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Azure cost management: query costs, forecast spending, optimize to reduce waste. WHEN: \"Azure costs\", \"Azure bill\", \"cost breakdown\", \"how much am I spending\", \"forecast spending\", \"optimize costs\", \"reduce spending\", \"orphaned resources\", \"rightsize VMs\", \"cost spike\", \"reduce storage costs\", \"AKS cost\". DO NOT USE FOR: deploying resources, provisioning, diagnostics, or security audits.

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Azure cost management: query costs, forecast spending, optimize to reduce waste. WHEN: \"Azure costs\", \"Azure bill\", \"cost breakdown\", \"how much am I spending\", \"forecast spending\", \"optimize costs\", \"reduce spending\", \"orphaned resources\", \"rightsize VMs\", \"cost spike\", \"reduce storage costs\", \"AKS cost\". DO NOT USE FOR: deploying resources, provisioning, diagnostics, or security audits.

Azure Cost Management Skill

Query historical costs, forecast future spending, optimize to reduce waste.

Routing

User Intent Workflow
Understand current costs Cost Query
Reduce costs / find waste Cost Optimization
Project future costs Cost Forecast

Quick Reference

Property Value
Query API POST {scope}/providers/Microsoft.CostManagement/query?api-version=2023-11-01
Forecast API POST {scope}/providers/Microsoft.CostManagement/forecast?api-version=2023-11-01
Required Role Cost Management Reader + Monitoring Reader + Reader (on target scope)

Scope Patterns

  • Subscription: /subscriptions/<id>
  • Resource Group: /subscriptions/<id>/resourceGroups/<name>
  • Management Group: /providers/Microsoft.Management/managementGroups/<id>
  • Billing Account: /providers/Microsoft.Billing/billingAccounts/<id>

Service-Specific Optimization

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