Azure Consumption Management

Overview

This document provides comprehensive information on Azure Consumption Management, including an introduction to Azure, steps to add an Azure service, steps to add a subscription, and details on Azure pricing and billing.

Introduction

Microsoft Azure is an expanding collection of cloud solutions that enables developers and IT specialists to create, deploy, and oversee applications using a worldwide network of data centers.

Azure empowers developers and IT professionals to maximize productivity with its integrated tools, ready-to-use templates, and managed services.
For more information, refer to https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/.

Manage Microsoft Azure Process

Cloudmore enables the creation and management of Azure services, subscriptions, and users without requiring access to the Azure portal. These can be updated in real time, with any changes applied instantly.

The pre-requisite to use Azure Consumption is to add the Azure service.
Follow this guide for detailed instructions: https://kb.cloudmore.com/kb/adding-the-microsoft-azure-service

Create and Manage Subscriptions

Add Subscription

1. Navigate to My Services > Microsoft Azure > Subscriptions

2. Click on Add Subscription

3. Organization users can be assigned to the subscription during this stage.

   

Add Azure Users

1. Navigate to My Services > Microsoft Azure > Users.

2. You can add new users or import bulk users.

   

New User and User Import Options:

1. New User - You can add a new Microsoft user, one at a time. This user will also be created on the Microsoft Azure Portal

2. User Import - You can add multiple users using a single form.

Assign Subscriptions

To assign a user to a subscription,

1. Navigate to My Services > Microsoft Azure > Users.

2. Click on Actions > Subscriptions.

Azure Portal Roles Explained:

1. Owner - Grants full access to manage all resources, including the ability to assign roles in Azure RBAC.

2. Contributor - Grants full access to manage all resources, but does not allow you to assign roles in Azure RBAC, manage assignments in Azure Blueprints, or share image galleries.

Azure Pricing

Brokers can configure, update, and oversee the pricing of Microsoft Azure products in line with agreements made with end customers. Any changes made will be reflected in the monthly billing report.

The price management allows you to set pricing for the organization. The price list allows for managing pricing for specific products. Adjustments made in the Price list for particular products will override the basic pricing set in Azure Price Management.
More information on https://kb.cloudmore.com/kb/azure-price-management and https://kb.cloudmore.com/kb/price-list.

Azure Usage Report

The detailed Azure Consumption usage can be exported in the Azure Usage Report. This allows you to view the consumption items in detail in an Excel file. Alternatively, you can view the usage trends on a chart, over a period of time.
More information here: https://kb.cloudmore.com/kb/azure-consumption-usage-report