ManekTech Podcast

Azure Cost Optimization: Techniques and Tools


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I. Introduction

Brief on Azure’s popularity and cloud advantages

  • Challenge: Escalating costs due to inefficient resource management

    II. What is Azure Cost Optimization?

    Definition and goal

  • Why best practices must be customized to your project

  • Importance of usage analysis and identifying inefficiencies

    III. Why Optimizing Azure Costs is Important?
    3.1 Improved Cost-Effectiveness
    3.2 Efficient Resource Utilization
    3.3 Compliance and Governance Benefits
    IV. What are the Top Azure Cost Optimization Techniques?
    4.1 Azure Right-Sizing4.2 Azure Storage Access Tiers4.3 Azure Hybrid Benefit4.4 Identifying Hidden Costs4.5 Azure Elastic Databases4.6 Tagging and Resource Organization4.7 Turn Off Unused/Idle Resources4.8 Configure Auto-scaling for VMs4.9 Use Server-less Architecture4.10 Azure Dev/Test Pricing Models4.11 Review and Optimize Azure Subscriptions
    V. What are the Azure Cost Optimization Tools?
    5.1 Azure Cost Management and Billing
    5.2 Azure Advisor
    5.3 Azure Pricing Calculator
    5.4 Azure Monitor
    5.5 Azure Resource Graph
    VI. Which Factors That Impact Azure Cost Optimization?
    6.1 Pricing Models (Pay-as-you-go, Reserved, Spot, Hybrid)
    6.2 Resource Type
    6.3 Service Type
    6.4 Location
    6.5 Billing Zones
    VII. Conclusion

    Final thoughts: Buy only what you need, not what’s trending

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