href=\"#new-ways-to-save-money-in-the-microsoft-cloud\">New ways to save money in the Microsoft Cloud<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><a href=\"#new-videos-and-learning-opportunities\">New videos and learning opportunities<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><a href=\"#documentation-updates\">Documentation updates<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let&#8217;s dig into the details.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-msxcm-kicker-container\">\n\t<div class=\" wp-block-msxcm-kicker-block wp-block-msxcm-kicker--align-left\" data-bi-an=\"Kicker Left\">\n\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-msxcm-kicker__title small text-neutral-400 text-uppercase\">\n\t\t\tCost Management solutions \t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<a\n\t\t\tclass=\"wp-block-msxcm-kicker__cta btn btn-link p-0 text-decoration-none\"\n\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/products\/cost-management\/\"\n\t\t\ttarget=\"_blank\"\t\t>\n\t\t\t<span>Learn how to optimize your cloud investments with confidence<\/span> <span class=\"glyph-append glyph-append-xsmall wp-block-msxcm-kicker__glyph glyph-append-go\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"microsoft-azure-kubernetes-service-aks-costs\">Microsoft Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) costs&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"cost-views\"><strong>Cost views<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am pleased to share that the AKS cost views are now generally available in Cost analysis. This was officially announced at <a href=\"https:\/\/events.linuxfoundation.org\/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kubecon<\/a> in Paris held last month. We announced the preview of these views in November 2023 at Ignite.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AKS users always had visibility into the infrastructure costs of running their clusters. With these new views, they also get visibility into the costs of namespaces running in their clusters and an aggregated view of cluster costs across their subscription. With these additional insights, users can allocate and optimize their AKS costs more efficiently, maximizing the benefits of running their workloads on shared infrastructure. To enable these views, users must install the cost analysis add-on on their clusters.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Blog-NamespacesView.webp\" alt=\"graphical user interface, text, application\" class=\"wp-image-33254 webp-format\" style=\"width:600px\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Blog-NamespacesView.webp\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Figure 1: Kubernetes clusters view&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Blog-ClustersView.webp\" alt=\"graphical user interface, text, application\" class=\"wp-image-33256 webp-format\" style=\"width:600px\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Blog-ClustersView.webp\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Figure 2: Kubernetes namespaces view<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please refer to the two articles below for more information:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/aks\/cost-analysis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Azure Kubernetes Service cost analysis &#8211; Azure Kubernetes Service | Microsoft Learn<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><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) &#8211; Cost Management | Microsoft Learn<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"fleet-workload-placement\"><strong>Fleet workload placement<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An additional announcement from Kubecon that I want to highlight is the extension of fleet workload placement to schedule workloads to clusters based on new heuristics such as cost and availability of resources. For more information, please refer to &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/opensource-fleet-workload-placement-scheduling-and-override\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Open-Source Fleet Workload Placement Scheduling and Override<\/a>.&#8221; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"auto-renewal-of-azure-reservations\">Auto renewal of Azure Reservations&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/cost-management-billing\/reservations\/save-compute-costs-reservations\">Azure Reservations<\/a> can significantly reduce your resource costs by up to 72% from pay-as-you-go prices.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>To simplify the management of reservations and to continue getting reservation discounts, you can now set up auto-renewal of your reservations <strong>at the time of purchase<\/strong>. Please note that the setting is turned off by default, so make sure to turn it on before your reservation purchase expires. To learn more, refer to &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/cost-management-billing\/reservations\/reservation-renew\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Automatically renew Azure reservations &#8211; Cost Management | Microsoft Learn<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"connector-for-amazon-web-services-aws-retirement-date-march-31-2025\">Connector for Amazon Web Services (AWS)\u2014Retirement date: March 31, 2025&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please note that we will be retiring the connector for AWS in Cost Management on March<sup> <\/sup>31, 2025. You will not have access to AWS data through the API or portal beyond the retirement date, you will continue to have access to data that you stored in your S3 bucket in the AWS console.&nbsp;To prepare for the retirement date, we have removed the ability to add a new connector from Cost Management.&nbsp;We encourage you to look at alternative solutions to access your AWS costs.&nbsp;For more information, please refer to &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/crossclouddeprecation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Support for Connector for AWS in Cost Management is ending on 31 March 2025<\/a>.