Tools to Manage Azure Budgets and Billing Accounts

Azure budget and billing accounts cost management refer to Microsoft tools that aid in analyzing, managing and optimizing workload costs. The tools help organizations to take advantage of the benefits provided by cloud computing. An azure pricing calculator is used to manage budgets and billings; it estimates up-front cloud costs and set spending thresholds (Soh et al., 2020).  The tool helps prevent cost thresholds or surpassing of limits. An azure hybrid benefit is also a tool that uses current on-premises windows to save on accounts; it shows cost and usage patterns with advanced analytics. This tool clearly shows how expenses are organized and different ways to reduce costs.

An azure advisor is a tool that gives recommendations about reserved instance purchases that help people track their accounts and budget on what they have (Soh et al., 2020). The suggestions help in optimizing and improving efficiency by identifying resources that are not active. A cost analysis tool can analyze costs by viewing aggregated prices and identifying trends in spending.  The cost analysis tool enables people to see accumulated costs and analyze their Azure monthly, quarterly, and yearly cost trends before making their budgets.  Azure migrate is an essential tool in billing accounts and budgets that assesses current workload datacenters to get insights about Azure replacement solutions.

Reference

Soh, J., Copeland, M., Puca, A., & Harris, M. (2020). Budgeting and Cloud Economics. In Microsoft Azure (pp. 87-100). Apress, Berkeley, CA.