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Azure Platform Cost Optimization Key Principles, Controls & Savings Framework

Azure Platform Cost Optimization helps businesses control cloud spend through visibility, rightsizing, automation, and smart purchasing. By applying tools like Budgets, Advisor, Policy, and Management Groups, organizations eliminate waste, enforce governance, and maximize savings. A structured framework of assessing, optimizing, automating, governing, and monitoring ensures predictable costs and higher ROI.

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Azure Platform Cost Optimization Key Principles, Controls & Savings Framework

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  1. Azure Platform Cost Optimization: Key Principles, Controls & Savings Framework www.hexacorp.com

  2. Why Azure Cost Optimization Matters Cloud spend grows quickly without visibility and governance Unused, oversized, or misconfigured resources drain budgets Cost optimization ensures financial control and predictable spending Enables organizations to scale efficiently without overspending.

  3. Core Principles of Azure Platform Cost Optimization Track usage across subscriptions, Rightsize VMs, databases, and apps, and environments storage Visibility Efficiency Use dashboards, tagging, and Eliminate idle or underutilized analytics for full transparency resources Auto-shutdown, auto-scale, and Use Reserved Instances, Savings automated cleanup Plans, and spot pricing Smart Purchasing Automation Use policies to enforce cost- Choose the right service tiers for saving configurations predictable savings

  4. Azure Budgets → Set thresholds & get alerts Cost Analysis → Break down spend by resource, team, app Azure Cost Controls You Must Apply Azure Advisor → Receive real-time optimization recommendations Azure Policy → Enforce tagging, block costly resources, apply guardrails Management Groups → Standardize cost governance across teams

  5. Purchasing Strategies for Lower Azure Spend Reserved Instances (1–3 years) → Save up to 72% Savings Plans → Flexible commitment- based savings Spot VMs → Up to 90% lower cost for interruptible workloads Hybrid Use Benefit → Reduce Windows & SQL licensing costs.

  6. Resource Optimization Tactics Rightsize compute workloads regularly Move predictable apps to reserved capacity Use serverless (Functions, Logic Apps) for event- driven workloads Migrate to containers or AKS to reduce VM overhead Use storage lifecycle management to move data to cheaper tiers.

  7. Azure Platform Cost Optimization Framework Assess Optimize Automate Govern Monitor Discover all resources, identify cost drivers, tag assets. Apply Advisor recommendations, rightsize workloads. Implement scheduling, autoscale, and policy- based controls. Use budgets, policies, and FinOps practices for continuous control. Track spend with dashboards and anomaly alerts.

  8. Best Practices for Sustainable Savings Standardize tags for cost ownership and reporting Enforce cost policies at subscription and environment levels Review unused services monthly Use Dev/Test pricing where applicable Implement FinOps culture across teams.

  9. With strong azure platform cost optimization, organizations achieve: Lower cloud bills and higher ROI Predictable cost governance across teams Efficient use of compute, storage, and data services A scalable cloud environment aligned with business value. www.hexacorp.com

  10. Thank you

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