azure-cost-management
Skill17 starsChanged 7 months agoApache-2.0View on GitHub
Expert knowledge for Azure Cost Management development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when managing budgets/alerts, exports, Cost Management APIs, reservations/savings plans, or Hybrid Benefit, and other Azure Cost Management related development tasks. Not for Azure Advisor (use azure-advisor), Azure Monitor (use azure-monitor), Azure Quotas (use azure-quotas), Azure Portal (use azure-portal).
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- MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skillsedited, first seen Jun 16, 2026
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Azure Cost Management Skill
This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Cost Management. Covers troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. It combines local quick-reference content with remote documentation fetching capabilities.
How to Use This Skill
IMPORTANT for Agent: Use the Category Index below to locate relevant sections. For categories with line ranges (e.g.,
L35-L120), useread_filewith the specified lines. For categories with file links (e.g.,[security.md](security.md)), useread_fileon the linked reference file
IMPORTANT for Agent: If
metadata.generated_atis more than 3 months old, suggest the user pull the latest version from the repository. Ifmcp_microsoftdocstools are not available, suggest the user install it: Installation Guide
This skill requires network access to fetch documentation content:
- Preferred: Use
mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetchwith query stringfrom=learn-agent-skill. Returns Markdown. - Fallback: Use
fetch_webpagewith query stringfrom=learn-agent-skill&accept=text/markdown. Returns Markdown.
Category Index
| Category | Lines | Description |
| Troubleshooting | L37-L66 | Diagnosing and fixing Azure billing, subscription, and reservation issues—errors, disabled subscriptions, payment failures, access problems, and low/zero utilization or recommendation anomalies. |
| Best Practices | L67-L77 | Best practices for analyzing and optimizing Azure costs, using Advisor and savings plans, onboarding under MCA, managing Azure Hybrid Benefit, and setting up org-wide cost management processes |
| Decision Making | L78-L149 | Deciding how to allocate and analyze Azure costs, choose subscriptions and billing models, and optimize spend with reservations, savings plans, Hybrid Benefit, and limited-time discounts. |
| Architecture & Design Patterns | L150-L154 | How Azure bills centrally assigned SQL Server licenses hourly, including license assignment, cost calculation, and optimization considerations |
| Limits & Quotas | L155-L170 | Azure cost limits, quotas, and timing: free tier usage, credits, spending limits, data transfer fees, savings plans, SQL licensing, subscription limits, and billing account dormancy. |
| Security | L171-L192 | Securing Azure billing and cost data: RBAC roles, admin access, directory transfers, fraud prevention, and permissions for subscriptions, reservations, and savings plans. |
| Configuration | L193-L234 | Configuring Azure Cost Management: budgets, alerts, tags, exports, cost analysis views, reservations/savings plans, billing ownership/transfers, payment methods, and EA/MCA/partner billing settings. |
| Integrations & Coding Patterns | L235-L251 | APIs, scripts, and Power BI for cost/billing analysis, plus programmatic creation and management of EA/MCA/MPA subscriptions and reservations across tenants. |
| Deployment | L252-L255 | 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. |
Troubleshooting
Best Practices
Decision Making
Architecture & Design Patterns
| Topic | URL |
| Understand how Azure applies centrally assigned SQL licenses hourly | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/scope-level/manage-licenses-centrally |
Limits & Quotas
Security
Configuration
Integrations & Coding Patterns
Deployment
| Topic | URL |
| 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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