Azure Cost Management & Billing Basics
Tags: azure, webdev, beginners, certification
Published: 2021-08-28 12:22:06

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> For entire azure resources even across subscriptions if you want to know about your **billing, invoice, budget, alerts, recommendations** then you must go to **Azure Cost Management** and billing page in Azure portal. This article will help you to prepare for [az-303: Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/certifications/exams/az-303).

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## Cost Reports and Budget Setup

**Azure Monitor** also helps us to:

- Monitor the resource cost
- Get cost reports
- Setup budget and alert

### Cost Management & Billing

![](https://imgur.com/vYFVU0q.png)Cost Management & Billing is service in Azure.

In overview screen you will see:

- **History** of all the previous bills
- Which specific **resource** cost you **more price**

### Cost Management

#### Cost Analysis

![](https://imgur.com/ZCpkOQS.png)

#### Cost Alerts

You can setup your own alerts so that you will be notified once you cross your budget or about to reach your budget.

#### Budgets

You can create or delete the budges.

#### Advisor recommendations

This will redirect to the Azure Adviser page where you can see cost recommendations.

### Billing

Invoices and payments can be find here.

### Settings

![](https://imgur.com/NlKaFVr.png)Configurations and you can even connect to AWS resources and check the cost recommendations on them.

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