TOOLS OF THE TRADE

Azure Cost Optimization Strategy #4

STEP 4

TOOLS OF THE TRADE

Whether you choose to insource optimization or use a trusted partner like SHI, there are tools available that will help you optimize your Azure costs. These tools collect data from your environment and enhance both your visibility and understanding of what’s happening across one or more platforms.

Where you use a third party to help you optimize your Azure environment, using the same tools can help both customer and service provider support one another and have a constructive dialog when making key decisions about the action points covered in Strategy #3.

The best tools for your situation vary based on the Azure service you utilize, such as Infrastructure as a Service or Platform as a Service.

RECOMMENDED TOOLS

for Azure Cost Optimization

When working with customers, these are the tools we find most useful. Some can be used on their own, some we recommend getting help with from our experts.

CloudHealth from VMware
CloudHealth offers visibility into your organization’s entire Azure environment, with holistic and segmented views of metrics, such as cost, usage and performance. One important note: While CloudHealth produces data, it does not capture the big picture with context or provide nuanced recommendations to fully transform your information into action steps.

Azure Native Tools
SHI uses the Azure Lighthouse portal to connect securely to your Azure environment. Once connected, we leverage tools within Azure to help you monitor and analyze your spend, including Azure Monitor, Azure Monitor Metrics, Azure App Insights, Azure Query, Azure Cost Management and Billing, Azure Advisor, project pricing calculators, and dashboards.

SHI One
Our proprietary dashboard enables streamlined multi-cloud, service, and inventory management beyond CloudHealth and native tool capabilities. SHI One provides customized visibility for different teams, self-service capabilities, governance support, and multiple reports and analytics.