How to receive an Azure alert if my daily cost goes over a given budget amount?

Question

I'm sharing my Azure accounts with lots of students. I'm trying to set the permissions right, but if I make a mistake, I want to get an Azure email and/or sms, if my daily Azure cost is over a given amount. Could you imagine if a hacker runs Bitcoin mining? I can see Azure Budgets gives a monthly alert, but that is 28 days too late. Do I really have to write an Azure Function to check each day (or hour) :-( AWS has alerts for daily amounts, but if possible, I would even like an email and text after one hour. Thanks! Todd

Answer 1

Update: This answer is incorrect. Azure Budgets does not support daily cost alerts. Please disregard this response.

Answer 2

@Todd Booth Unfortunately, you cannot set daily cost alerts, you will be only able to setup alerts based on your total usage cost or forecast, budget alerts notify you when spending, based on usage or cost, reaches or exceeds the amount defined in the alert condition of the budget. Cost Management budgets are created using the Azure portal or the Azure Consumption API. Once the pre-defined cost reaches the amount defined the alerts will be triggered as defined during the setup. Additional information here https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/costs/cost-mgt-alerts-monitor-usage-spending