Microsoft Azure Cost Management
Track Microsoft Azure Cost Metrics
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Least Privileged User
Steps:
- Using the Azure CLI Client, find the Subscription ID and Tenant ID from your account list
- Create a custom RBAC role using the JSON provided. Include your Subscription ID and rename the file to azure.json
- Create an Active Directory Service Principal and assign the custom RBAC role t it.
Creating custom roles using the Azure CLI:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/role-based-access-control/custom-roles
Assigning roles using the Azure CLI:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/role-based-access-control/role-assignments-portal
{
"Name": "LPU Cost Management",
"Description": "LPU for Cost Management and Billing",
"Actions": [
"Microsoft.Billing/*/read",
"Microsoft.Consumption/*/read",
"Microsoft.Authorization/*/read"
],
"AssignableScopes": [
"/subscriptions/[Subscription ID]"
]
}
Connection Parameters
| Name | Required? | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Subscription ID | Required | GUID Subscription ID |
| Tenant ID | Required | GUID Tenant ID (also known as Directory ID) |
| Client ID | Required | GUID Client ID (also known as Application ID) |
| Client Secret | Required | The Secret (also known as Key) corresponding to the Client ID. |
| Maximum HTTP Retry Time (seconds) | The maximum amount of time in seconds to retry each API request when the API is throttling. | |
| HTTP Request Timeout (seconds) | The maximum amount of time in seconds before a single HTTP request will fail. | |
| Monitor Metric Collection Level | Selects which monitor metrics should be collected. | |
| Filter By Resource Group Type | Selects whether to use a whitelist or blacklist when filtering by Resource Groups. | |
| Filter By Resource Group Whitelist | A comma separated list of resource groups to explicitly allow. A '*' character is used to represent 'all', and a blank string is used for 'none'. | |
| Filter By Resource Group Blacklist | A comma separated list of resource groups to filter out. A '*' character is used to represent 'all', and a blank string is used for 'none'. | |
| Filter By Tags Group Type | Selects whether to use a whitelist or blacklist when filtering by Resource Groups. | |
| Filter By Tags Group Whitelist | A comma separated list of tags to explicitly allow. Tags must follow the format <key:value>. Instead of a specific tag, or tag value, a '*' character is used to represent 'all'. A blank entry is treated as 'none'. | |
| Filter By Tags Group Blacklist | A comma separated list of tags to filter out. Tags must follow the format <key:value>. Instead of a specific tag, or tag value, a '*' character is used to represent 'all'. A blank entry is treated as 'none'. | |
| Items per Page | The number of items to pull per Azure API request. |
Metrics
Billing Period
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| End Date | The end of the date range covered by the billing period |
| ID | Billing period ID |
| Invoice IDs | Invoice IDs that are associated with the billing period |
| Name | Billing period name |
| Start Date | The start of the date range covered by the billing period |
| Type | Microsoft Azure resource type |
Usage Detail
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Currency | The ISO currency in which the meter is charged |
| ID | Usage details ID |
| Instance ID | The URI of the resource instance that the usage is about |
| Instance Name | The name of the resource instance that the usage is about |
| Is Estimated | The estimated usage is subject to change |
| Meter ID | The meter id (GUID) |
| Meter Name | The name of the meter, within the given meter category. |
| Name | Usage details name |
| Pretax Cost | The amount of cost before tax |
| Subscription GUID | Subscription GUID |
| Tags | Microsoft Azure resource tags |
| Type | Microsoft Azure resource type |
| Usage End | The end of the date time range covered by the usage detail |
| Usage Quantity | The quantity of usage |
| Usage Start | The start of the date time range covered by the usage detail |
Updated about 2 years ago