"Include EA discounts" option in Azure Advisor

Question

Hello,

I have asked following question in this thread on how to include EA discount option in Azure Advisor recommendations.

My question When would Azure Advisor would take into consideration the EA discounts in its cost/saving calculations? It seems it doesn't do that today.

Answer I got in mentioned thread: Azure Advisor takes into consideration EA discounts in its cost/saving calculations when you enable the EA discount feature in Advisor. You can enable this feature by going to the Advisor settings and selecting the "Include EA discounts" option.

I searched a lot but couldn't find any such option.

Could you please share with snap if this option in available and guide me how to enable it?

Appreciate your response. Thank you.

cc @Subrotho Das

Answer 1

@anil kumar Thanks for your question. I am reclarifying some of the questions you have asked as per my knowledge.

1. Is it true that Azure Advisor doesn't take into to the account the RIs and Saving Plans already purchased while generating recommendations?
   • The recommendations don't take into account the presence of Reserved Instances (RI) / Savings plan purchases. As a result, the listed savings might be higher than actually possible. In some cases, for example in the case of cross-series recommendations, depending on the types of SKUs that reserved instances have been purchased for, the costs might increase when the optimization recommendations are followed. We caution you to consider your RI/Savings plan purchases when you act on the right-size recommendations.
2. When would Azure Advisor would take into consideration the EA discounts in its cost/saving calculations? It seems it doesn't do that today.
   • Azure Advisor does not currently take into consideration the EA (Enterprise Agreement) discounts in its cost/saving calculations. The recommendations provided by Azure Advisor are based on the list prices of Azure services and do not reflect any discounts that may be applied to your account.

Reference document: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/advisor/advisor-cost-recommendations#limitations

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