Manage and report on spend

- [Instructor] There are several tools that we can use…to manage and report on spend in Azure.…We'll be reviewing some of those tools here.…And the first tool that you should be using…is the online pricing calculator.…The pricing calculator will generate a monthly estimate…based on your solution.…The trick to creating an accurate estimate…is to understand and add in every resource…that will be required in your solution.…Next, we can review the cost…for a resource within the portal.…In this example, we can see the cost for a VM.…

We can also set up billing alerts.…An email will be sent when the Azure spend…exceeds the amount specified.…And we've talked about the spending limit previously.…Azure credits subscriptions and trials…automatically have a spending limit turned on.…If your spending limit is reached, all of the services…will be disabled for the rest of that billing period.…Please note that this feature is not available…in the pay as you go subscriptions.…Therefore you may want to set up the email notification…