Azure Cloud Costs

Azure Cost Optimisation Checklist

Find Azure savings opportunities of up to 60%

Azure bills rising faster than expected? Unused resources, pricing mismatches, data transfer and overprovisioned workloads can quickly add avoidable spend. Use this checklist to find wasted spend and prioritise practical fixes.

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What you’ll learn:

  • How to choose the right Azure billing model
  • How to save money with discount models (e.g. Reservations, Spot VMs)
  • Where compute costs often increase
  • How to monitor budgets and usage
  • Ways to reduce storage and transfer costs
  • How tagging and policy improve cost visibility
  • Practical checks for networking costs

Who this is for

  • CTOs and technical leads managing cloud costs
  • CFOs and finance teams reviewing Azure spend
  • Platform teams improving cost visibility
  • Developers responsible for Azure resources
  • Teams preparing for an Azure cost review

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