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We’ve published a page & docs specifically to help our customers optimize their costs of Azure.

• Cost Optimization: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/overview/cost-optimization/

• Documentation: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/framework/cost/

Training
The question I hear is, “Is there any training on how to leverage these cost optimization capabilities?” 

There are 2 means of learning how to cost optimize your Azure billing:

• Microsoft Learn:
  "Azure Well-Architected Cost Optimization”
  https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/azure-well-architected-cost-optimization/
  Learn how to save money on Azure in this free, 51-minute Microsoft Learn module, Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework—Cost Optimization. You’ll learn how to:

• Gain visibility and draw cost insights using monitoring and analytics.
  
• Maximize the efficiency of your cloud environment.
  
• Provision resources that are optimized for cost.
  
• Microsoft Ignite:
  “7 ways to Optimize your Azure Costs”
  https://myignite.microsoft.com/sessions/6c48f069-210d-4d0f-8f07-1cfff17bc7b3
  Are you getting the most out of your Azure investment? One of our biggest Azure customers used these 7 actionable techniques to optimize their Azure costs . . . and you can too. Maersk will join us as we learn the right and wrong way to keep within your cost constraints, aim for scalable costs, pay for consumption, right-size resources, and monitor your spend.