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"pricing-updates-on-azure-com\">Pricing updates on Azure.com&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We\u2019ve been working hard to make some changes to <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/pricing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">our Azure pricing experiences<\/a>, and we\u2019re excited to share them with you. These changes will help make it easier for you to estimate the costs of your solutions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/pricing\/offers\/savings-plan-compute\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Azure savings plan<\/a> has now been extended to <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/pricing\/details\/spring-apps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Microsoft Azure Spring apps<\/a>, offering more flexibility and cost optimization on both the pricing page and calculator.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">We\u2019ve added a calculator entry for <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/pricing\/details\/aks-ee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Azure Kubernetes Services Edge Essentials<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">We\u2019ve added pricing for many new offers on Microsoft Azure, including <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/pricing\/details\/application-gateway\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Microsoft Azure Application Gateway<\/a> (with the general availability (GA) of Application Gateway for Containers), new <a href=\"http:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/pricing\/details\/virtual-machines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines<\/a> series (Dasv6, Easv6, and Fasv6 \u2013 all in preview), <a href=\"http:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/pricing\/details\/openshift\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Microsoft Azure Red Hat OpenShift<\/a> (added virtual machine (VM) families and improved search experience on Pricing Calculator), <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/pricing\/details\/azure-sql\/database\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Microsoft Azure SQL Database<\/a> (HA Replica Pricing to elastic pools, Hyperscale), <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/pricing\/details\/databricks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Microsoft Azure Databricks<\/a> (\u201cModel Training\u201d workload for premium-tier workspaces), <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/pricing\/details\/managed-grafana\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Microsoft Azure Managed Grafana<\/a> (Standard and Essential plan types added to pricing calculator), <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/pricing\/details\/backup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Microsoft Azure Backup<\/a> (pricing for Enhanced Policy type), <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/pricing\/details\/private-5g-core\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Microsoft Azure Private 5G Core<\/a> (new offers for RAN Overage and Devices Overage to both page and calculator).&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We\u2019re constantly working to improve our pricing tools and make them more accessible and user-friendly. 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 let us know!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"cost-management-labs\">Cost Management Labs&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With <a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/costmgmt\/trypreview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cost Management Labs<\/a>, you get a sneak peek at what&#8217;s coming in 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:\u202f&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><a>\u202f<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/cost-management-billing\/costs\/enable-preview-features-cost-management-labs#currency-switcher-in-cost-analysis-smart-views\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Currency selection in Cost analysis smart views<\/a>. 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 \u201cCustomize\u201d 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.\u202f\u202f&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/azure\/cost-management-billing\/costs\/enable-preview-features-cost-management-labs%22%20\/l%20%22newmenu%22%20\/t%20%22_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Streamlined Cost Management menu<\/a>. Organize Cost Management tools into related sections for reporting, monitoring, optimization, and configuration settings.\u202f\u202f&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/cost-management-billing\/costs\/enable-preview-features-cost-management-labs%22%20\/l%20%22homev2%22%EF%B7%9FHYPERLINK%20%22https:\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/cost-management-billing\/costs\/enable-preview-features-cost-management-labs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Recent and pinned views in the cost analysis preview<\/a>. Show all classic and smart views in cost analysis and streamline navigation by prioritizing recently used and pinned views.\u202f\u202f&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%22%20\\l%20%22cav3forecast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Forecast in Cost analysis smart views<\/a>. Show your forecast cost for the period at the top of Cost analysis preview.\u202f\u202f&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/cost-management-billing\/costs\/enable-preview-features-cost-management-labs#chartsfeature\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Charts in Cost analysis smart views<\/a>. 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>.\u202f\u202f&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/cost-management-billing\/costs\/enable-preview-features-cost-management-labs#open-config-items-in-the-menu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Open configuration items in the menu<\/a>. Experimental option to show the selected configuration screen as a nested menu item in the Cost Management menu. Please share feedback.