To get the most out of this book
You will need to have a basic understanding of Azure cloud services and architecture as well as cloud cost management principles, financial management concepts, and the Azure Cost Management tool. Having access to usage and billing data for your Azure resources is also helpful to analyze your cloud cost.
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Microsoft Azure portal access |
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Microsoft Power BI Desktop |
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DAX Studio |
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Microsoft Power Automate |
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Azure SQL |
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AKS |
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Kubecost |
You will need a Microsoft Power BI Pro or Premium license to run the data-driven alert feature described in Chapter 11, Metric-Driven Cost Optimization.
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.
