Cost Management

The primary reason corporates are moving to cloud is cost saving. There is no upfront cost for having an Azure subscription. Azure provides pay-as-you-go payment mechanism meaning that based on consumption, Azure starts metering the usage and provides monthly invoices. There is no upper limit for Azure consumption. Azure provides unlimited resources and anybody having access to Azure can keep creating as many resources as they want. In such circumstances, it is important for companies to keep a close watch on Azure consumption and its usage. Although they can create policies to set organizational standards and conventions, there is also a need to get Azure billing and consumption information readily. Moreover, they want to employ best practices for consuming Azure resources such that the returns are maximized. For this, architects need to have knowledge about Azure...