We did an Microsoft Mechanics video last year on “Quick ways to reduce your Azure costs” that was quite thorough and I’m constantly referring customers to it, so to make sure it’s on everyone’s radar, here’s a quick link to it:
- 00:54 – Savings with Azure Hybrid Benefit
- 02:18 – Constrained vCPU options
- 03:30 – Commitment-based savings plans
- 05:03 – Savings plans and reserved instances
- 06:12 – Microsoft Cost Management
- 06:44 – Budget limits and automation runbooks
- 08:57 – Azure VM Scale Sets
- 11:24 – Storage cost management
References:
- Guidance for Azure cost savings at https://aka.ms/Azure-DMWL
- More on Azure Hybrid Benefit at https://aka.ms/HybridBenefit
- Sample scripts for budget automation at https://aka.ms/ACMrunbook
- Best practices for tagging at https://aka.ms/costmgmt/videos
Here’s the main video link:
- VIDEO: Quick Ways to Reduce Your Azure Costs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI6hCX9Zj1M
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