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For folks looking for information on how to use Azure Cost Management, Here’s some self-service, on-demand content for you and your team to take advantage of to get started:

• “AZURE COST MANAGEMENT” YOUTUBE CHANNEL
  We have a dedicated YouTube channel to allow folks to learn how to use Azure Cost Management.

  There are over 20+ videos there discussing, “How to control costs”, “how to apply budgets”, “how to optimize your spend”, “how to setup tagging”, how to review your invoice”, etc.
  https://www.youtube.com/@AzureCostManagement

• “AZURE COST MANAGEMENT” DOCUMENTATION
  We have tutorials and walkthroughs and how-to-guides on using Azure Cost Management
  https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/
   
• “AZURE COST MANAGEMENT” TRAINING
  We have explicit training available online how how to leverage cost management for specific scenarios.
  https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/solutions/cost-optimization/#tools
   
• “MICROSOFT COST MANAGEMENT” LEARNING COMPANION
  This downloadable .PDF will guide you through all the available resources we have for Azure Cost Management.
  https://learning-pathways.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Microsoft-Cost-Management-Learning-Companion-1122i.pdf

OPTIONAL – For customers with Unified Support
There is a fantastic proactive offering that has a Customer Engineer train you on the usage of the Cost Management service.

• “AZURE COST MANAGEMENT PLANNING” workshop through Unified Support
  Most of my customers take the 5-day Azure Cost Management workshop that Unified Support offers (a proactive offering) because it gets you access to a Customer Engineer who – on the West Coast – is an absolute wizard.

  Contact your Unified Support Customer Success Account Manager for details and the datasheet for the engagement.