Microsoft Azure

Azure Cost Management

Definition

Azure's tool for analyzing, monitoring, and optimizing cloud spend. It lets you create budgets, set cost alerts, and visualize spend by subscription, resource group, or tag.

Exam context

A recurring cost-management topic in AZ-900. Along with the pricing calculator (estimate before deploying) and the Azure Migrate business case (compare on-premises with Azure; it replaces the former TCO calculator), it forms Azure's cost tooling. Question: which tool sets up alerts when spend crosses a threshold? Cost Management.

Studying for the AZ-900?

Azure Cost Management is a concept that can show up on the exam. Check the full guide to see it in context.