{"id":11017,"date":"2019-11-22T12:19:35","date_gmt":"2019-11-22T20:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riguy.com\/?p=11017"},"modified":"2020-01-09T22:23:07","modified_gmt":"2020-01-10T06:23:07","slug":"cloud-billing-and-surprise-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riguy.com\/?p=11017","title":{"rendered":"Cloud Billing and Surprise Costs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When you are studying for Azure Cloud exams and working off the Microsoft Learn website, then realize your personal Azure account is GROWING <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" src=\"https:\/\/riguy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/shocker.gif\" alt=\"Shocked at the Bill!\" class=\"wp-image-11019\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/riguy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/AzureCOSTS.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1028\" height=\"782\" src=\"https:\/\/riguy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/AzureCOSTS.png\" alt=\"Azure All Resources\" class=\"wp-image-11018\" srcset=\"https:\/\/riguy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/AzureCOSTS.png 1028w, https:\/\/riguy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/AzureCOSTS-300x228.png 300w, https:\/\/riguy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/AzureCOSTS-1024x779.png 1024w, https:\/\/riguy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/AzureCOSTS-768x584.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The reality is that the bulk of these costs is covered, given that the Learn site utilizes sandboxes for on-hands learning. But there were a few situations where using a regular Azure account was required.  Also, for the purposes of learning and certification exam preparation, these resources can simply be deleted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Of course, it is always best to monitor costs. The Azure Management section provides for helpful cost analysis, budget monitoring and optimization tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"725\" height=\"529\" src=\"https:\/\/riguy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/AzureCOSTS2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11022\" srcset=\"https:\/\/riguy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/AzureCOSTS2.png 725w, https:\/\/riguy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/AzureCOSTS2-300x219.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 725px) 100vw, 725px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you are studying for Azure Cloud exams and working off the Microsoft Learn website, then realize your personal Azure account is GROWING The reality is that the bulk of these costs is covered, given that the Learn site utilizes sandboxes for on-hands learning. But there were a few situations where using a regular Azure &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/riguy.com\/?p=11017\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Cloud Billing and Surprise Costs&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11,451,755],"tags":[121],"class_list":["post-11017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-azure","category-cloud","category-computing","tag-azure"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/riguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/riguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/riguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11017"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/riguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11017\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11024,"href":"https:\/\/riguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11017\/revisions\/11024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/riguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}