\u202f&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"new-ways-to-save-money-in-the-microsoft-cloud\">New ways to save money in the Microsoft Cloud&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are a couple of important updates for you to review that can help reduce costs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/generally-available-azure-kubernetes-service-aks-support-for-5k-node-limit-by-default-for-standard-tier-clusters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Generally Available: Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) support for 5K Node limit by default for standard tier clusters\u201d<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/public-preview-wellarchitected-framework-assessment-on-azure-advisor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Public Preview: Well-Architected Framework assessment on Azure Advisor<\/a>\u201d&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"new-videos-and-learning-opportunities\">New videos and learning opportunities&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Check out \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cxeo2rDQegA&amp;t=75s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Leverage anomaly management processes with Microsoft Cost Management<\/a>\u201d, a great video for managing anomalies and reservations. You can also follow the\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/costmgmt\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cost Management YouTube channel<\/a> to stay in the loop with new videos as they\u2019re released and let us know what you&#8217;d like to see next.&nbsp;Want a more guided experience? Start with\u202f&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/costmgmt\/learn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Control Azure spending and manage bills with Microsoft Cost Management<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Refer to the blog post:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechcommunity.microsoft.com%2Ft5%2Fazure-governance-and-management%2Fcombine-finops-best-practices-and-microsoft-tools-to-streamline%2Fba-p%2F4093343&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cv-jordavis%40microsoft.com%7C36c33b1f01414700182c08dc57fcb287%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C638481990072975877%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=UtP8%2BRnIWGI3ANFsnDeggimgRRVN3IfA1yAqKuzPlGA%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Combine FinOps best practices and Microsoft tools to streamline and optimize your workloads<\/a>&nbsp;about using Microsoft tools for FinOps best practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"documentation-updates\">Documentation updates&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are a few documentation updates you might be interested in:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">New: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/cost-management-billing\/azure-hybrid-benefits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Azure Hybrid Benefit documentation<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">Update: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/cost-management-billing\/manage\/ea-transfers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Transfer Azure Enterprise enrollment accounts and subscriptions<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">Update: <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/cost-management-billing\/manage\/ea-pricing-overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Azure EA pricing &#8211; Cost Management<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">Update:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flearn.microsoft.com%2Fen-us%2Fazure%2Fcost-management-billing%2Funderstand%2Freview-enterprise-agreement-bill&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cv-jordavis%40microsoft.com%7C36c33b1f01414700182c08dc57fcb287%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C638481990072986481%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=pCZc16fhphLQUHzP41Q20NAvDbG269ns6HR6nD0TtLM%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Review your Azure Enterprise Agreement bill<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">Update:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flearn.microsoft.com%2Fen-us%2Fazure%2Fcost-management-billing%2Fautomate%2Funderstand-usage-details-fields%3Fbranch%3Dmain%23reconcile-reservation-purchases-with-usage-records&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cv-jordavis%40microsoft.com%7C36c33b1f01414700182c08dc57fcb287%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C638481990072991593%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=YZpcjD6Vq5HXhvqa2Zz5DWB6pUM24kBL1xy6ScSVunA%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Understand usage details fields<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">Update: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/cost-management-billing\/manage\/mca-section-invoice#billing-profile-alignment-and-currency-usage-in-mca-markets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Organize your costs by customizing your billing account<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Want to keep an eye on all documentation updates? Check out the <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> in the\u202f<strong>azure-docs<\/strong>\u202frepository on GitHub. If you see something missing, select\u202f\u201cEdit<strong>\u201d<\/strong>\u202fat the top of the document and submit a quick pull request. You can also submit a GitHub issue. We welcome and appreciate all contributions!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-s-next\">What&#8217;s next?&nbsp;<\/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 <a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/costmgmt\/blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">previous Cost Management updates<\/a>. 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