Why do we need to monitor Azure usage? Well, if you have a subscription with a spending limit, you need to keep track of your usage. If you go over the spending limit, your resources will be disabled. And you will need to pay for the overage. My concern is that some one gets a hold of my subscription, and start to use it. And I will get a big bill at the end of the month. {: .prompt-info } ...
This will not work for Azure Plan subscriptions. ((400) Subscription scope usage is not supported for current api version. Please use api version after 2019-10-01) {: .prompt-info } Need to keep track of your Azure usage? here is a way to use github actions to keep track of your usage. And send you a Teams message if you are over a certain amount. We will need to enable webhook in Teams and add the webhook to the script, and create a Service Principal with access to the subscription you want to monitor. {: .prompt-tip } ...
Azure-Cost-CLI is a new tool to get cost information from Azure. Link{: .btn } What are the benefits of this tool?, Simple, you can get cost information from Azure without having to log in to the portal. ? Send teams messages with cost information. ? Send emails with cost information. ? Azure Cost Overview Accumulated cost for subscription id `0692777c-ed93-4a6a-85c7-144c24xxxx` from **1.5.2023** to **9.5.2023** Totals Period Amount Today 0,90 EUR Yesterday 2,21 EUR Last 7 days 17,26 EUR Last 30 days 19,40 EUR gantt title Accumulated cost dateFormat X axisFormat %s section 01 maí EUR 2,14 :0, 214 section 02 maí EUR 4,24 :0, 424 section 03 maí EUR 6,37 :0, 637 section 04 maí EUR 8,51 :0, 851 section 05 maí EUR 11,00 :0, 1100 section 06 maí EUR 13,61 :0, 1361 section 07 maí EUR 16,29 :0, 1629 section 08 maí EUR 18,50 :0, 1850 section 09 maí EUR 19,40 :0, 1940 section 10 maí EUR 21,36 : done, 0, 2136 section 11 maí EUR 23,33 : done, 0, 2333 section 12 maí EUR 25,52 : done, 0, 2552 section 13 maí EUR 27,71 : done, 0, 2771 section 14 maí EUR 30,04 : done, 0, 3004 section 15 maí EUR 32,19 : done, 0, 3219 section 16 maí EUR 34,08 : done, 0, 3408 section 17 maí EUR 35,99 : done, 0, 3599 section 18 maí EUR 37,91 : done, 0, 3791 section 19 maí EUR 40,04 : done, 0, 4004 section 20 maí EUR 42,18 : done, 0, 4218 section 21 maí EUR 44,46 : done, 0, 4446 section 22 maí EUR 46,54 : done, 0, 4654 section 23 maí EUR 48,39 : done, 0, 4839 section 24 maí EUR 50,24 : done, 0, 5024 section 25 maí EUR 52,10 : done, 0, 5210 section 26 maí EUR 54,18 : done, 0, 5418 section 27 maí EUR 56,26 : done, 0, 5626 section 28 maí EUR 58,48 : done, 0, 5848 section 29 maí EUR 60,51 : done, 0, 6051 section 30 maí EUR 62,30 : done, 0, 6230 section 31 maí EUR 64,10 : done, 0, 6410 By Service Name Service Amount Backup 21,92 EUR Security Center 9,88 EUR Azure App Service 2,52 EUR Virtual Network 1,40 EUR Log Analytics 1,21 EUR Sentinel 1,00 EUR Azure DNS 0,52 EUR Storage 0,31 EUR Advanced Threat Protection 0,04 EUR Others 0,00 EUR pie title Cost by service "Backup" : 21.92 "Security Center" : 9.88 "Azure App Service" : 2.52 "Virtual Network" : 1.40 "Log Analytics" : 1.21 "Sentinel" : 1.00 "Azure DNS" : 0.52 "Storage" : 0.31 "Advanced Threat Protection" : 0.04 "Others" : 0.00 By Location Location Amount EU West 8,23 EUR Unassigned 4,96 EUR US West 4,07 EUR EU North 1,88 EUR Unknown 0,26 EUR pie title Cost by location "EU West" : 8.23 "Unassigned" : 4.96 "US West" : 4.07 "EU North" : 1.88 "Unknown" : 0.26 By Resource Group Resource Group Amount bensa 6,80 EUR microsoft.security 4,96 EUR backuptest 4,07 EUR alitis 2,22 EUR test2 1,35 EUR pie title Cost by resource group "bensa" : 6.80 "microsoft.security" : 4.96 "backuptest" : 4.07 "alitis" : 2.22 "test2" : 1.35 Generated at 2023-05-09 23:33:20 ...