To get the most out of this book

To get the most out of this book you should have the following:

1. Access and privileges to the Azure portal with reader role (at a minimum) for the Azure subscription(s) you want to control..
2. Privileges to see cloud costs for your Azure subscription(s).
3. Access to a CLI (either PowerShell, or Cloud Shell via the Azure portal).
4. An open mindset to understand, manage, and squeeze fluid recurring entities such as the public cloud costs.

You can find out how to get access to the Azure portal and the necessary privileges to access Cost Management information here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/costs/assign-access-acm-data.

If you are using the digital version of this book, we advise you to type the code yourself or access the code from the book's GitHub repository (a link is available in the next section). Doing so will help you avoid any potential errors related to the copying and pasting of code.