Azure cost savings – visibility, accountability, and optimization
Enterprises often look to cloud services as a way of reducing IT costs. However, any cost savings will also depend on how enterprises manage their costs and optimize their cloud spending. As with business activities, different departments will need to collaborate for effective cloud cost management. IT, finance, and different levels of management are all likely to be involved to correctly analyze costs, control them, and prepare future budgets as needed.
Azure offers a range of different tools to help enterprises manage their costs. A pragmatic business approach and common sense are also important. Finance departments should understand where cloud costs are generated and how cloud spend is trending, but so too should cloud IT teams.
- Visibility
Cost analysis can help users and stakeholders to explore and break down cloud costs. Cost aggregation can show them where the largest amount of funds...