Introduction
Azure IoT Central offers a comprehensive set of tools and resources to optimize costs and efficiently manage your cloud spending. By focusing on cost optimization, businesses can prioritize what truly matters to their operations and growth. Whether you are looking to understand and forecast your costs, optimize your workloads, or control spending, Azure IoT Central provides the necessary guidance and support to help you achieve your financial objectives.
Understanding and Forecasting Costs
With Microsoft Cost Management, Azure IoT Central allows you to monitor and analyze your Azure bill effectively. Set budgets, allocate spending to teams and projects, and estimate costs for upcoming projects using the Azure pricing calculator and the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) calculator. These tools empower you to build a cloud business case with financial and technical guidance from Azure for successful cost forecasting.
Cost Optimizing Workloads
Azure Advisor best practice recommendations guide you in cost savings, while the Azure Well-Architected Review assessment and framework help review your workload architecture for cost optimization. Azure also offers various cost-saving options such as Azure Hybrid Benefit, reservations, Azure Spot Virtual Machines, and savings plans for compute and dev/test pricing. Following these strategies enables businesses to maximize savings on their dynamic workloads and consistent workloads efficiently.
Controlling Costs
Mitigating cloud spending risks can be achieved by implementing cost management governance best practices through the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure. Additionally, Azure Policy aids in setting up cost controls and guardrails for your environment, ensuring that you stay within budget and avoid unnecessary expenses. By acting on these controls, businesses can maintain financial discipline within their Azure spending.
8 Ways to Optimize Costs Today
Azure IoT Central offers practical ways to optimize costs immediately. From shutting down unused resources and right-sizing underused resources to implementing Azure savings plans for compute and reserving instances for consistent workloads, businesses have a range of strategies at their disposal. Furthermore, leveraging the Azure Hybrid Benefit, autoscaling, choosing the right Azure compute service, and setting up budgets for teams and projects are effective methods to control and reduce cloud spending.
Cost Optimization Training and Additional Resources
Azure's cost optimization training provides valuable insights on saving money within the Azure ecosystem, focusing on the key aspects of monitoring, analytics, efficiency, and resource optimization. Through Microsoft Learn modules like the Azure Well-Architected Framework—Cost Optimization, businesses can enhance their cost management skills. Additionally, a wealth of resources on understanding costs, optimizing workloads, and controlling spending is available to support businesses in their cost optimization journey.
Expert Partner Support
Businesses seeking expert guidance in cost management can find support from Azure advanced specialization partners and Azure expert managed service providers. These partners offer in-depth expertise in specific scenarios or general managed services, following industry and Microsoft best practices. By collaborating with expert partners, businesses can navigate cost optimization challenges effectively and drive success in their Azure environment.