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In February, the FinOps toolkit 0.8 introduced a complete refresh of Power BI with a new design, improved performance, and ability to calculate reservation savings; FinOps hubs have a new dashboard a...
Mar 12, 2025161Views
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Here's a quick run-down of the Cost Management updates for February 2025:
Cost details datasets now include AccountId and InvoiceSectionId columns to support more cost allocation scenarios.
No...
Mar 05, 2025268Views
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11 MIN READ
Learn about the columns that identify and category services you use within your environment.
Mar 04, 2025191Views
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12 MIN READ
Learn about the columns that identify and describe the resources you have deployed to your environment.
Feb 04, 2025365Views
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FinOps toolkit security posture
Ensuring the security of FinOps hubs and the FinOps toolkit in general has been a top priority from the very beginning. The FinOps toolkit is designed to help organi...
Feb 03, 2025428Views
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Microsoft has introduced a new contractual model for Azure enterprise customers, called the Microsoft Customer Agreement. Guidance on changes to the billing hierarchy can be found here: Set up billin...
Jan 22, 20251.2KViews
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8 MIN READ
This week, I’ll cover something simple, yet crucial for measuring cost over time: the date columns. You’ll use these to filter and group data for targeted or over-time trend analysis.
Jan 15, 2025352Views
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This week, I’ll cover the columns that describe the type of charges and pricing models you’ll find in a FOCUS dataset.
Dec 17, 2024555Views
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9 MIN READ
This week I'll cover the 4 cost columns defined by FOCUS, how they relate, and some of the underlying logic and related columns Microsoft provides in addition to the core cost columns.
Dec 05, 2024733Views
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In November, the FinOps toolkit 0.7 introduces a few highly anticipated updates: support for large datasets at scale with Azure Data Explorer, EA and MCA cost savings, private endpoints, and infrastr...
Dec 05, 20241.3KViews
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