onDemand cost for VMs running in reservations
Hello, We found multiple virtual machine in our estate which is running on reservation and ondemand. We checked cost break up and found ondemand cost is negligible (< 1 buck in a month). The question is why there is ondemand charges when VMs are in…
Requesting clarification on Azure Costing and Refund
Hello, Could you please help me in finding answers for following questions ? Do we need to raise SLA credit refund request if Azure breaches its SLA for an service? I believe Microsoft would be doing it and there is no need to raise request and ask…
Is Azure Advisor API no longer providing security recommendations?
As mentioned, is it necessary to enable Microsoft Defender to receive Security recommendations? I recall that it wasn't required before. Is there any documentation or announcement available for reference? Thank you.
How to retrieve recommended number of instances for VMSS in an Advisor recommendation using REST API
What is the property in properties.extendedProperties of an Azure Advisor recommendation that indicates the recommended number of instances or target SKU for VMSS?
Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL managed Instance -Any pointers for rightsizing ?
Hello, We are looking forward to right size Azure SQL Databases and Azure SQL managed Instances but not finding any pointers. There are no Azure Advisor recommendations other than RI, Saving Plans and AHUB. Given the count of DBs and MIs, it is not…
Questions on Azure Hybrid Benefits for Linux
Hello, Could you please consider answering following questions? We checked and found Azure Hybrid Benefit (AHUB) was not enabled for 500+ VMs (OS: Windows and Linux), still Azure Advisor didn't recommend to enable AHUB. Any idea why it could happen? …
checklist after getting azure subscription for setup production environment
Hello, I want to setup a new environment that I will use as production. What is the basic checklist I need to do after getting an Azure subscription? like branding, ,architecture ,monitoring, ,security points of view or other related things .. Thanks …
"Include EA discounts" option in Azure Advisor
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…
Azure Recommendations API, differentiating affected VM
Hi there, I'm using the Azure Recommendations API, and I notice that it does not seem to differentiate which VM the recommendation is for in the return JSON. For example: Recommendation: Consider virtual machine reserved instance to save over your…
Advisor alert not providing clear information
Hello, each day we are receiving an alert from Azure Advisor. The alert rule we created contains the following condition: From the alert, we receive an email (action group) with the following information (extract). The Channel is…
How to see the permission of a user A and copy the same permission for user B in Azure AD
I have a user A in Azure AD portal. I have been asked to assign same permission to B and C as user A has. How can I see the role and resource permission of user A and grant to B and C. We are using PIM groups so user A may have ID level permission or…
Azure Advisor Recommendations - List API: Question regarding properties.shortDescription
The Azure Advisor Recommendations - List API call will return a properties object with the rest of the data, in specific I'm interested in the results possible in the properties.shortDescription field. I've been asked to fetch all possible values for…
Seeking clarification on Azure Advisor score
Hello, Do you have any insights how Azure Advisor score is changed ? Two days back it was 90+ and now it's down to 80. Can I see the raw data based on which this score was changed? Applicate your Response. Thank you!!
How to calculate exact cost for storage account type (Cold and Archive)
Hello, I am working on cost savings and under Advisor Recommendations (subscription level). It suggested to consider using reserved instances for cold and archive storage. However, I'm having trouble identifying the current cost charged for specific…
What Rule name do I need to setup Advisor Alerts?
Hello, I'm looking to add alerts to my Azure project but I don't know the language to write the code? From, Anthony Vermeulen
Unclear of azure advisor recommendation for cosmos db
I am getting below recommendation for cosmos db optimization. Configure manual throughput instead of autoscale on your Azure Cosmos DB database or container. Database name - xxxx Container name - xxx Estimated percent savings - 32.5% Current autoscale…
Multiple Azure Advisor recommendation e-mail alerts
I'm getting multiple Azure Advisor recommendation e-mail alerts, even though the recommendation was completed and I did deselect all subscriptions in the Advisor I still get email alerts every 10 minutes. How can I disable this? There are no alert or…
how to fix an error while data was synchronizing between on-premises active directory and Azura Directory
Trying to figure out how to fix the below sync error: Azure AD Connect Sync errors detected You’re receiving this email because we have detected 1 critical alert on your Azure AD Connect service for errors that occurred while data was while…
Requesting clarification on Azure Advisor
Hello, Could you please help me in finding answers for following questions ? Does Azure advisor consider all workload to be running 247 for generating recommendations? If there is a workload on Azure VMs which is heavily used 125 (12 hours each…
How to calculate the network percentage of virtual machines with its utilization metrics ? there will be different sizes of vms with different capacities so any formula to calculate it ?
So i am trying to calculate the network % of virtual machines as it is shown in advisory but could not able to crack the formula for it. Virtual machine are of different sizes and contains different metrics . So we need proper formula to get the network…