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A rough figure is enough; any currency

Send one line with your approximate monthly Azure spend, for example: “About $6,000 a month across 4 subscriptions.”

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Prefer to talk first? Email me and I’ll set up a 20-minute call at a time that suits you.

Please send just the figure for now, not screenshots, invoices or exports. Invoices carry addresses and account details I don’t need.

What happens next

You pay nothing until step 4

1. I reply

   With an example report and the one-page terms. If your bill is under about $2,000 a month, I’ll tell you so and answer a question or two for free instead.

2. You send the three exports and five answers

   I send exact steps for each export. About 20 minutes of your time. The five-day clock starts when the last one arrives.

3. You get the report

   Five working days later.

4. Invoice, only if it clears the guarantee

   If the report identifies at least five times the fee in yearly savings, the invoice comes with it, 7 days net. If not, I’ll say so and there is no invoice.

Not sure of the figure? Find it in the Azure portal

About two minutes; read access is enough

1. Sign in to the Azure portal

   Go to portal.azure.com with the account you use for Azure.

2. Open Cost Management

   Type “Cost Management” in the search bar at the top and open it. Then select Cost analysis in the left menu.

3. Choose what to count

   Check the scope shown at the top. Pick your billing account if you can see it, so every subscription is included. Otherwise pick a subscription.

4. Open a view

   If you see a list of views, open Services or Subscriptions.

5. Go back one month

   Views start on the current month. Use the back arrow on the date at the top to move to the last full month.

6. Read the total

   The Total figure at the top of the view is your monthly spend.

Several subscriptions and no billing account in the list? Read the total for each and add them up, or ask whoever receives the Azure invoice.

Or from last month’s invoice

• Pay-as-you-go or Microsoft Customer Agreement: search for “Cost Management + Billing” and select Invoices. Last month’s invoice total is the figure.
• Enterprise Agreement: only an EA administrator can see invoices. Ask yours, or use Cost analysis above.
• Bought through a Microsoft partner (CSP): your partner’s monthly invoice shows it. Some partner-billed subscriptions don’t show costs in Cost analysis at all.