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Published inFeb 2022

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ISBN-139781803246444

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Paola E. Annis

Giuliano Caglio

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Thinking about an architecture for a custom cost management tool

As we mentioned previously, when addressing automation scripts, all the automation and scripting will lead to you needing a unique tool where you can store and retrieve all your Azure cost information and make customized aggregations and elaborations that are different from the out-of-the-box dashboards provided by Azure.

Many third-party tools can fit this need, and we encourage you to discover them all and understand how they are programmed and if they match what your cost governance idea is.

Another way of dealing with this is to create a tool. This will give you a deeper knowledge about how Azure bills its resource usage, opening your mind to a new way of optimizing costs and helping figure out any hidden costs.

A cost management tool is composed of the following components:

A database for storing and elaborating on cost information
Automation scripts for exporting billing information from Azure...

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Published in: Feb 2022Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781803246444

Authors (2)

Paola E. Annis

Paola E. Annis has worked for over 25 years in IT. Currently at Microsoft enjoying the Azure cloud, she has extensive experience working on strategic customers, large migrations, and digital transformation projects. In her daily work, she advocates cost governance and sustainable software engineering, and women in tech's communities. She lives in Milan with her kids, cats, and husband. In her spare time, she enjoys heavy metal music while embarking on improbable DIY projects for her country house.
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Giuliano Caglio

Giuliano Caglio has over 15 years of experience. He is constantly looking for challenges in infrastructure management, to relate applications and infrastructure topics to reach a broader view of cloud environment, asset management and cost governance. He lives near Milan with 1 daughter, 2 turtles and his wife. In his spare time, he enjoys gardening, electronics, and railway modeling DIY projects.
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