Section 1: Cloud Cost Management
In this section, you will gain a full understanding of the Azure billing model and how to put a cost governance model in place with one or more tools for monitoring and controlling costs. To be able to audit and enforce automation and policies for successful cloud cost governance, it is necessary to have a deep understanding of how service categories and cloud meters work.
We'll learn several tools and guidelines to successfully implement a structured cost governance model that matches the financial and technical KPIs of your company. At the end of this section, you will have a cost governance process in place, and will be able to successfully monitor and control costs through dashboards and alerts.
This section comprises the following chapters:
- Chapter 1, Understanding Cloud Bills
- Chapter 2, What Does Your Cloud Spending Look Like?
- Chapter 3, Monitoring Costs
