Best practices for Azure cost optimization

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Low Utilization virtual machines

  • Login to the Azure Portal:
https://portal.azure.com/
  • From the upper search pane, write "Virtual machines"
  • Select an existing virtual machine
  • From the overview pane, change “Show data for last” to 7 days
  • If the CPU utilization is less than 3% and network utilization is less than 2%, the selected virtual machine qualifies as candidate for an idle instance.
  • Decide if you wish to delete the virtual machine.
  • To delete the virtual machine -> from the upper pane, click on Delete and confirm the action.
  • Log off the Azure portal

Unassociated public IP Addresses

  • Login to the Azure Portal:
https://portal.azure.com/
  • From the upper search pane, write "Public IP addresses"
  • Select an existing public IP address from the list
  • From the overview pane, check if the “Associate to” field is empty.
  • If the IP is not associated to any resource, from the upper pane, click on Delete and confirm the action.
  • Log off the Azure portal