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Michael Flanakin

Michael Flanakin

Program Manager, Azure Cost Management

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Azure Cost Management and Billing updates – October 2021 

October ushers Cost Management and Billing into a new world – from coverage of Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, and more to a new tool that helps you reduce cost and manage your on-prem licenses. You can also update your address or purchase order number on existing invoices or try an early preview of subscription cost anomaly detection. All this plus 12 new cost-saving options, 3 new videos, and 7 documentation updates. We hope you’re as excited about what the future holds as we are!

Published • 6 min read

Azure Cost Management and Billing updates – September 2021 

This is an exciting month for organizations using Azure reservations – you can now scope your reservations to a management group for even more savings. You’ll also find a new cost view optimized around the products and services you use, new previews in Cost Management Labs for scheduled emails and better multitasking, as well as 7 new savings opportunities and video and documentation updates. Read on for the details and let us know what you think!

Published • 9 min read

Azure Cost Management and Billing updates – August 2021 

As August comes to a close, you’ll find new download options available from the cost analysis preview and quick access to common subscription and resource group operations in Configuration. You’ll also see the general availability of Azure Government Top Secret and improved migration and modernization tools and programs as well as the 14 new cost saving options and 3 documentation updates. Lots of great stuff!

Published • 5 min read

Azure Cost Management and Billing updates – June 2021 

June brings amortization to the cost analysis preview, says goodbye to Cloudyn, and welcomes many new ways to optimize your costs, from 5 new generally available offers and 5 new previews to 3 lower prices and 3 expanded free offers. And as always, more documentation updates. Enjoy!

Published • 7 min read

Azure Cost Management and Billing updates – May 2021 

May brings expanded coverage of two popular features: Cost allocation is now supported in all usage APIs and downloads and management group exports are now available in Azure Government. On top of this, you also have more custom date selection options in the cost analysis preview and four new generally available offers to help you save money with Azure. This plus new videos and documentation updates rounds out another great month.

Published • 6 min read

Azure Cost Management and Billing updates – April 2021 

April builds on top of past releases. From an expansion of the Retail Prices API to cover non-USD currencies to a new custom date picker based on your feedback. There’s also new guidance for building out your cloud architecture for enterprises and operators as well as the usual cost optimization tips, videos, and documentation updates.

Published • 5 min read

Azure Cost Management and Billing updates – March 2021 

March is an exciting month! If you need to control costs and avoid projected overages, you’ll want to check out changes to Cost Management budgets. You also have a new view optimized for viewing subscription costs as well as more ways to save, learning resources, and documentation updates. Enjoy!

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Azure Cost Management and Billing updates – February 2021 

February brings two big releases for Azure Government—general availability support for Pay-As-You-Go subscriptions and the cost allocation preview. You’ll also see informational insights and a new download experience in the cost analysis preview, new ways to save with Azure, learning videos, and documentation to help you troubleshoot unexpected charges. We hope you find these updates useful. Let us know what you’d like to see next!

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Azure Cost Management and Billing updates – January 2021 

Welcome to 2021: A year full of promise! The year starts out strong with two commonly requested features: a built-in view of cost broken down by resource group and remembering the last-used scope when opening Cost Management in the Azure portal. And, as always, we have tips and new ways to save money with Azure and new learning opportunities and documentation updates.