1---2name: azure-cost-management3description: Azure Cost Management Skill4---5# Azure Cost Management Skill67This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Cost Management. Covers troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. It combines local quick-reference content with remote documentation fetching capabilities.89## How to Use This Skill1011> **IMPORTANT for Agent**: Use the **Category Index** below to locate relevant sections. For categories with line ranges (e.g., `L35-L120`), use `read_file` with the specified lines. For categories with file links (e.g., `[security.md](security.md)`), use `read_file` on the linked reference file1213> **IMPORTANT for Agent**: If `metadata.generated_at` is more than 3 months old, suggest the user pull the latest version from the repository. If `mcp_microsoftdocs` tools are not available, suggest the user install it: [Installation Guide](https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/mcp/blob/main/README.md)1415This skill requires **network access** to fetch documentation content:16- **Preferred**: Use `mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch` with query string `from=learn-agent-skill`. Returns Markdown.17- **Fallback**: Use `fetch_webpage` with query string `from=learn-agent-skill&accept=text/markdown`. Returns Markdown.1819## Category Index2021| Category | Lines | Description |22|----------|-------|-------------|23| Troubleshooting | L36-L64 | Diagnosing and fixing Azure billing, subscription, and reservation issues (sign-up, disabled subs, payments, invoices, reservations, savings plans) and using logs/pivot tables to investigate anomalies. |24| Best Practices | L65-L74 | Best practices for analyzing Azure costs, optimizing and reducing spend (including Advisor and Hybrid Benefit), and planning/implementing organization-wide cost management processes. |25| Decision Making | L75-L127 | Deciding how to allocate, reserve, and prepay Azure costs (reservations, savings plans, Hybrid Benefit), choosing billing APIs/offers, and planning migrations or discounts to optimize spend. |26| Limits & Quotas | L128-L143 | Limits, quotas, and timing rules for Azure costs: free tier limits, spending caps, data transfer fees, subscription limits, savings plans, SQL licensing, and billing/dormancy behavior. |27| Security | L144-L164 | Securing Azure billing and cost data: RBAC and billing roles, admin elevation, EA/MCA/CSP access, fraud prevention, and permissions for subscriptions, reservations, and savings plans. |28| Configuration | L165-L235 | Configuring Azure billing, credits, reservations, savings plans, budgets, tags, alerts, and subscription/payment relationships to control, allocate, and optimize cloud costs. |29| Integrations & Coding Patterns | L236-L252 | APIs, scripts, and Power BI patterns to automate cost analysis, billing data retrieval, subscription creation (EA/MCA/MPA), cross-tenant scenarios, and reservation management. |30| Deployment | L253-L256 | Configuring automated, large-scale exports of Azure cost and usage data to storage (like Azure Storage), including setup, scheduling, and management for ongoing cost analysis. |3132### Troubleshooting33| Topic | URL |34|-------|-----|35| Troubleshoot common Azure Cost Management error codes | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/costs/cost-management-error-codes |36| Fix and reactivate disabled Azure for Students subscriptions | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/azurestudents-subscription-disabled |37| Troubleshoot and reactivate a disabled Azure subscription | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/subscription-disabled |38| Troubleshoot subscription access issues after MCA signup | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/microsoft-customer-agreement/troubleshoot-subscription-access |39| Find who purchased an Azure reservation using logs | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/find-reservation-purchaser-from-logs |40| Troubleshoot Azure reservation usage details download issues | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/troubleshoot-download-usage |41| Fix 'No eligible subscriptions' when buying reservations | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/troubleshoot-no-eligible-subscriptions |42| Troubleshoot unavailable Azure reservation types in portal | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/troubleshoot-product-not-available |43| Troubleshoot Azure reservation recommendation issues | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/troubleshoot-reservation-recommendation |44| Troubleshoot Azure reservations with low or zero utilization | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/troubleshoot-reservation-utilization |45| Troubleshoot unexpected Azure savings plan utilization spikes | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/savings-plan/troubleshoot-savings-plan-utilization |46| Troubleshoot Azure billing payment update errors | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/troubleshoot-billing/billing-troubleshoot-azure-payment-issues |47| Fix VM creation errors for Azure EA users | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/troubleshoot-billing/cannot-create-vm |48| Fix issues viewing Azure billing accounts | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/troubleshoot-billing/troubleshoot-account-not-found |49| Troubleshoot missing Azure invoices in the portal | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/troubleshoot-billing/troubleshoot-cant-find-invoice |50| Use pivot tables to troubleshoot CSP billing issues | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/troubleshoot-billing/troubleshoot-csp-billing-issues-usage-file-pivot-tables |51| Use pivot tables to troubleshoot MCA billing issues | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/troubleshoot-billing/troubleshoot-customer-agreement-billing-issues-usage-file-pivot-tables |52| Resolve declined credit cards for Azure billing | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/troubleshoot-billing/troubleshoot-declined-card |53| Use pivot tables to troubleshoot EA billing issues | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/troubleshoot-billing/troubleshoot-ea-billing-issues-usage-file-pivot-tables |54| Troubleshoot Azure threshold billing authorization issues | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/troubleshoot-billing/troubleshoot-threshold-billing |55| Resolve 'account belongs to a directory' subscription sign-up error | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/troubleshoot-subscription/cannot-sign-up-subscription |56| Resolve 'No subscriptions found' Azure portal error | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/troubleshoot-subscription/no-subscriptions-found |57| Troubleshoot new Azure account sign-up issues | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/troubleshoot-subscription/troubleshoot-azure-sign-up |58| Fix 'Not available due to conflict' for reservations | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/troubleshoot-subscription/troubleshoot-not-available-conflict |59| Troubleshoot Azure subscription sign-in problems | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/troubleshoot-subscription/troubleshoot-sign-in-issue |6061### Best Practices62| Topic | URL |63|-------|-----|64| Use Cost Analysis for common Azure cost questions | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/costs/cost-analysis-common-uses |65| Apply Azure Cost Management optimization best practices | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/costs/cost-mgt-best-practices |66| Reduce Azure costs using Advisor recommendations | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/costs/tutorial-acm-opt-recommendations |67| Follow best practices to onboard to Microsoft Customer Agreement | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/microsoft-customer-agreement/onboard-microsoft-customer-agreement |68| Use SQL Server HADR with centrally managed Hybrid Benefit | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/scope-level/sql-server-hadr-licenses |69| Plan and implement Azure cost management practices | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/understand/plan-manage-costs |7071### Decision Making72| Topic | URL |73|-------|-----|74| Decide and configure Azure cost allocation rules | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/costs/allocate-costs |75| Plan and implement Azure cost allocation strategies | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/costs/cost-allocation-introduction |76| Choose and use built-in Cost Analysis views | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/costs/cost-analysis-built-in-views |77| Plan migration from EA to MCA Cost Management APIs | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/costs/migrate-cost-management-api |78| Use EA VM reservations to optimize Azure costs | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/ea-portal-vm-reservations |79| Interpret Azure EA pricing and usage calculations | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/ea-pricing-overview |80| Transition from EA to Microsoft Customer Agreement billing | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/mca-setup-account |81| Choose APIs to programmatically create Azure subscriptions | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/programmatically-create-subscription |82| Determine supported Azure subscription and reservation transfer paths | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/subscription-transfer |83| Choose and switch between Azure subscription offers | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/switch-azure-offer |84| Choose and perform Azure account upgrades | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/upgrade-azure-subscription |85| Use Microsoft Agent Prepurchase Plan for AI services | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/agent-pre-purchase |86| Prepay for Azure virtual machine software reservations | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/buy-vm-software-reservation |87| Charge back Azure reservation costs using amortized data | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/charge-back-usage |88| Use Copilot Credit P3 pre-purchase plans | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/copilot-credit-p3 |89| Determine which Azure reservation to purchase | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/determine-reservation-purchase |90| Exchange or refund Azure reservations self-service | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/exchange-and-refund-azure-reservations |91| Reserve Microsoft Fabric capacity to reduce costs | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/fabric-capacity |92| Decide and calculate Azure reservation instance size flexibility | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/instance-size-flexibility |93| Evaluate limited-time VM discounts in Poland Central | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/limited-time-central-poland |94| Evaluate limited-time Linux VM discounts in Sweden Central | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/limited-time-central-sweden |95| Evaluate limited-time Linux VM reservation discounts | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/limited-time-linux |96| Evaluate limited-time VM discounts in US West | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/limited-time-us-west |97| Buy Microsoft Foundry provisioned throughput reservations | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/microsoft-foundry |98| Reserve Nutanix Cloud Clusters on Azure BareMetal | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/nutanix-bare-metal |99| Evaluate limited-time Azure SQL reservations in Poland Central | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/poland-limited-time-sql-services-reservations |100| Prepare to buy Azure reservations effectively | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/prepare-buy-reservation |101| Choose and buy App Service reserved capacity | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/prepay-app-service |102| Prepurchase Azure Databricks commit units | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/prepay-databricks-reserved-capacity |103| Purchase JBoss EAP Integrated Support reservations | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/prepay-jboss-eap-integrated-support-app-service |104| Prepay for Azure Red Hat OpenShift software usage | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/prepay-red-hat-openshift |105| Reserve Azure Synapse Dedicated SQL pool capacity | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/prepay-sql-data-warehouse-charges |106| Prepay for Azure SQL Edge reserved capacity | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/prepay-sql-edge |107| Understand changes to Azure reservation exchange policy | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/reservation-exchange-policy-changes |108| Use Azure reservation purchase recommendations | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/reserved-instance-purchase-recommendations |109| Evaluate Azure Reservations for cost savings | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/save-compute-costs-reservations |110| Use Azure Synapse Pre-Purchase Plan with SCUs | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/synapse-analytics-pre-purchase-plan |111| Understand and view amortized reservation and savings plan costs | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/view-amortized-costs |112| Manually calculate EA savings from Azure savings plans | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/savings-plan/calculate-ea-savings-plan-savings |113| Select optimal Azure savings plan commitment amount | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/savings-plan/choose-commitment-amount |114| Decide between Azure savings plans and reservations | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/savings-plan/decide-between-savings-plan-reservation |115| Understand how Azure savings plan discounts are applied | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/savings-plan/discount-application |116| Use Azure savings plan purchase recommendations | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/savings-plan/purchase-recommendations |117| Trade in Azure reservations for savings plans | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/savings-plan/reservation-trade-in |118| Understand Azure savings plans for compute | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/savings-plan/savings-plan-compute-overview |119| Plan transition to centrally managed Azure Hybrid Benefit | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/scope-level/transition-existing |120| Assess impact of Azure billing meter ID updates | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/understand/billing-meter-id-updates |121| Understand shared Azure billing meter regions | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/understand/billing-meter-location |122| Plan migration from SAP HANA Large Instances on Azure | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sap/large-instances/decommission-sap-hana |123124### Limits & Quotas125| Topic | URL |126|-------|-----|127| Understand Azure Cost Management data timing and granularity | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/costs/understand-cost-mgt-data |128| Avoid charges by staying within Azure free account limits | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/avoid-charges-free-account |129| Monitor Azure free service usage against quotas | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/check-free-service-usage |130| Understand Azure free account credits and duration limits | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/create-free-services |131| Understand Azure data transfer fee rules in Europe | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/data-transfer-fees |132| Understand timing of direct EA invoice document availability | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/direct-ea-billing-invoice-documents |133| Handle Azure region optimization policy constraints | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/region-optimization |134| Manage Azure spending limit and credit-based quotas | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/spending-limit |135| Check Azure savings plan utilization and data latency | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/savings-plan/view-utilization |136| Understand hourly application of centrally managed SQL licenses | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/scope-level/manage-licenses-centrally |137| Understand limits when creating multiple Azure subscriptions | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/troubleshoot-subscription/create-subscriptions-deploy-resources |138| Manage Azure billing account dormancy and retention | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/understand/keep-billing-accounts-active |139140### Security141| Topic | URL |142|-------|-----|143| Assign RBAC access to Azure Cost Management data | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/costs/assign-access-acm-data |144| Manage Azure subscription administrators with RBAC roles | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/add-change-subscription-administrator |145| Prevent unused Azure subscriptions from being blocked or deleted | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/avoid-unused-subscriptions |146| Elevate Global Administrator access to Azure billing accounts | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/elevate-access-global-admin |147| Grant RBAC permissions to create Azure EA subscriptions | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/grant-access-to-create-subscription |148| Configure Azure subscription directory transfer policies | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/manage-azure-subscription-policy |149| Assign Azure billing access roles securely | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/manage-billing-access |150| Understand PSD2 SCA requirements for Azure purchases | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/open-banking-strong-customer-authentication |151| Protect Azure tenants and subscriptions from fraud and abuse | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/protect-tenants-subscriptions |152| Understand and assign Azure Enterprise Agreement admin roles | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/understand-ea-roles |153| Use MCA billing roles for access control | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/understand-mca-roles |154| Manage tenants and secure billing access under MCA | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/microsoft-customer-agreement/manage-tenants |155| View Azure reservations as a Cloud Solution Provider | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/how-to-view-csp-reservations |156| Grant RBAC access to Azure reservations with PowerShell | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/manage-reservations-rbac-powershell |157| Understand permissions to view and manage Azure reservations | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/view-reservations |158| Determine who can purchase Azure savings plans | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/savings-plan/permission-buy-savings-plan |159| Configure permissions to view and manage savings plans | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/savings-plan/permission-view-manage |160161### Configuration162| Topic | URL |163|-------|-----|164| Manage Conditional Azure Credit Offer resources | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/benefits/caco/manage-conditional-credit-offer |165| Track Conditional Azure Credit Offer milestones | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/benefits/caco/track-conditional-credit-offer |166| Manage Azure credit resources across subscriptions | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/benefits/credits/manage-azure-credits |167| Track Azure credit balance for MCA billing profiles | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/benefits/credits/mca-check-azure-credits-balance |168| Configure and manage Azure discount resources | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/benefits/discounts/manage-azure-discount |169| Manage MACC resources across Azure subscriptions | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/benefits/macc/manage-consumption-commitment |170| Configure and apply billing tags in Cost Management | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/costs/billing-tags |171| Configure and use Azure Cost Management alerts | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/costs/cost-mgt-alerts-monitor-usage-spending |172| Configure and customize Azure Cost Analysis views | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/costs/customize-cost-analysis-views |173| Configure tag inheritance for Azure cost allocation | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/costs/enable-tag-inheritance |174| Configure Cost Management exports using SAS keys | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/costs/export-cost-data-storage-account-sas-key |175| Configure grouping and filtering in Cost Analysis and Budgets | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/costs/group-filter |176| Define Cost Management budgets using Bicep | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/costs/quick-create-budget-bicep |177| Create Cost Management budgets with ARM templates | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/costs/quick-create-budget-template |178| Set up Azure reservation utilization alerts | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/costs/reservation-utilization-alerts |179| Create and manage Azure Cost Management budgets | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/costs/tutorial-acm-create-budgets |180| Transfer Azure plan subscriptions between Microsoft partners | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/azure-plan-subscription-transfer-partners |181| Transfer billing ownership of MOSP Azure subscriptions | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/billing-subscription-transfer |182| Cancel and permanently delete Azure subscriptions safely | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/cancel-azure-subscription |183| Initiate and manage change of channel partner for EA | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/change-of-channel-partner |184| Perform common EA billing administration tasks in Azure portal | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/direct-ea-administration |185| Manage indirect EA billing as a partner in Azure portal | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/ea-billing-administration-partners |186| Transfer Azure Enterprise enrollment accounts and subscriptions | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/ea-transfers |187| Configure Azure Marketplace and private offer purchase policies | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/enable-marketplace-purchases |188| Configure Partner Admin Link (PAL) for Azure customer management | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/link-partner-id |189| Link partner IDs to Power Platform and Dynamics accounts via Azure | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/link-partner-id-power-apps-accounts |190| Configure multitenant Azure billing relationships and subscription moves | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/manage-billing-across-tenants |191| Configure markup rules in Azure 21Vianet Cost Management | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/markup-china |192| Map EA billing tasks to a Microsoft Customer Agreement account | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/mca-enterprise-operations |193| Transfer Azure subscription, reservation, and savings plan billing to MCA | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/mca-request-billing-ownership |194| Organize MCA invoices with billing profiles and sections | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/mca-section-invoice |195| Use Microsoft Entra ID Free for subscription management | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/microsoft-entra-id-free |196| Move MOSP or MCA Azure subscriptions to an Enterprise Agreement | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/mosp-ea-transfer |197| Transfer Azure billing products to a Microsoft Partner Agreement | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/mpa-request-ownership |198| Set up Azure subscription payment by wire transfer | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/pay-by-invoice |199| Transfer Azure subscriptions between customers and CSP partners | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/transfer-subscriptions-subscribers-csp |200| Apply reserved instance discounts to Azure Dedicated Hosts | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/billing-understand-dedicated-hosts-reservation-charges |201| Calculate Enterprise Agreement reservation savings manually | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/calculate-ea-reservations-savings |202| Apply reservation discounts to Azure SQL Edge | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/discount-sql-edge |203| Configure and manage Azure reservations and scopes | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/manage-reserved-vm-instance |204| Configure and manage Azure reservations and scopes | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/manage-reserved-vm-instance |205| Apply reservation discounts to Azure App Service | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/reservation-discount-app-service |206| Understand how VM reservation discounts are applied | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/reservation-discount-application |207| Apply reservation discounts to Azure Synapse Analytics DW | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/reservation-discount-azure-sql-dw |208| Use Azure Databricks prepurchased commit units | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/reservation-discount-databricks |209| Configure automatic renewal for Azure reservations | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/reservation-renew |210| View and interpret Azure reservation utilization | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/reservation-utilization |211| Identify software costs not covered by Azure reservations | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/reserved-instance-windows-software-costs |212| Change Azure reservation directory between Entra tenants | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/troubleshoot-reservation-transfers-between-tenants |213| Apply reservation discounts to Azure Cache for Redis | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/understand-azure-cache-for-redis-reservation-charges |214| Apply reservation discounts to Azure Cosmos DB throughput | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/understand-cosmosdb-reservation-charges |215| Apply reservation discounts to Azure disk storage | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/understand-disk-reservations |216| Apply reservation discounts to Azure SQL Database | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/understand-reservation-charges |217| Apply reservation discounts to Azure Database for MySQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/understand-reservation-charges-mysql |218| Apply reservation discounts to Azure SQL Managed Instance | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/understand-reservation-charges-sql-managed-instance |219| Interpret reservation usage for individual subscriptions | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/understand-reserved-instance-usage |220| Interpret reservation usage for EA and MCA accounts | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/understand-reserved-instance-usage-ea |221| Use Red Hat reservation plan discounts on Azure VMs | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/understand-rhel-reservation-charges |222| Apply reserved capacity discounts to Azure storage services | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/understand-storage-charges |223| Use SUSE and Red Hat software plan discounts | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/understand-suse-reservation-charges |224| View Azure reservation purchase and refund transactions | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/view-purchase-refunds |225| Use amortized savings plan costs for chargeback | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/savings-plan/charge-back-costs |226| Configure scopes for Azure savings plans | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/savings-plan/scope-savings-plan |227| Create and scope SQL Server license assignments in Azure | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/scope-level/create-sql-license-assignments |228| Configure SQL IaaS extension registration for Hybrid Benefit | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/scope-level/sql-iaas-extension-registration |229| Configure payment methods for MCA and MOSP bills | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/understand/pay-bill |230| Interpret Azure detailed usage and charges CSV fields | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/understand/understand-usage |231232### Integrations & Coding Patterns233| Topic | URL |234|-------|-----|235| Analyze Azure costs using the Cost Management Power BI app | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/costs/analyze-cost-data-azure-cost-management-power-bi-template-app |236| Automate Azure cost management with APIs and scripts | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/costs/manage-automation |237| Map Azure billing scenarios to Cost Management APIs | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/cost-management-automation-scenarios |238| Automate MCA billing role migration across tenants with PowerShell | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/mca-role-migration |239| Create MCA subscriptions across associated Azure tenants programmatically | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/programmatically-create-customer-agreement-associated-billing-tenants |240| Create Azure EA subscriptions via REST, CLI, PowerShell, and ARM | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/programmatically-create-subscription-enterprise-agreement |241| Programmatically create MCA subscriptions using latest Azure APIs | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/programmatically-create-subscription-microsoft-customer-agreement |242| Programmatically create MCA subscriptions across Microsoft Entra tenants | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/programmatically-create-subscription-microsoft-customer-agreement-across-tenants |243| Create Azure subscriptions for Microsoft Partner Agreement via APIs | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/programmatically-create-subscription-microsoft-partner-agreement |244| Use legacy APIs to programmatically create Azure subscriptions | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/programmatically-create-subscription-preview |245| Use Cost Details API for EA billing analysis | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/review-enterprise-billing |246| Retrieve subscription billing data via Cost Details API | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/review-subscription-billing |247| Use Azure reservation APIs for automation | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/reservation-apis |248249### Deployment250| Topic | URL |251|-------|-----|252| Set up recurring large-scale cost data exports | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/costs/ingest-azure-usage-at-scale |
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