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Here's a quick run-down of the Cost Management updates for February 2025:
Cost details datasets now include AccountId and InvoiceSectionId columns to support more cost allocation scenarios.
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Mar 05, 2025
11 MIN READ
Learn about the columns that identify and category services you use within your environment.
Mar 04, 2025
12 MIN READ
Learn about the columns that identify and describe the resources you have deployed to your environment.
Feb 04, 2025
FinOps toolkit security posture
Ensuring the security of FinOps hubs and the FinOps toolkit in general has been a top priority from the very beginning. The FinOps toolkit is designed to help organi...
Feb 03, 2025
Microsoft has introduced a new contractual model for Azure enterprise customers, called the Microsoft Customer Agreement. Guidance on changes to the billing hierarchy can be found here: Set up billin...
Jan 22, 2025
8 MIN READ
This week, I’ll cover something simple, yet crucial for measuring cost over time: the date columns. You’ll use these to filter and group data for targeted or over-time trend analysis.
Jan 15, 2025
This week, I’ll cover the columns that describe the type of charges and pricing models you’ll find in a FOCUS dataset.
Dec 17, 2024
9 MIN READ
This week I'll cover the 4 cost columns defined by FOCUS, how they relate, and some of the underlying logic and related columns Microsoft provides in addition to the core cost columns.
Dec 05, 2024
In November, the FinOps toolkit 0.7 introduces a few highly anticipated updates: support for large datasets at scale with Azure Data Explorer, EA and MCA cost savings, private endpoints, and infrastr...
Dec 05, 2024
Here's a quick run-down of the Cost Management updates for November 2024:
Export to Microsoft Fabric preview signup.
New Azure OpenAI view in Cost analysis.
Estimate costs for Azure OpenAI in...
Nov 28, 2024
