Tackling Rising Cloud Costs: How to Identify and Eliminate Wasted Resources in Azure
As businesses continue to migrate to the cloud, the promise of cost savings and operational efficiency has driven widespread adoption. However, as highlighted in a recent CIO article , many organizations are now grappling with the challenge of rising cloud costs. This issue has left CIOs and IT leaders scrambling to find ways to manage and reduce these expenses without compromising performance or scalability. One of the key areas where costs can spiral out of control is the wastage of resources in cloud environments like Microsoft Azure. In this blog, we’ll explore how to identify and eliminate wasted resources in Azure, the benefits of using tagging, and other practical strategies to reduce cloud costs. Identifying Wasted Resources in Azure The dynamic and scalable nature of the cloud, while advantageous, can also lead to the proliferation of underutilized or forgotten resources. These include: Idle Virtual Machines : Virtual machines (VMs) that are running but not actively used ...