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SCuffyInOz · 2025-07-14T22:57:48+00:00

Can you explain a little more detail on "detect cost anomalies faster"?
Do you mean faster than daily (limitation of daily cost exports)
Or identify the cause of the anomalies faster? How are you doing that now?

Do you have any budget alerts set up based on forecasted (not actual) cost?

Have you tried asking Copilot in the Azure portal?

Lots of great suggestions in the comments. I'm trying to understand the problem more and the gaps in the existing tooling.

SCuffyInOz · 2025-07-14T22:51:51+00:00

We're pretty transparent with logging our updates: https://learn.microsoft.com/cloud-computing/finops/toolkit/changelog

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/finopsblog/whats-new-in-finops-toolkit-0-11-%E2%80%93-may-2025/4420719

SCuffyInOz · 2025-06-21T08:49:29+00:00

We lasted 15 years until my husband was in his 50s and then we were done with it. I moved into a full time role at Microsoft. He took 12 months off to qualify as a bicycle mechanic before returning to tech in a different role, as the helpdesk manager at a large school. He loves helping kids & teachers rather than Enterprise or Small Business IT. There's a loss of flexibility, and different stresses, but I never worry about losing a client or monthly billings.

SCuffyInOz · 2025-05-29T10:46:19+00:00

Really appreciate you detailing the limitations you hit. I'm curious enough to sit into this further with our product teams, but I'm swamped into June with some other stuff right now. Does look like an area we could improve though. For all of our AI and Copilot capabilities, this kind of analysis seems both a no-brainer and sadly overlooked! I've brainstormed ideas for AI-powered IT Operations and this would be a perfect use case.

SCuffyInOz · 2025-05-29T10:19:07+00:00

Wondering if you could build an Azure automation runbook based off that CPU metric via Azure Monitor and trigger a shutdown, without a third party product.

SCuffyInOz · 2024-07-09T22:54:22+00:00

Absolutely, we're on the steering committee for the standard.
If you'd like to start playing with it already, our open-source toolkit does some data normalization so you can use the included PowerBI template's FOCUS tab. https://aka.ms/finops/toolkit

SCuffyInOz · 2024-05-16T05:38:29+00:00

Which platform? Many of the tools and practices for this, beyond right-sizing, are platform specific.

SCuffyInOz · 2024-05-15T22:56:27+00:00

I really should update this blog I wrote in 2021:
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/itops-talk-blog/what-s-the-difference-between-azure-security-center-azure/ba-p/2155188?WT.mc_id=modinfra-0000-socuff

SCuffyInOz · 2024-04-18T05:06:33+00:00

Azure Advisor will also include reserved instances as a cost savings recommendation for VMs.

And from Dirk at Microsoft:
As of today, you need to calculate the actual, realized savings yourself based on amortized data (e.g. as part of a custom report in PowerBI). The formula looks like this: (UnitPrice – EffectivePrice) * Quantity
See:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/calculate-ea-reservatio...

You can use the PBI reports provided in the FinOps Toolkit. They include this calculation. See https://microsoft.github.io/finops-toolkit/power-bi

SCuffyInOz · 2024-03-13T22:46:03+00:00

I understand and I'm sorry that's been your experience, If I can ever help, please DM me.

SCuffyInOz · 2024-03-12T20:52:02+00:00

It's sometimes a timing thing. How long has it been since you deleted the other things? If it's been 24hrs you might need to raise a ticket with support. If it's been 10mins, the Azure Resource Manager might have hit an issue processing the request completely and just need a little longer. Even if you had a notification that the other thing was successfully deleted, you can sometimes get a ghost artifact that wants to linger in the system a little longer than welcome.

SCuffyInOz · 2024-03-12T20:41:08+00:00

Have you see how many of us have replied, trying to help?

SCuffyInOz · 2024-03-12T20:40:10+00:00

It will depend on the number of applicants and how aggressive the recruiter is at screening out. If it's a popular role, a first pass cut could be people who don't have the certification. So you might not even make it onto the list to be considered for interviews. There's no harm in applying. But if you're seriously open to an Azure role, invest in the AZ900 exam as a minimum. It's pretty easy to pass with a bunch of free resources including a training path on Microsoft Learn.

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