Jul 5, 2023Updates for Azure pricing pages. June 2023 has seen many improvements and new prices added to our Azure pricing experiences, and we're excited Updates for Azure pricing pages.What's new in Cost
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Consistent Global Pricing For The Microsoft Cloud
Earlier this month, we announced that we are taking several steps to align the pricing of our Microsoft Cloud products (such as, Azure, Microsoft 365) globally, meaning organizations will have consistent pricing reflecting the exchange rate of the local currency to the US dollar (USD).
Starting April 1, 2023, pricing for Microsoft Cloud products wi.
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Documentation Updates
As usual, there were plenty of documentation updates since our last update.
Here are a few documents that were updated that you might be interested in:.
1) Group and allocate costs using tag inheritance.
2) Buy an Azure savings plan.
3) Microsoft Customer Agreement Azure usage and charges file terms.
4) Assign roles to Azure Enterprise Agreement ser.
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Help Shape The Future of Cost Management For Cloud Services
Are you responsible for purchasing, managing, and optimizing cloud solutions and software for your organization.
Does your daily job role involve understanding and monitoring cloud spending, discovering services, acquiring or updating licenses and subscriptions, analyzing resource utilization, or paying invoices.
If so, we’d love to talk to you and.
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Help Shape The Future of Invoice Experiences
Do you view, manage, or pay invoices within the Azure portal or Microsoft 365 admin center.
We’re exploring new capabilities to improve your invoice experience and would love to get your feedback.
If you are interested in chatting about your experience, please sign up here.
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Manage Your Enterprise Agreement Billing Account in The Azure Portal
In March, we announced the general availability of the Enterprise Agreement (EA) billing experience in the Azure portal for direct customers working with Microsoft.
Now that same experience is generally available for our indirect customers working with partners.
All the same EA tools are available from Cost Management and Billing in the Azure porta.
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New Videos and Learning Opportunities
Sharing a recent Azure Friday video that does a good job of providing an overview of cost management and optimization for Azure:.
1) Managing, reporting, and reducing your costs in Azure(26 minutes).
Follow the Microsoft Cost Management YouTube channelto stay in the loop with new videos as they’re released and let us know what you’d like to see next.
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Recent and Pinned Views in The Cost Analysis Preview
Cost analysis is your tool for interactive analytics and insights.
It should be your first stop when you need to explore or get quick answers about your costs.
Over the past year, you’ve seen the addition of new smart views and capabilities, like anomaly detection, that offer more insights and help you understand costs more easily in the Cost analy.
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What’s New in Cost Management Labs
With Cost Management Labs, you get a sneak peek at what’s coming in Microsoft Cost Management and can engage directly with us to share feedback and help us better understand how you use the service, so we can deliver more tuned and optimized experiences.
Here are a few features you can see in Cost Management Labs:.
1) New: Remember preview features .
