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Analyzes Azure costs and provides optimization recommendations including reserved instances, rightsizing, and unused resources. Use when optimizing Azure spending or analyzing Azure costs.
| name | azure-cost-optimizer |
| description | Analyzes Azure costs and provides optimization recommendations including reserved instances, rightsizing, and unused resources. Use when optimizing Azure spending or analyzing Azure costs. |
Analyze Azure costs and implement optimization strategies to reduce spending while maintaining performance.
# View cost analysis
az cost-management query \
--type Usage \
--dataset-aggregation name="PreTaxCost" function="Sum" \
--dataset-grouping name="ResourceGroup" type="Dimension"
# View costs by service
az cost-management query \
--type Usage \
--dataset-grouping name="ServiceName" type="Dimension"
Check for unused resources:
Review resource utilization:
Reserved Instances:
Azure Hybrid Benefit:
Rightsizing:
Spot VMs:
For detailed information, see:
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