Azure Cost Optimization Toolkit

Automated Azure cost analysis and optimization using PowerShell, Azure Cost Management, and Azure Portal best practices.

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🚀 Overview

This project focuses on learning and applying real-world Azure cost optimization techniques through:

• PowerShell automation
• Azure governance practices
• Cost monitoring
• Resource optimization
• Azure Portal operational workflows

The repository combines script for automated analysis with documented best practices for manual optimization inside Azure Portal.

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⚙️ Script

Analyze-AzureCosts.ps1

Main analysis script used to identify Azure cost optimization opportunities.

Features

• VM right-sizing recommendations
• Orphaned disk detection
• Unused public IP detection
• Storage optimization checks
• Reserved Instance recommendations
• Auto-shutdown candidate detection
• Cost reporting export

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📘 Azure Portal Best Practices

Documented in:

docs/Portal-Workflow.md

The document explains practical Azure Portal optimization workflows including:

• VM resizing
• Auto-shutdown configuration
• Storage lifecycle management
• Reserved Instance planning
• Budget alerts
• Azure Advisor recommendations
• Resource cleanup
• Governance and tagging strategies

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▶️ Quick Start

Connect-AzAccount

.\scripts\Analyze-AzureCosts.ps1 `
    -SubscriptionId "your-subscription-id"

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🎯 Learning Focus

This project helped me understand:

• Azure cost governance
• FinOps best practices
• Resource optimization strategies
• PowerShell automation
• Azure operational management
• Cost monitoring and reporting