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Azure Cost and Performance Monitoring Platform

Single pane of glass to monitor cost and performance across Azure resources — with drill-down analysis, cost simulation, live pricing, and comprehensive documentation.

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18
Dashboard Pages
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Resource Types
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42
Performance Metrics
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Real-Time
Cost Analysis
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29
Alert Rules
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17
KQL Queries

Platform Overview

🎯 Unified Visibility

Monitor costs and performance across your entire Azure infrastructure in one centralized dashboard. Track procurement costs, operational expenses, and resource utilization in real-time.

Key Capabilities

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Cost Analysis & Optimization

Real-time cost tracking, cost forecasting, resource tagging analysis, and optimization recommendations across subscriptions.

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Performance Monitoring

Track CPU, memory, network, and disk metrics with customizable thresholds and automated alerts for performance anomalies.

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Drill-Down Analysis

Navigate from subscription to resource-level details with historical trends, comparisons, and anomaly detection.

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Custom Dashboards

18 pre-built dashboards for different personas including finance, operations, engineering, and executive leadership.

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Intelligent Alerts

Threshold-based and anomaly detection alerts with multiple delivery channels and customizable escalation policies.

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Forecasting & Simulation

Predict future costs based on trends, simulate scaling scenarios, and compare potential architectural changes.

Dashboard Categories

Executive Dashboards

  • Monthly cost trends and budget variance
  • Cost allocation by department/project
  • Resource utilization efficiency metrics
  • Top cost drivers and optimization opportunities

Finance & Cost Management

  • Detailed cost breakdowns by service, region, and resource group
  • Chargeback analysis and billing reconciliation
  • Reserved Instance (RI) and Savings Plan utilization
  • Cost forecasting and budget planning

Operations & Performance

  • Real-time performance metrics by resource type
  • Service health and availability tracking
  • Capacity utilization and scaling recommendations
  • Performance baseline comparisons

Engineering & DevOps

  • Application performance monitoring integration
  • Resource consumption by application/environment
  • Cost per transaction and efficiency metrics
  • Performance optimization recommendations

Data Sources & Integration

Native Azure Integration

  • Azure Cost Management and Billing APIs
  • Azure Monitor metrics and logs
  • Azure Service Health
  • Azure Resource Graph queries
  • Azure Advisor recommendations

Analysis Capabilities

  • KQL (Kusto Query Language) for advanced analytics
  • Time-series analysis and trend detection
  • Anomaly detection using machine learning
  • Custom metric calculations and formulas

Common Use Cases

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Cost Optimization

Identify and eliminate idle resources, optimize SKU selection, and negotiate better pricing based on usage patterns.

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Capacity Planning

Right-size resources, plan scaling needs, and forecast infrastructure costs for budget approval.

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Performance Alerting

Proactively detect performance degradation and receive early warnings before service impact.

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Chargeback & Showback

Allocate costs accurately to departments and charge-back cloud usage based on resource consumption.

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Governance & Compliance

Enforce cost policies, track compliance with budgets, and maintain audit trails for cost decisions.

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Business Analytics

Analyze cost trends by business unit, track ROI on cloud investments, and benchmark against industry standards.

Query & Metric Library

Pre-built KQL Queries (17 Total)

Ready-to-use Kusto Query Language queries for:

  • Cost trends and comparisons
  • Resource utilization analysis
  • Performance anomaly detection
  • Cost forecast modeling
  • Service health correlation

Performance Metrics (42 Total)

Comprehensive metrics coverage including:

  • CPU usage, memory consumption, disk I/O
  • Network throughput and latency
  • Database performance (DTU, CPU, connection count)
  • Application gateway metrics
  • Storage performance and capacity

Getting Started

ðŸ"‹ Quick Setup Checklist

  1. Connect your Azure subscriptions to the monitoring platform
  2. Configure cost and performance tags for accurate categorization
  3. Set up notifications and alert rules for your thresholds
  4. Customize dashboards for your team roles
  5. Enable automated recommendations and insights
  6. Review and act on cost optimization suggestions