Should all active services in my account be visible from Home-->List All?

Question

I've used Azure portal a few time for AI-201 training. I've just started DP-203 training and was attempting to run a beginners MS Learn script that requested Azure Synapse Analytics and related services for exploration purposes. After about 30 minutes, the script gave an error and the requested services were not listed on my Home page (even after clicking List All). I ran the script again. This time it attempted to use services in a different region but I got the same or similar error and no new services were listed on my Home page. I went back to bed. Two days later in Azure Portal, I checked the Home page..still no new services listed. I checked Cost Analysis and found I had been billed £35 for the two days and with a forecast cost of over £4,000 for the year. I then clicked lots of different tabs and found a page that listed lots of Synapse services and different data stores in two different regions. I deleted them immediately. Please someone advise me what I did wrong, and what to do if services you expect to see are not visible on the portal's Home page.

Answer 1

In Azure, not all active services are automatically visible on the Home page, even after clicking "List All." This can happen due to several reasons such as services being created in different regions or under different resource groups, which may not be immediately visible from the main overview.

In your case, after running the script, the services were created but not listed on the Home page, possibly due to regional or grouping settings. To avoid missing services in the future, you can navigate to the "Resource Groups" or "All Resources" section in the Azure portal, which provides a comprehensive list of all your services regardless of region or group.

Use the Azure Cost Management and Budget tool to monitor and control your expenses, setting up alerts for unusual spending. This will help you keep track of all resources and avoid unexpected costs.