Azure SpendOps – The Art of Effectively Managing Azure Costs
Discover the art of effective Azure cost management in this 35-minute conference talk. Learn about SpendOps, a methodology that provides control over cloud spending and helps predict budgets. Explore techniques for instrumenting applications and leveraging automated testing pipelines to collect cost metrics, which can be integrated into the DevOps lifecycle to protect against expensive releases. Gain insights into building SpendOps into existing DevOps processes and utilizing available tools to implement cost-effective cloud strategies. The presentation covers topics such as Cosmos DB, Request Units (RUs), query optimization, partition optimization, request charges, and automation implementation details, providing practical knowledge for production environments.