Adopting Azure Cost Management Power BI

One of the monitoring tools that can help you deal with a cost governance process is the Azure Cost Management Power BI dashboard. Please refer to the following documentation to correctly install, configure, and deploy the dashboard. The Power BI app can be downloaded from https://appsource.microsoft.com/en-us/product/power-bi/costmanagement.azurecostmanagementapp and the relevant instructions are available at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/costs/analyze-cost-data-azure-cost-management-power-bi-template-app.

This set of dashboards can only work for Enterprise Agreement customers and a Power BI Pro license is required for it to work. In the following sections, we will explore customized dashboards while using the Free tier.

There are a bunch of useful reports on the application, though we'll only highlight those we think are most relevant to the governance process. However, we encourage you to drill down...