Quick Azure Cost Management: Budget and Notifications with Bicep and alternatives
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Managing costs in the cloud is crucial to avoid unexpected expenses.
How many times have I read "Azure just charged me 1k dollars because of a misconfiguration".
Did it happen to you as well? Me too. And I know how stupid you feel after that.
Sometimes it is not even our fault. (cough* strange defaults from Azure *cough)
So to avoid that, we can setup budgets and get notified when we reach certain thresholds.
It's important to know which scope you want to set the budget on. It can be at management group level, subscription level or resource group level.
Choose the scope you are responsible for and want to monitor costs for.
What are the options? Let's explore them.