For many organizations, cost management becomes the biggest concern after migrating to Azure. Once workloads are live, the questions start coming: How much are we spending? Why does the bill fluctuate? What will this cost next month?

Without proper governance and visibility, Azure costs can quickly become unpredictable.

In this session, we’ll explore how to proactively manage and optimize Azure spending using FinOps principles — the strategic alignment of Finance and Operations. You’ll learn how to incorporate cost control into your Cloud Adoption Framework journey from the beginning, helping you avoid unpleasant surprises and difficult conversations with accounting.

We’ll walk through practical tools, governance strategies, and optimization techniques that you can immediately apply in your environment.

You will learn:

• How to monitor and analyze Azure cost and consumption effectively
• How to use Azure-native tools to identify optimization opportunities
• How to leverage reservations, savings plans, and licensing benefits to reduce overall cloud spend
• How to integrate FinOps practices into your cloud governance strategy