Azure Cost Management and Billing - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to create a cost management budget in Azure using ARM template.

Azure

{
  "type": "Microsoft.Consumption/budgets",
  "apiVersion": "2021-10-01",
  "name": "MyBudget",
  "properties": {
    "category": "Cost",
    "amount": [1],
    "timeGrain": "Monthly"
  }
}

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A1000

B"1000"

Ctrue

Dnull

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Common Mistakes

Using quotes around the number, making it a string.

Setting amount to true or null which are invalid.

The amount property expects a numeric value representing the budget limit. Using 1000 sets the budget to 1000 units of your currency.

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medium

Complete the Azure CLI command to show the cost for a subscription.

Azure

az costmanagement query --type Usage --scope /subscriptions/[1] --timeframe MonthToDate

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AresourceGroupName

BresourceId

CsubscriptionId

DbillingAccountName

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Common Mistakes

Using resource group name instead of subscription ID.

Using billing account name which is not valid here.

The --scope parameter requires the subscription ID when querying cost management data for a subscription.

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hard

Fix the error in the ARM template snippet to correctly define a cost alert rule.

Azure

"properties": {
  "threshold": [1],
  "thresholdType": "Percentage",
  "timeAggregation": "Total"
}

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A"80"

B80

C"eighty"

Dtrue

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Common Mistakes

Putting the number in quotes, making it a string.

Using words like 'eighty' or boolean values.

The threshold property expects a numeric value without quotes. Using 80 sets the alert threshold to 80%.

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hard

Fill both blanks to create a cost management export that runs daily and stores data in a storage account.

Azure

{
  "type": "Microsoft.CostManagement/exports",
  "apiVersion": "2021-10-01",
  "name": "DailyExport",
  "properties": {
    "schedule": {
      "frequency": "[1]"
    },
    "deliveryInfo": {
      "destination": {
        "storageAccountId": "[2]"
      }
    }
  }
}

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ADaily

BWeekly

C/subscriptions/12345/resourceGroups/myRG/providers/Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/myStorage

D/subscriptions/12345/resourceGroups/myRG/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM

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Common Mistakes

Setting frequency to Weekly when daily export is needed.

Using a virtual machine resource ID instead of a storage account.

The frequency must be set to "Daily" to run the export every day. The resourceId must point to a storage account where the export data will be saved.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to define a cost alert rule that triggers when cost exceeds a threshold in a subscription.

Azure

{
  "type": "Microsoft.Consumption/alerts",
  "apiVersion": "2021-10-01",
  "name": "CostAlert",
  "properties": {
    "scope": "/subscriptions/[1]",
    "threshold": [2],
    "thresholdType": "[3]"
  }
}

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AresourceGroup1

Bsubscription123

CPercentage

D100

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using a resource group name instead of subscription ID for scope.

Setting threshold as a string or using incorrect thresholdType.

The scope must be the subscription ID. The threshold is set to 100 units, and the thresholdType is "Percentage" to trigger when cost exceeds 100%.