Microsoft Azure Fundamentals: Managing Azure Costs

Most cloud computing charges are based on metered usage so developing a strategy to minimize monthly cloud computing charges is paramount.

In this course explore a variety of ways in which cloud computing costs can be reduced such as by using reserved instances or virtual machine (VM) auto-shutdown. Next configure virtual machine reserved instances and analyze monthly cloud computing charges in the portal. Then add key and value pairs or tags to Azure resources using the Azure portal the command line interface (CLI) and PowerShell. Finally create an Azure cost budget using the Azure pricing calculator and the total cost of ownership (TCO) calculator.

This course can be used to prepare for exam AZ-900 Microsoft Azure Fundamentals.