In this episode Chris Risner and Mustafa Kasap are joined by Moinak Bandyopadhyay, Program Manager on the Azure Commerce Team. Moinak joins us to talk about two new APIs released by the Commerce team: Usage and Rate Card. These two APIs allows you to programmatically get details on the Azure consumption for a subscription as well as retrieve information about the billing rates associated with that subscription. Throughout the show, Moinak demonstrates what the format of calls against the APIs look like, two solutions that vendors have built on top of the APIs, and several different code samples for connecting to the APIs. Links from the show: [00:38] - This week's news[03:40] - Explaining the importance and purpose of the APIs[07:35] - Sample API request formats[17:17] - Cloudyn's implementation of the APIs[22:12] - CloudCruiser's implementation of the APIs[28:55] - Using the PowerShell cmdletsAPI Usage Examples on GitHubOverview of the Usage and RateCard APIIT Financial Management scenario for Billing APIsScott Guthrie's blog post announcing the Billing APIsMore details on the Cloudyn solution using the Billing APIsMore details on the Cloud Cruiser solution using the Billing APIsUsage REST API ReferenceRateCard REST API ReferenceAzure Offer IDs for the RateCard APINuGet package for Usage APIsAnnouncement and Documentation on Resource TaggingAzure Billing on User VoiceNews: Retirement of Azure SQL Database Web and Business EditionsNews: Updates to the Mobile Apps SDK News: Expanding Linux and OSS Support for AzureChannel 9 Mobile AppsLike Cloud Cover on Facebook! Follow @CloudCoverShowFollow @chrisrisnerFollow @mustafakasapFollow @moinak11 Instructions on using the APIs from Powershell and the Command Line Interface Powershell Commandlet get-UsageAggregates Switch-AzureMode -Name AzureResourceManager Add-AzureAccount Select-AzureSubscription -SubscriptionId 'YOUR-AZURE-SUB-ID' $aggregate= get-UsageAggregates -ReportedStartTime "6/1/2015" -ReportedEn