- Traditional IT budgeting and procurement processes don't work for public cloud services.
- The self-service nature of the cloud means that often the people provisioning cloud resources aren't accountable for the cost of those resources.
- Without centralized control or oversight, organizations can quickly end up with massive Azure bills that exceed their IT salary cost.
Our Advice
Critical Insight
- Most engineers care more about speed of feature delivery and reliability of the system than they do about cost.
- Often there are no consequences for overarchitecting or overspending on Azure.
- Many organizations lack sufficient visibility into their Azure spend, making it impossible to establish accountability and controls.
Impact and Result
- Define roles and responsibilities.
- Establish visibility.
- Develop processes, procedures, and policies.
Member Testimonials
After each Info-Tech experience, we ask our members to quantify the real-time savings, monetary impact, and project improvements our research helped them achieve. See our top member experiences for this blueprint and what our clients have to say.
9.3/10
Overall Impact
$85,899
Average $ Saved
19
Average Days Saved
Client
Experience
Impact
$ Saved
Days Saved
Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority
Guided Implementation
8/10
$1,700
1
Very knowledgable and experienced advice...need more than one call to get the information on the strategy and practical side ( a good thing, I can ... Read More
The Legacy Companies
Guided Implementation
10/10
$129K
7
Best, Nabeel was a great resource and a friendly person. We had a lot of laughs and fun working through this blueprint and the final product was p... Read More
Peabody Investments Corp.
Workshop
10/10
$125K
50
The facilitators were fantastic, helping to keep the energy level up over 4 days of meetings. I really felt like they weren't just there to docume... Read More
Workshop: Take Control of Cloud Costs on Microsoft Azure
Workshops offer an easy way to accelerate your project. If you are unable to do the project yourself, and a Guided Implementation isn't enough, we offer low-cost delivery of our project workshops. We take you through every phase of your project and ensure that you have a roadmap in place to complete your project successfully.
Module 1: Build a Cost Accountability Framework
The Purpose
Establish clear lines of accountability and document roles & responsibilities to effectively manage cloud costs.
Key Benefits Achieved
Understanding of key areas to focus on to improve cloud cost management capabilities.
Activities
Outputs
Assess current state
- Cloud cost management capability assessment
Determine cloud cost model
- Cloud cost model
Define roles & responsibilities
- Roles & responsibilities
Module 2: Establish Visibility
The Purpose
Establish visibility into cloud costs and drivers of those costs.
Key Benefits Achieved
Better understanding of what is driving costs and how to keep them in check.
Activities
Outputs
Develop architectural patterns
- Architectural patterns; service cost cheat sheet
Define dashboards and reports
- Dashboards and reports
Define account structure
- Account structure
Document tagging requirements
- Tagging scheme
Module 3: Define Processes & Procedures
The Purpose
- Develop processes, procedures, and policies to control cloud costs.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Improved capability of reducing costs.
- Documented processes & procedures for continuous improvement.
Activities
Outputs
Establish governance for tagging
- Tagging policy
Establish governance for costs
- Cost control policy
Define right-sizing process
- Right-sizing process
Define purchasing process
- Commitment purchasing process
Define notification and alerts
- Notifications and alerts
Module 4: Build an Implementation Plan
The Purpose
Document next steps to implement & improve cloud cost management program.
Key Benefits Achieved
Concrete roadmap to stand up and/or improve the cloud cost management program.
Activities
Outputs
Document process interaction changes
- Changes to process interactions
Define cloud cost program KPIs
- Cloud cost program KPIs
Build implementation roadmap
- Implementation roadmap
Build communication plan
- Communication plan