Intelligent FinOps in Azure Microsoft Mechanics Podcast

Leverage FinOps in Azure to optimize your cloud spend and drive accountability across your organization. With Microsoft Cost Management, gain complete visibility into your cloud costs, track spending by department or project, and forecast future expenses. Utilize management groups, subscriptions, and tags to organize costs and allocate resources efficiently, ensuring alignment with organizational priorities.
Make informed decisions with proactive cost reduction recommendations from Azure Advisor and architectural best practices like Azure Landing Zones. Operationalize FinOps practices with centralized management focus and continuous evaluation through the FinOps Review assessment.
Azure expert, Matt McSpirit, shows how to improve your organization's capability and operational agility with FinOps on Azure.
 
► QUICK LINKS:
00:00 - Improve control on Azure through FinOps
01:01 - Gain visibility and accountability over Cloud spend
02:11 - Track and report spending
03:28- How to track costs
04:14 - Tagging resources
05:57 - Optimized efficiency
07:02 - Maintain FinOps practices
08:05 - Wrap up
 
► Link References
How to implement FinOps on Azure at https://aka.ms/FinOps
Leverage Cloud Adoption Framework guidance at https://aka.ms/C-A-F-Tagging
Click-through demos at https://aka.ms/finops/guides
FinOps Review assessment at https://aka.ms/finops/review
Start using Microsoft Cost Management at https://aka.ms/CostManagement
 
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