FinOps

Purpose

A Collection of resources for driving towards financial outcomes and FinOps. For a view of other solution areas, please see the Taxonomy.

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References

Source	Description	Notes
Develop a cloud adoption strategy	The following steps help you document your business strategy efficiently.	Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure
Achieve more with your investment	Discussing on releasing committed cash flows and budgets that can be reinvested into further modernization. This concept is the velocity of the dollar - you accelerate value per dollar through phased reinvestment driving modernization and value.	MS Learn
FinOps with Azure	This e-book is designed to help organizations understand the cultural and organizational alignment changes the FinOps Framework (a set of best practices established by members of the FinOps Foundation) to maximize cloud business value. We’ll guide you through the FinOps Principles to highlight Microsoft solutions and resources that will support your organization’s cloud financial journey.	eBook
FinOps Foundation	The FinOps Foundation is a program of the The Linux Foundation (alongside organizations like Cloud Native Computing Foundation) dedicated to advancing people who practice the discipline of cloud financial management through best practices, education and standards.	FinOps Foundation
FinOps for Azure	Watch this webinar to learn about FinOps principles as well as the Microsoft Azure solutions, offers and tools that can help you manage your cloud environment in a financially effective way.	…
Implement FinOps and Azure	Cloud economics, FinOps, and how to implement on Azure	Slide from Webinar
FinOps with Azure	Bringing FinOps to life through organizational and cultural alignment: this e-book will guide you through the FinOps principles to highlight Microsoft solutions that can support the cloud journey and help your organization to maximize the cloud business value.	Azure
Discover and Drive Action with FinOps Workshop Resources	This workshop is designed to support your cloud journey with FinOps best practices, enabling a culture of continuous optimization, accountability, and data-driven decisions to maximize the cloud’s business value for your organization. Use this Azure Partner Led workshop to understand and optimize your migration, modernization, or innovation journey with Azure.	PArtner Center

Tools

Source	Description	Notes
Cost Optimization workbook	The Azure Cost Optimization workbook is designed to provide an overview and help you optimize costs of your Azure environment. It offers a set of cost-relevant insights and recommendations aligned with the WAF Cost Optimization pillar.	Microsoft Learn
FinOps toolkit	The FinOps toolkit is a collection of customizable ARM templates used to build and deploy various FinOps solutions that automate and extend native Microsoft Cost Management capabilities.	GitHUb
The Azure FinOps Guide	by @dolevshore This guide centralizes Azure FinOps information and tools to enabling a better understanding and optimization of cloud costs.	Github
Sending Azure Cost Management to Azure Data Explorer/Fabric KQL DB	Looking at the Azure Cost Management data in a silo may not meet your organization’s needs. In those situations, we can solve that need by putting your Cost Management data into an analytical platform like Azure Data Explorer or Microsoft Fabric KQL Database. Here we can bring in or join additional data that’s useful, run ad-hoc queries and build visualization tying it all together.	Tech Community
Copilot in Microsoft Cost Management	Reduce unpredictability of operational costs with visibility into workload-related spend using AI chat in Microsoft Cost Management. See spending patterns and anomalies that drive up costs, set budgets, share workload costs across teams and business units, and identify opportunities for optimization.	Microsoft Mechanics