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
November 09, 2025
Why corporate arrogance kills more cloud projects than technical complexity ever could. The uncomfortable truth about how leadership uses business buzzwords and technical teams use jargon - and nobody admits they don't understand each other.
azure
FinOps
governance
Enterprise Reality
Communication
November 04, 2025
Before you migrate, modernize, or even look at the cloud — you must know what you own, what it costs, and whether it should exist. This is not a migration step. It's a business survival step.
Rationalization
FinOps
devops
azure
governance
Architecture
Security
Cost Allocation
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
