Cost optimization quick links

Apply cost optimization guidance in your architecture to sustain and improve your return on investment (ROI).

Learn key points

Quickstart

• Design principles
• Checklist
• Tradeoffs
• Maturity model
• Cost optimization patterns
• Azure Well-Architected Review assessment

Training

• Cost optimization

video

• What tradeoffs have you made to optimize for cost?

Review design principles

Concept

• Develop cost-management discipline
• Design with a cost-efficiency mindset
• Design for usage optimization
• Design for rate optimization
• Monitor and optimize over time

Set, measure, and protect financial targets

How-To Guide

• Create a culture of financial responsibility
• Create a cost model
• Collect and review cost data
• Set spending guardrails

Take cost optimization actions

How-To Guide

• Get the best rates
• Align usage to billing increments
• Optimize component costs
• Consolidate

Optimize

How-To Guide

• Environments
• Flows
• Data
• Application code
• Scaling
• Personnel time

Explore related resources

Reference

• Azure Advisor: Cost recommendations
• Azure Pricing Calculator
• Microsoft Cost Management
• Visualize cost reports