December 08, 2025
Azure Advisor says 'right-size your VMs.' Finance says 'why is our cloud bill still increasing?' Here's what actually reduces Azure costs in production: the tactics that work when reserved instances and Advisor recommendations aren't enough.
azure
Cost Optimization
FinOps
Cost Management
Azure Advisor
governance
November 30, 2025
One tag key. 247 different spellings. $2.3M in cost allocation failures. Real lessons from enterprise Azure tag governance: why Azure Policy isn't enough and the automation that finally stopped tag chaos across 31,000 resources.
azure
azure-policy
FinOps
governance
operations
Standards
Tagging
Cost Management
Azure Tags
November 12, 2025
Before migrating to Azure: 55-question spreadsheet that exposes hidden costs, missing dependencies, and licensing gaps. Includes app inventory template, network requirements checklist, 18-week implementation timeline, and ROI calculator. Free download prevents $2M+ overruns.
azure
Cloud Migration
governance
Enterprise Reality
caf
Migration Strategy
Checklist
Azure Migrate
Migration Planning
ROI
Cost Management
October 29, 2025
Stop clicking buttons. These 4 Logic Apps automate the boring operational tasks that break when ignored: unused resources, certificate expiration, tag compliance, and backup verification.
azure
Logic Apps
automation
operations
Cost Management
governance
