The cloud costs money and you want to control that. Barry 'Azure Barry' Luijbregts and Scott Hanselman cover what things cost money in the cloud, how to analyze and track costs, and practical tips to reduce costs to help manage your cloud spending with Microsoft Cost Management and more. Chapters 00:00 - Introduction 01:00 - What costs money in the cloud? 06:43 - Managing costs 12:23 - Reporting costs 15:14 - Reducing costs 25:09 - Wrap-up Recommended resources ■ Optimize your Azure costs - https://aka.ms/azfr/736/01 ■ Use Azure Spot Virtual Machines - https://aka.ms/azfr/736/02 ■ Cost Management + Billing documentation - https://aka.ms/azfr/736/03 ■ Create a Pay-as-You-Go account (Azure) – https://aka.ms/azfr/736/payg ■ Create a free account (Azure) – https://aka.ms/azfr/736/free Connect with us: ■ Scott Hanselman | @SHanselman – https://twitter.com/SHanselman ■ Azure Barry | @AzureBarry – https://twitter.com/AzureBarry ■ Azure Friday | @AzureFriday – https://twitter.com/AzureFriday ■ Azure | @Azure – https://twitter.com/Azure #Microsoft #Azure #AzureFriday